STAFF at Bury-based chartered accountants Horsfield and Smith have certainly been counting on success.

One staff member has qualified as a certified accountant, another has passed her final exam, and three others have completed various stages of their examinations.

All five work for the company, which is based at Tower House in Walmersley Road.

Dean Watson (25) has qualified as a certified accountant. He has been with the business for more than two years.

A former pupil of Hope High School in Salford, his hobbies are golf and football. Co-worker Noreen Ullah has just passed her final AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) exam.

The 18-year-old lives in Bury and previously attended Broad Oak High School.

And three others, Clare O'Brien, Gareth Hardman and Ann Crompton, have passed various stages of their AAT exams.

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