If there is one common denominator with the merger of two of Whanganui's high-profile accounting practices, it is a wealth of knowledge.
And this knowledge base is what the directors of Spooner Hood & Redpath have ensured will underpin their new business.
Glenn Spooner, Brent Hood and Peter Redpath lead the team operating out of the Carey Hood & Co offices in Wicksteed St.
It is the result of the amalgamation of Carey Hood and Co and Sewell & Wilson. While Carey Hood & Co has been around a few years now, Sewell & Wilson has been looking after its clients from its previous Maria Place offices for close to 100 years.
That sort of longevity brings clients the business has been serving for more than half a century, in some cases three generations of the same family.