Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure

Cumbria and the Lake District rank among Britain’s premier visitor destinations.

Our breathtaking scenery and rich heritage thrive thanks to locally owned tourism and hospitality businesses delivering top-quality experiences.

The hardworking, local entrepreneurs drive a vital visitor economy and we want to help them succeed.

We represent a wide range of clients in this sector including hotels, guesthouses and B&Bs, caravan, camping and holiday parks, food and drink businesses, visitor attractions and leisure experience providers.

If you want specialist advice from those who care about the community as much as you do, speak to our team today!

Local specialists for local businesses

As a multi-award-winning, family-run firm with offices across Cumbria and Lancashire, we bring:

Sector expertise

Decades advising tourism and hospitality ventures

Local commitment

We are a strategic partner to Cumbria Tourism and a sponsor of their Business Tourism Tracker Survey and the Cumbria Tourism Awards

Innovative approach

Blending traditional values with fresh, technology-driven solutions

Holistic perspective

Aligning your business goals with personal and family aspirations

Our tailored services

We offer a personal touch and a suite of specialist products designed to add real value.

We advise on a range of matters, including:

Start-ups – we provide advice for starting your new business, or incorporating to a Limited Company, as well business‑plan reviews and resilience plans and toolkits.
Growth and finance – Funding strategies, acquisition advice and grant applications
Tax and capital allowances – Maximising reliefs on refurbishments and “green” investments (including the super‑deduction)
Profit improvement – Competitor analysis, price modelling, KPI development and bespoke benchmarking
Payroll and VAT services – Cut through the confusion and let us take the strain of managing your payroll and VAT compliance effectively
Finance director service and management information – Timely insights with the knowledge to help you understand, and act on, the numbers
Succession and exit planning – Preparing your business for sale, succession strategies and tax-efficient exit proceeds
Wealth and family protection – Life Wealth Plans, Inheritance Tax strategies and family‑business safeguarding

Here for life’s challenges

We know that tourism can be an unstable industry.

However, we want to help support local businesses to keep going even when times are tough.

If you want to stand out in the tourism and hospitality sector, speak to our team today!

Cumbria Tourism’s Business Tourism Tracker’

Cumbria Tourism’s regular business performance surveys gather ‘real-time’ data from local businesses about the issues, challenges and opportunities they face. With our support, the findings allow Cumbria Tourism to advocate for the sector with Government and help businesses to plan.

Cumbria Business Tourism Tracker April 2026

Cumbria Business Tourism Tracker November 2025