Russell Bedford Firm Kab to Merge with Stolp

London, United Kingdom, October 10, 2015 --(PR.com)-- Kab West Accountants & Belastingadviseurs, the Dutch member firm of international professional services group Russell Bedford, will double in size following its planned merger with Stolp Adviseurs en Accountants. The merger will take effect from 1 January 2016, creating a full-service accounting, audit and tax and legal advisory firm with eight principals and around 90 staff. The combined firm will have its main regional offices at Roelofarendsveen (Amsterdam/Schiphol) and Voorburg (The Hague), with branches in Barendrecht, Gouda/Rotterdam and Zoeterwoude. The name of the new firm will be STOLP + KAB Adviseurs en Accountants.

Kab West has its origins in a practice founded in the 1940s, and offers accounting and tax compliance, audit, tax consulting, legal and business advice to a client base of predominantly medium-sized businesses, covering a wide spectrum of industrial sectors. Kab West has been the Netherlands member of Russell Bedford International since 2006.

Stolp has a 75-year history of advising local and national small and medium-sized businesses, providing auditing, business consulting, tax planning, payroll and business start-up advice.

In a joint statement, Kab West chairman Michaël Peffer and Stolp chairman Michiel Polman said: "Our two boards have been in discussion on potential opportunities for cooperation for some time. We believe our firms are a perfect match as regards vision, people and culture, and reinforce each other in terms of knowledge and experience. By combining our forces, we are well prepared for the future in the changing auditing and advisory market."

About Russell Bedford International

Established in 1983, Russell Bedford International is a global network of independent firms of accountants, auditors, tax advisers and business consultants. Ranked amongst the world’s leading accounting and audit networks, Russell Bedford is represented by some 600 partners, 5000 staff and 290 offices in more than 100 countries in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. Russell Bedford International is a member of the IFAC Forum of Firms and a member of EGIAN, the European Group of International Accounting Networks and Associations.