Auditing, tax and consulting firm RSM has announced the addition of three new names to its Manchester office.

Adam West, Louise Cowell and Tony Jaras have joined the team and strengthen its private client and indirect tax offerings.

West, who joins as a director, comes from PwC and will head up the private client practice in Manchester and the north west.

Cowell joins as an associate director from Deloitte where she had more than eight years' experience in VAT, while Jaras brings with him more than 30 years' experience in the public sector and not-for-profit sectors, working for both the Big Four and HM Customs & Excise.