In February we welcomed the following employees to the team:
| First name |
Surname |
Location |
Service Line |
Role |
| Louise |
Riches |
Colchester |
Accounts |
Accounts Senior |
| Samuel |
Luscombe |
Chelmsford |
Accounts |
Trainee Accountant |
| Steffen |
Summerford |
Stratford |
Accounts |
Accounts Semi Senior |
| Johan |
Roeloffse |
South Africa |
Audit |
Audit Senior |
| Alex |
Clare |
Stratford |
Corporate Finance |
Corporate Finance Executive |
| Hannah |
Wilkinson |
Stratford |
Business Support – Finance |
Associate Director of Corporate Development |
| Cian |
Garvey |
Colchester |
Business Support – General |
Business Support |
If you see them around the business, please join me in welcoming them to LB!?
Work Anniversaries
The following work anniversaries were celebrated this month…
| First name |
Surname |
Job title |
Service Line |
Location |
Length of service |
| Andy |
Sewell |
Director |
LB Financial Solutions |
Chelmsford |
12 years |
| Sally |
Ashton-Jones |
Wealth Administrator |
LB Financial Solutions |
Chelmsford |
12 years |
| Hannah |
Clark |
Audit and Accounts Manager |
Accounts |
Chelmsford |
9 years |
| Gemma |
MacAndrews |
Audit and Accounts Manager |
Accounts |
Colchester |
2 years |
| Daniel |
Rodger |
Senior Tax Manager |
Tax |
Colchester |
2 years |
| Greg |
Warner |
Tax Senior |
Tax |
Ipswich |
2 years |
| Alfie |
Mainwaring |
Semi Senior Accountant |
Accounts |
Ipswich |
2 years |
| Daisy |
Warner |
Group Senior HR Advisor |
Business Support – HR |
Chelmsford |
2 years |
| Sam |
Johnson |
Tax Trainee |
Tax |
Ipswich |
1 year |
| Jamie |
Bligh |
Tax Manager |
Tax |
Colchester |
1 year |
| Hon Kit |
Lee |
Trainee Accountant |
Accounts |
Stratford |
1 year |
| Jordan |
Keeble |
Audit Senior |
Audit |
Ipswich |
1 year |
Exams
This month, we celebrated the following exam passes and course completions!
Cameron Salhotra, Trainee Accountant at Colchester, passed his ICAEW Law paper!
Matthew Lo, Semi Senior Accountant at Colchester passed his ICAEW FAR exam!
Ryan Keeble, Trainee Accountant at Ipswich passed his Level 3 Tax Processes paper!
Scott Hadley, Audit Senior at Colchester passed his final professional ICAEW exam, Business Planning Taxation!
Matthew Harrison, Semi Senior Accountant at Colchester passed his FAR exam!
Alfie Mainwaring, Semi Senior Accountant at Ipswich passed his ACA Principles of Tax exam!
Tobi Abolarin, Audit Semi Senior at Stratford passed FAR & FM in December, and passed his Law exam in February!
Chloe Leatherdale, Trainee Accountant at Colchester passed her ACCA Tax Paper!
Josh Wilby, Trainee Accountant at Colchester, passed his ICAEW Law paper!
Olwethuzuko Mpahlwa, Senior Accountant in our South Africa team passed his SAICA APC Board Exam!
Well done everyone! ⭐
Promotions
This month we saw Max Day from our Chelmsford office, promoted from Tax Trainee to Tax Senior as a result of passing his final ATT exam and becoming qualified! Well done Max. ?
Instant Rewards
This month, Mikki-Marie Durrell, Senior Accountant at Stratford, received an instant reward for her hard work ethic on the lead up to Christmas, working late consistently to see the job through.
Hon Kit Lee, Trainee Accountant at Stratford, received an instant reward for his positive attitude and eagerness to help in particular on the lead up to Christmas, working late to finalise account filings.
Steven Diep, Senior Accountant at Stratford, received an instant reward for his hard work in going above and beyond on his audit jobs and mentoring to trainees.
Abby Salt, Senior Accountant at Colchester and Lucas Carter, Audit and Accounts Manager at Colchester, received an instant reward for their professionalism and delivery of customer service as highlighted by one of our clients.
Ash Thompson, Trainee Accountant at Ipswich received an instant reward for his hard work and initiative shown whist working on the accounts for LB’s largest client recently won.
Andrea Smith, our Digital and Campaigns Manager, received an instant reward for the hard work and commitment in delivering a new website for the business, arranging and coordinating photography around each of the sites.
Marnie Cavill, Business Support at Ipswich, received an instant reward for her dedication and commitment in providing excellent customer service to LB’s largest client recently won.
Recruitment
This month we have launched our Trainee recruitment campaign. If you would like to review what vacancies we currently have available please click here Careers at LB Group – Accountancy and Tax Jobs with Us. | LB Group (lbgroupltd.com) and perhaps you could be in with a chance of earning some extra money by referring a suitable candidate! Likewise, if you would like to apply for any roles advertised, please let HR know.
If you have anything you would like to share and be included in the next HR update post, please email Internal HR and we would be happy to feature this?
Excellent update and so many great things to be celebrated around the group. Well done to everyone!
Well done to everyone with exam passes and instant rewards, and welcome to the new starters!