John Ierston is a Chartered Accountant and an Associate member of the Institute of Taxation. He is a Managing Partner in UHY Hacker Young, Chester. John undertakes work in most areas of accountancy including business development advice, forensic investigations and corporate finance. Over recent years he has become increasingly focused on the pharmaceutical sector, assisting clients from both a tax advice and planning perspective and also from a mergers and acquisitions perspective including pre-sale tax planning and restructuring. This has translated into an in-depth knowledge of the Pharmacy industry and the specific issues that Pharmacists currently face. He works with many specialist solicitors in the sector.