Leading smoked salmon supplier: ongoing accounts assistance

FD Solutions were introduced to H Forman & Son in 1999 by their auditors when, following a fire, there was an urgent need for assistance with their finance function. A flood a few years later resulted in new premises having to be acquired and fitted out, and again FD Solutions assisted with the finance matters. Richard Brooks spearheads our work on this client’s affairs.

In 2002 we recruited to H Forman & Son a financial controller through our network of contacts, and that FC has now been in post ever since.

In 2003 we were asked to help set up complete systems for the mail order food business Forman & Field, which had been launched the previous year.

Forman & Field is a fine-food mail order company specialising in fresh, traditional British produce from small, independent producers. It shares premises in East London with its parent company, H Forman & Son, a 100-year-old family business supplying smoked salmon, caviar and other smoked and fresh fish to the world's leading hotels and finest restaurants.

FD Solutions continues to provide support to both H Forman & Son and Forman & Field, including assistance with the annual accounts pack for auditors, and reviews and implementation of improved report processes.

Managing director Lance Forman commented, “FD Solutions assisted me from conception to reality in the setting up of my direct-selling operation Forman & Field. In particular, their experience of the accounting and CRM systems enabled us to commence trading within three months of the initial decision to start the business.”