{"id":185503,"date":"2025-06-15T04:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T04:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185503\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T04:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T04:49:09","slug":"hadleigh-based-financial-advice-firm-matthew-douglas-ltd-unveils-first-london-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185503\/","title":{"rendered":"Hadleigh-based financial advice firm Matthew Douglas Ltd unveils first London office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A \u2018flying\u2019 financial advice firm based in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suffolknews.co.uk\/hadleigh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hadleigh<\/a> has unveiled its first office in London.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Douglas Ltd has embarked on a new era with its move to the capital in New Broad Street, by Liverpool Street Station.<\/p>\n<p>The family-run business, which has been based in Hadleigh High Street since 2017, was voted 2024\u2019s \u2018best financial advice firm in East England\u2019 by the global wealth management platform Citywire.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1280 854\" alt=\"Founder Matthew Frost, director Mark Norman, director of operations and human resources Rebecca Frost, and director Russell Brett. Pictures: Matthew Douglas Ltd\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"URUB8HJPFP8XRJWR6POF.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.50\"\/>Founder Matthew Frost, director Mark Norman, director of operations and human resources Rebecca Frost, and director Russell Brett. Pictures: Matthew Douglas Ltd<\/p>\n<p>It has followed that up with the opening of its new office on June 1.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Frost, 56, who lives in Kersey, near Hadleigh, is the company director and founder.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe are delighted and very excited to be expanding into Europe\u2019s largest financial centre and we are looking forward to broadening our reach both literally and metaphorically.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1280 854\" alt=\"Matthew Douglas Ltd has unveiled a new office in New Broad Street, London\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"TOMD8ZWXQTNGO6Z1DV7U.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.50\"\/>Matthew Douglas Ltd has unveiled a new office in New Broad Street, London<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have many clients in London, so it makes sense to have a more permanent presence in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHadleigh is flying but London will give us an edge over our rivals as others shrink and consolidate. We want to send a different message that we are very much open for new business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Douglas, which employs 18 members of staff, provides support and guidance to more than 800 families across the East of England and further afield.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Frost said the expansion to London was the start of a new era for the firm, which was established in 2003 and based in Nayland from 2004 to 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a family-run business, our entire ethos centres around confidence and continuity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe finance industry is experiencing a massive, pronounced drive of private equity money flooding into the market and buying up businesses like ours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, we will never let that happen to us or to our loyal clients \u2013 at least not on my watch.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe are very much here for the long term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opening our new premises acts to underscore our drive and determination as we bring our family values and acute acumen to the big city.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A \u2018flying\u2019 financial advice firm based in Hadleigh has unveiled its first office in London. 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