A BRADFORD district-based HR, employment law and health & safety consultancy firm has triumphed at an awards ceremony recognising the contribution family-run businesses make to the region.

Howarths, a Cleckheaton-based company, scooped the Business Services award at the inaugural Yorkshire and Humberside Family Business Awards, organised by The Family Business Community.

Gavin Howarth, managing director at Howarths, said: “The Howarths team is delighted to have won this award as we approach our 20th anniversary in business.

“My parents, Andy and Helen, founded Howarths in 2003 - without much more than a phone and a book of contacts - after they spotted a gap in the market to provide cost-effective employment law advice to small businesses.

“Fast forward almost 20 years and, today, we provide specialist HR, employment law, business immigration law and health and safety support to more than 1,000 SMEs – including brands such as Jacuzzi Group UK and Opera North.”

In October 2021, Howarths completed its family succession plan which saw Gavin Howarth become the majority owner of the business following the purchase of the combined shareholding of Andy and Helen Howarth. Finance Director, Tracey Hopkins, increased her shareholding in the business, and Legal Director, Charlotte Geesin, joined the company’s board of directors and took a shareholding.

 

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