M+A Partners HomeSchool Leaver and Graduate Trainee Programmes

Applications for our Trainee Programme are currently closed and will reopen in Autumn 2026.

Are you motivated and ambitious? Looking for a career in accounts, audit or tax? Want to work alongside experienced professionals? Searching for a reputable firm with opportunities for progression?

At M+A Partners, our aim is to bring together professional accounts, audit and tax expertise with practical, forward-thinking advice that adds value.

Our Trainee Programmes enable you to gain business skills from on-the-job learning (the “practical forward-thinking” part) and complete more formal training, studying towards your chosen professional qualification (the “expertise” part).

For more information, please get in touch with us at recruitment@mapartners.co.uk

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People and Culture Team

Phil Webster
Chief Operating Officer
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Phil joined M+A Partners in early 2022, in the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining the firm, Phil was Managing Director of a food import business for ten years.

As Chief Operating Officer, Phil oversees the strategic and operational direction of the firm to enable Partners and the wider M+A team to be as effective as possible in the delivery of their services to clients.

“Making sure we are resourceful, responsive and operationally efficient is key to helping our team deliver a high quality of client service. However, it’s also important that we create a collaborative workplace, sharing ideas and knowledge, whilst encouraging continuous learning.

It is my role to ensure we have a strategy that combines operational responsibilities with a commitment to the development of our firm and our people - creating opportunities for progression and enabling us to deliver the future ambitions of our clients."
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Emma Blyth
People and Culture Manager
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Emma joined M+A Partners in September 2021 and is our People & Culture Manager.

Emma graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a First Class Honours degree in Psychology in 2017. More recently, Emma successfully completed her CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management in December 2023.

Prior to joining M+A Partners, Emma worked in HR for a large International Retailer based in Norfolk and a Conservation and Education Charity based in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Emma provides assistance across the firm to coordinate effective HR Management.
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  • Business Services and Support
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Sophie Metivier
People & Culture Assistant
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Sophie joined M+A Partners in May 2024 as our People & Culture Trainee and was promoted to People & Culture Assistant after qualifying CIPD Level 3 in June 2025.


Sophie graduated from the University of East Anglia in 2023 with a First-Class Honours Psychology degree.


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