Work Anniversaries
July People & Culture Update
Welcome
In July we welcomed the following employees to the team:
| First name | Surname | Location | Service Line | Role |
| Marelize | Greyling | South Africa | Audit | Audit Senior |
| Patrick | O’Brien | Ipswich | Taxation | Tax Manager |
| Jay | Mardania | Stratford | Accounts | Semi Senior Accountant |
| Kara | Golbourn | Chelmsford | Accounts | Trainee Accountant |
| Jadesola | Disu | Stratford | Business Support – General | Company Secretary Assistant |
If you see them around the business, please join us in welcoming them to LB!
The following work anniversaries were celebrated this month…
| First name | Surname | Job title | Service Line | Location | Length of service |
| Lara | Evans | Manager | Accounts | Stratford | 12 years |
| Danielle | Reavill | Financial Planning Support Manager | Financial Services | Chelmsford | 11 years |
| Sarah | Crace | Manager | Payroll | Colchester | 7 years |
| Eleanor | O’Brien | Associate Director | Tax | Stratford | 5 years |
| Emma | Burley | Senior Manager | Audit | Colchester | 5 years |
| Ashton | Croft | Semi Senior | Accounts | Ipswich | 3 years |
| Elena | Canning | Senior | Tax | Ipswich | 3 years |
| Edyta | Witkowska | Senior Manager | Audit | Stratford | 3 years |
| Harry | King | Associate Director | Tax | Ipswich | 3 years |
| Lisa | Mansourpour | Business Support | Business Support – General | Stratford | 2 years |
| Marnie | Cavill | Business Support | Business Support – General | Ipswich | 2 years |
| Cameron | Salhotra | Trainee | Accounts | Colchester | 2 years |
| Jakub | Niciejewski | Trainee | Tax | Chelmsford | 2 years |
| Charlie | Hammett | Business Support | Business Support – General | Colchester | 2 years |
| Amy | Catling | Senior | Accounts | Ipswich | 2 years |
| Gabriella | Exley | Trainee | Accounts | Stratford | 1 year |
Exams
This month, we celebrated the following exam passes and achieved qualifications!
Cameron Salhotra, Trainee Accountant at Colchester, passed his Business, Technology and Finance and Principles of Tax exams!
Acer Spurling, Audit Trainee at Ipswich, passed his Law exam!
Fern Webb,Trainee Accountant at Chelmsford, passed her Audit and Assurance exam!
Freddie Scott Yates, Accounts Assistant at Ipswich, passed his Audit and Assurance exam!
Luke Green, Semi Senior Accountant at Chelmsford, passed his Performance Management exam!
Jakub Niciejewski, Tax Trainee at Chelmsford, passed his VAT exam!
Holly Heslop, Assistant Manager at Colchester, passed her Advance Technical Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates exam!
Nathan Byford, Tax Trainee at Colchester, passed his Personal Taxation of Individuals exam!
Owen Vernau, Semi Senior Accountant at Ipswich, passed his Tax Compliance exam!
Becky Barker, Senior Accountant at Ipswich, passed her Business Strategy exam!
Kirin Yeung, Trainee Accountant at Colchester, passed his Audit & Assurance, Finance Accounting & Reporting, and Business, Technology and Finance exams!
Jemma Sullivan, Trainee Accountant at Colchester, passed her Tax Compliance exam!
Alfie Mainwaring, Senior Accountant at Ipswich, passed his Finance Accounting & Reporting exam!
Drew Moody, Group HR Administrator at Chelmsford, passed her Business, Culture and Change in Context exam!
Jack Reed, Semi Senior Accountant at Stratford, passed his Business Strategy & Technology, and Business Planning: Taxation exams!
Matt Harrison, Semi Senior Accountant at Colchester, passed his Business Planning Taxation exam!
Yogini Patel, Senior Accountant at Sidcup, passed his Financial Reporting exam!
Esme Sheldrake, Accounts Semi Senior at Halstead, passed her Audit and Assurance exam!
Chloe Leatherdale, Trainee Accountant at Colchester, passed her Audit and Assurance exam!
Amy Catling, Senior Accountant at Ipswich, passed her Advanced Tax exam!
Gabriella Exley, Trainee Accountant at Stratford, passed her Financial Accounting exam!
Ash Thompson, Trainee Accountant at Ipswich, passed his Audit and Assurance exam!
Lauren Mallett, Senior Accountant at Colchester, passed her final exam and is now ACCA qualified. Congratulations!
Dan Witchell, Tax Senior at Colchester, passed his final exam and is now ATT qualified. Well done!
Promotions
This month we saw Mitchell Gooderham & Jonathan Butcher both promoted from Senior Manager to Associate Director! Congratulations! ?
Holly Heslop has been promoted from Tax Senior to Tax Assistant Manager, congratulations! ?
Recruitment & Employee Referral Bonus
If you would like to review what vacancies we currently have available please click here Job Vacancies Archive – Accountants Essex, London, Suffolk | LB Group (lbgroupltd.com).
Please keep in mind that we offer a referral bonus scheme, which will reward you according to the entry level of the hire:
| Onboarding | After Probation | Total Reward | |
| Trainee / Entry Level | £ 250.00 | £ 250.00 | £ 500.00 |
| Part Qualified | £ 750.00 | £ 750.00 | £ 1,500.00 |
| Qualified / Senior | £ 1,000.00 | £ 1,000.00 | £ 2,000.00 |
| Assistant Manager | £ 1,250.00 | £ 1,250.00 | £ 2,500.00 |
| Manager | £ 1,500.00 | £ 1,500.00 | £ 3,000.00 |
| Senior Manager | £ 1,750.00 | £ 1,750.00 | £ 3,500.00 |
The reward will be split into two payments; 50% when the employee starts with us and 50% when they have successfully completed their probation period. Rewards are subject to the normal tax and NIC deductions.
Please do remember to make internal.hr@lbgroupltd.com aware of the referral so we can track the application, keep you updated of their progress and more importantly ensure you receive your reward should they be successful.
Company Documents
Please be reminded that company documents are available to you in the company document section on Breathe. You can find the company organisation chart, employee handbook and more. If you are unsure how to access this or want to know more, please email Internal HR and we will be happy to help.
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 it
Many Thanks
congratulations to all