WHITLEY Stimpson director Laura Adkins has been ranked as one of the country’s top accountancy professionals by the Accountancy Age 35 under 35 in its 2018 leaderboard rankings.

The Accountancy Age Top 35 Under 35 ranks the brightest young talent in the accountancy sector in the UK.

Ms Adkins is director in charge of Whitley Stimpson’s Witney office and is responsible for the audit of some of the firm’s largest corporate clients.

She was made head of the Witney office following the firm’s merger with Morgan Harris.

She said: “I love my job, working with great clients and developing my team.”