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New Year, New Home for Grant Thornton’s Leicester team

The leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP has moved into its new Grade A office space in Leicester at Waterloo House.

The firm moved into its new location on Wednesday 1st February, from where it will provide the regional business community with specialist, sustainable, and community-oriented support.

Grant Thornton’s new site will ensure that the firm’s Leicester team has an agile space tailored to contemporary working requirements. Previously based at the nearby Regent House, Grant Thornton selected Waterloo House for its high-quality specification, green credentials and collaborative working facilities.

The new location also coincides with the appointment of Phil Sayers as East Midlands Practice Leader for the firm. Phil has a comprehensive understanding of the local business landscape and community, having joined the Grant Thornton team in Leicester in 2012.

Phil has played a key role in ensuring the office fit-out has carefully considered the needs of the team. This means that it features the latest technology to enable flexible working and collaboration, recognising the important role office space plays in the firm’s hybrid-working model.

Helping the firm’s presence grow across the whole of the East Midlands region and developing the team will be key aspects of Phil’s new role.

Phil Sayers, Practise Leader at Grant Thornton UK LLP, said: “We are motivated to develop and support our people, giving them the best tools, expertise and working-environment required to reach their full potential.”

Waterloo House ensures that employees and clients are provided with the optimum working environment. It provides employees with a mixture of desks, breakout areas, soundproofed phone booths, quiet and social working areas, and technology-enabled meeting rooms. A large, drop-down screen will also allow speakers to remotely present to the entire office when required.

The new office design reflects Grant Thornton’s culture of respect, equality, understanding and flexibility. It also includes a designated wellness area as well as prayer room.

Phil Sayers added: “This move not only illustrates Grant Thornton’s promise to provide the very best for our talented teams, with an office designed to reflect the needs of our people, but it also exemplifies the firm’s commitment to Leicester’s vibrant business landscape.

The East Midlands is a hive of entrepreneurial companies. The whole team is looking forward to utilising this new office to connect in ever more innovative and supportive ways with the region’s business leaders in order to help them achieve their ambitions.“

Located on Princess Road, Waterloo House will provide Grant Thornton with 3,500 sq. ft. office space.

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