A Financial Planning and accountancy firm is moving to the site where Sargeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Dark Side Of The Moon, and other major hits were made.
Frank Sinatra, Pink Floyd and David Bowie tracks were also mastered at The Old Vinyl Factory – which hosts the new offices of tax advisers Kingston Smith.
The firm is moving to the site where LPs and singles by The Beatles, Queen and other EMI artists were mastered, pressed, packed and dispatched well into the 1980s.
The site, which was once the European headquarters of EMI/HMV, has undergone a major regeneration, with new homes and offices built there.
The chartered accountants also provide Financial Planning, with specialist advice on retirement and tax. The Financial Planning team includes Chartered Financial Planner David Painter FPFS, director Derek Prentice, and David Mitchell DipPFS.
The company is moving on 5 September to the Hayes site, which is steeped in British cultural history.
The official page stated: “To music-lovers of the 1960s and 1970s, Hayes was the centre of the record-making universe. A place the world listened to. This was where vinyl was made.
“It was here a century ago that an artist arrived with a painting of a dog listening to a gramophone - a painting that would go on to become, for His Master’s Voice, one of the most recognisable trademarks of all time. LPs and singles by Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Queen and other EMI artists were mastered, pressed, packed and dispatched from here until well into the 1980s.
“Printed on the back of them all, the legend, ‘Hayes – Middlesex – England’ became a familiar sight the world over.”
Aside from music, the site was also known for technological innovation, through EMI’s Central Research Laboratory. Advances were made in radar, computing, broadcasting and medical science at the site, while some of the first computers were made there. For generations the nation’s most popular TV sets were built here.
Kingston Smith’s new office will be located one floor above a new Central Research Laboratory.
The firm has been based in Hayes for over 40 years.
Maureen Penfold, managing partner at Kingston Smith, said: “We are really excited about this move, which keeps us at the heart of our West London and Thames Valley market. As innovative advisers to entrepreneurial businesses, it is very fitting for us to be in an office surrounded by dynamic entrepreneurs at the forefront of their field, in a building that has always been known for innovation.
“We are also delighted that our new facilities will offer a greatly improved experience for all our people; a hub including a dedicated client working space complete with Wi-Fi and refreshment facilities for all Kingston Smith clients and contacts.”
The firm said it needed larger space, with an expanding staff including new partner, Mahmood Ramji, who joined earlier this year.
