Growth opportunities Larking Gowen is expanding its team with 27 new trainees across multiple offices in 2026, indicating a willingness to scale services and onboard new clients in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. This suggests potential for proactive outreach around onboarding support, training, and scalable accounting solutions for growing mid-market clients.

Insolvency & recovery The return of Matt Howard as Partner in the Insolvency & Recovery team signals a strengthened capability in distressed scenarios. This creates opportunities to target businesses facing financial pressures, distressed assets, or restructuring needs with advisory, turnaround, and formal insolvency services.

Sector focus Active engagement in rural and farming sectors, including plans for the Autumn Farming Conference and a recent farming-related news presence, indicates a targeted audience for tax planning, grant advisory, succession planning, and farming business strategy services.

Tax expansion Recent partner appointment in Ipswich and emphasis on expanding the tax team align with opportunities to approach high net-worth individuals, family offices, and SME owners seeking personal tax optimization, business structuring, and cross-border or multi-jurisdictional tax planning.

Strategic events Publicizing industry conferences and leadership lunches demonstrates a propensity for thought leadership and client engagement events. This provides openings for co-hosted seminars, sponsored sessions, and targeted outreach to attendees in East Anglia seeking advisory services related to regulatory changes and business strategy.