Careers

Join Our Team and Grow Your Career

At Fairhurst we value and nurture our expanding team. We offer flexible working hours, competitive rates of pay, holiday allowance increasing with length of service, pension plan, life assurance, and free on-site parking.

We are an accredited training provider with ICAEW (ACA), ACCA and AAT and are committed to providing the highest standard of learning, training, and career development for our students. We also ensure our existing qualified members are given all the resources they need to meet their CPD requirements.

Our employee assistance programme offers access to well-being, counselling, GP and physiotherapy services. We also offer a benefits package including cycle to work schemes and discount clubs.

We support local charities such as Wigan Youth Zone (Silver Patron) and hold regular charity fundraising and staff social events. We are also proud sponsors of the Wigan Warriors Academy & Scholarship teams. 

We are always interested in receiving CV’s from high calibre recruits at all levels. If you are interested in joining the team, then please email your CV to: careers@fairhurstaccountants.com

Current Vacancies

Assistant Accounts Manager (Small Business Unit)

Accounts Senior (Small Business Unit)

Audit Apprentice

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September 10, 2026

Foreign investors clean up on UK companies

The latest Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal a depressing landscape for UK companies. Foreign acquisitions of UK companies soared in value to £25.4 billion, up £9.7 billion from Q1 2026 and £15.7 billion higher than Q2 2025, highlighting how cheap UK company valuations are compared to foreign markets.
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Compulsory smart meter roll-out for small businesses

The UK government has unveiled its comprehensive response to the consultation on the post-2025 rollout of smart meters for non-domestic sites.
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