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Smith & Williamson

Smith & Williamson provides fee based independent financial advice to the entertainment and media industries. This specialist section is run by Tony Thorpe who has over 30 years of finanacial experience with a particular expertise in Film Partnerships and Venture Capital Trusts linked to entertainment and renewable energy companies. Tony worked in tax practice for 14 years with Deloittes, Price Waterhouse and Hazlewoods. he was then with Schroders as a Technical Manager and National Sales Manager for Investment Services for 6 years. He was then the technical director of an independent financial services group for 8 years and ran Thorpe Music Industries, which provided specialist advice services to the music and entertainment industries. Our experience of entertainment and media clients is that they tend to be cautious when investing money yet still interested in tax savings. We are able to offer a range of attractive investments with tax incentives that can present some pleasing financial reimbursements. In addition, we can provide long trem financial plannig options such as commercial property purchase, for example, recording studios or offices, using the tax benefits of pension funds. Tony is still a performing blues musician and his son Gavin, has a publishing contract with BMG and had one of his songs in the teen movie, What A Girl Wants.

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