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Alex Nicholson

Alex Nicholson

VAT and Indirect Tax Partner

7 May 2025

Johnston Carmichael boosts Newcastle team with senior tax hires

Leading UK accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has strengthened its tax offering in the North East with a series of senior tax appointments. Will Hamilton, Rebecca McColl and Zita Duggan have joined the Newcastle office to further strengthen its specialist tax services, bringing decades of combined experience across corporate tax, innovation tax incentives, and R&D advisory support.


7 October 2022

Johnston Carmichael appoints new VAT and Indirect Tax Partner

We’re strengthening our rapidly growing, specialist VAT team with a new senior appointment based in Newcastle.


14 January 2021

Johnston Carmichael experts reveal business predictions for 2021

After an eventful start to 2021, which has already seen the completion of Brexit, new lockdown measures and the acceleration of the COVID-19 vaccination programme, experts from Johnston Carmichael have revealed their top business predictions for the remainder of the year.


1 August 2018

New tax heavyweight warns of construction VAT changes ahead

Johnston Carmichael has strengthened its market leading tax team with the appointment of a new Head of VAT & Duty, who warns that the construction sector must prepare now for upcoming VAT changes.


1 February 2016

HMRC simplifies micro business rules

HMRC have announced two areas of help for small businesses supplying digital services to EU consumers.