An accountant and tax specialist has launched a new financial services arm - Kendall Wadley Financial Services.

Kendall Wadley, which has offices in Worcester, Hereford and Malvern, is operating the new venture in association with long standing partners, independent financial advisers, Boolers.

The aim is to expand and enhance the services that Kendall Wadley can offer to its client base.

Kendall Wadley Financial Services will special-ise in the provision of indepth technical financial advice, focused on pensions and investments.

On the pensions front, it will be able to provide guidance on, establish and operate self-administered pension schemes, whilst the investment team will be able to create bespoke portfolios for pension arrangements, individual and corporate clients, and family trusts.

Partner Liz Needham will be heading up the new venture for Kendall Wadley.

She said: "We are confident that the new financial services arm will quickly establish itself at the fore-front of this marketplace in the Worcester, Hereford and Malvern areas.

"We have been offering the same services through a number of partners for many years, very success-fully but we felt the time had come to formalise the arrangement and to work more closely with a dedicated partner, that could bring the best quality of service to our wide and varied client base.

"This arrangement will ensure we are in control of the financial advice being given to our clients and we feel that is the best way forward - for them and for us."