Grant Thornton promotes four partners

Grant Thornton UK promoted four people to partner in its North West tax practice, expanding senior tax leadership across Manchester and Liverpool. (accountancytoday.co.uk) (insidermedia.com) The new partners are Marc Balshaw and Paul Atherton in corporation tax, Matt Foulger in innovation tax, and Davyd Fisher in employer solutions. (accountancytoday.co.uk) (insidermedia.com) Their promotions take the North West tax partner team to seven, with coverage across corporation tax, innovation tax, indirect tax and employer solutions. (accountancytoday.co.uk) (insidermedia.com) Grant Thornton said the larger team is aimed at clients ranging from owner-managed businesses and scale-ups to large corporates and international groups in the region. Peter Terry, the firm’s North West practice lead, said the market includes “a uniquely diverse and resilient business community.” (insidermedia.com) (accountancytoday.co.uk) The promotions are part of 16 senior roles created across the North West between 2025 and 2026, according to the reports on the appointments. (accountancytoday.co.uk) The regional move sits inside a much bigger national hiring plan. Grant Thornton UK said on March 24 that it had appointed 26 new equity partners in the first quarter of 2026 and plans to welcome 160 new partners over two years. (grantthornton.co.uk) That push follows a November 2025 announcement that the firm had 280 partners and had already made 40 partner appointments that year through internal promotions and targeted external hiring. (grantthornton.co.uk) Pete Terry was appointed North West practice lead in July 2025, taking responsibility for a 500-person team across Liverpool and Manchester while keeping his corporate finance role. (accountancytoday.co.uk) (consultancy.uk) For Grant Thornton, the latest promotions add tax capacity in one of its biggest English regional markets while the firm keeps building out its wider UK partnership ranks. (accountancytoday.co.uk) (grantthornton.co.uk)