Welcome to Sidekick Flintoffs: Supporting Southland businesses to grow
We’re excited to welcome Flintoffs Chartered Accountants in Invercargill to the Sidekick family.
Established in 1994, Flintoffs has spent more than 30 years working alongside Southland businesses, farming families and the wider community. That history matters. The team has built strong relationships across the region by keeping things practical, getting to know their clients and being there for the long haul.
Now known as Sidekick Flintoffs, Jo Thomson and Jackie Palmer continue to own and operate their business, while becoming part-owners within the Sidekick group.
They’ve joined Sidekick because they see an opportunity to take what they’ve built and grow it further, for themselves, their team and, most importantly, Southland businesses.
“I think we really needed some support as leaders, to bring out the best of our team.”
For Jo and Jackie, the opportunity is about growth with the right support behind it. They want to keep helping local businesses ‘be more successful’, develop their team and grow their advisory offering across Southland.
As Jo puts it:
“Happy clients, happy staff, happy directors, everyone moving forward… and growing in the advisory space.”
Local knowledge. Bigger support.
That’s where being part of Sidekick can make a real difference.
Jo and Jackie remain firmly focused on Southland, but they now have access to a wider network of people, knowledge and specialist expertise from around the country.
That means Southland business owners can benefit from the local relationship they already know and trust, with a much bigger pool of ideas and experience behind it.
Jo specialises in and enjoys working in the commercial and rural advisory space, helping business owners look beyond the numbers and work out where they want to take the business next.
Jackie has a particular passion for working with mum-and-dad businesses, tradies and Southland SMEs, providing practical support to people who are often juggling a lot and don’t have time to work everything out on their own.
Whether you’re running an established commercial business, building your own trade business, managing a growing SME or looking at what’s next for your farming operation, having the right advice around you can make a difference.
A bigger future for Southland
Flintoffs has been part of Southland for more than three decades. Joining Sidekick isn’t about changing what makes the business local. It’s about giving Jo, Jackie and their team the support and resources to build on what they already do well.
And for Southland business owners, it means another layer of expertise is now available locally, backed by a group of specialists and business minds across New Zealand, and stronger relationships with industry partners.
If you’re looking for an accountant or advisor who understands Southland, but can also bring a bigger network of knowledge and ideas to the table, talk to the team at Sidekick Flintoffs.
They’re still local. They’re still Flintoffs. And now they’ve got the entire Sidekick group behind them.
Welcome to the Sidekick family, Sidekick Flintoffs.
Meet the Invercargill team on our website
And if you want to hear directly from Jo and Jackie about why they joined Sidekick and what they’re looking forward to, watch their 3 minute interview below.
