Meet the team - Andrea Dow
My name is Andrea Dow. I am originally from East Kilbride but moved to Lanark when I got married. Its semi-rural and my husband and I are very happy there. We enjoy all things outdoors – cycling, hillwalking, a bit of scrambling, snowboarding but I also love the gym too. That’s my ‘happy place’ and there’s nothing better after a stressful or tiring day, than to hash it out in one of the xtreme fit classes at my local gym. I come from a big family, my close friends and family are really important to me – I love a good ‘walk and talk’ – then a pint and burger, or better yet, coffee and cake.
I joined Armet in 2021, and I’ve been very happy here. It is a lovely team to work with, and I feel like we have an open, friendly, approachable but professional work environment. I am an ACCA qualified accountant, in my previous role I gained a lot of experience in the production of management accounts for small and medium businesses. I was keen, to develop my taxation knowledge and so when an opportunity came up to work in practice, I jumped at the chance. That was a number of years ago now, but I can say that the move to Armet, has been a really happy and good one for me. It’s been a pleasure getting to know Ursula and Laura, and learn from the wealth of experience they both bring to the table, but it’s also been really lovely meeting our clients.
I co-ran a small online retail business, with my business partner, for about 7 years and it gives me a bit of an insight into how small business owners can sometimes feel. An understanding of how stressful, exhausting, and all-consuming it can be at times. It can be difficult to take a step back, evaluate what we want or need, and figure out what we need to do, to achieve that. Sometimes a wee meeting with your accountant is actually a great opportunity, to take that step back, and get back in control. And if I can help someone to do that, it gives me a real sense of satisfaction and joy.
