Brooking Ruse

Brooking, Ruse & Co. was formed in 1984 by Norman Brooking and Brian Ruse, having previously taken over the firm of Watts & Ellison which was established in Weston-super-Mare in approximately 1948. Norman and Brian had gained considerable experience of the local area and ran increasing portfolios of clients based mainly in Weston and Bristol. The firm still has strong connections with Bristol and runs a satellite office in Redland to help service our many Bristol based clients. The partnership quickly established itself and grew steadily in the late 80's and early 90's from its very convenient base in Beaconsfield Road, close to Weston's town centre. The off road parking afforded to clients being an extra convenience. Both Norman and Brian have been involved in the local community supporting and sponsoring local football, cricket and rugby teams. They are also "Friends of The Playhouse" and support the arts through sponsorship of the Weston Arts Festival. Brooking, Ruse & Co. are happy to continue these associations. The firm introduced a dedicated tax department to cope efficiently with the increasing demands of Self Assessment and tax enquiries and investigations. This department is mainly manned by ex HM Revenue and Customs employees who "know the system". The expansion of the practice as a whole has been greatly assisted by the formation of this particular specialist department. Norman Brooking retired from the practice in 2004 and some restructuring took place to enable the managers to run the client base with the assistance of the tax department. This all being overseen by Brian Ruse. Following Norman's retirement the partnership incorporated into Brooking, Ruse & Co. Limited (practice what we preach) and more recently Robbie Orr has joined Brian Ruse as a director of the company. In 2008 the firm merged with Dingley Brown & Co., an established general accountancy practice based in Portishead.