This month we have welcome the following employees to the team:
| First Name | Surname | Start Date | Location | Job Role |
| Ryan | Keeble | 01/08/2023 | Ipswich | Trainee Accountant |
| Chloe | Leatherdale | 07/08/2023 | Colchester | Trainee Accountant |
| Luke | Wiseman | 07/08/2023 | Ipswich | Senior Manager |
| Jenson | Bradshaw | 28/08/2023 | Ipswich | Trainee Accountant |
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 | Location | Length of Service |
| Tanya | Johnson | Manager | Ipswich | 29 Years |
| Michele | Fitzgerald | Admin Support | Stratford | 16 Years |
| Abigail | Favaro-Potter | Assistant Manager | Colchester | 15 Years |
| Maxine | Pyrozuk | Admin Support | Ipswich | 12 Years |
| George | Symonds | Assistant Accounts Manager | Ipswich | 7 Years |
| Michael | Warman | Director | Chelmsford | 6 Years |
| Calvin | Footer | Assistant Accounts Manager | Ipswich | 6 Years |
| Lauren | Mallett | Semi Senior Accountant | Colchester | 6 Years |
| Harry | Ward | Trainee Accountant | Chelmsford | 4 Years |
| Christian | Parker | Semi Senior Accountant | Ipswich | 2 Years |
| Matthew | Harrison | Trainee Accountant | Colchester | 2 Years |
| Mollie | Ogden | Trainee Accountant | Colchester | 2 Years |
| Megan | Hunt | Trainee Accountant | Ipswich | 1 Year |
| Jemma | Sullivan | Trainee Accountant | Colchester | 1 Year |
| Ash | Thompson | Trainee Accountant | Ipswich | 1 Year |
| Nathan | Thompson | Trainee Accountant | Colchester | 1 Year |
| Billy | Hicks | Trainee Accountant | Chelmsford | 1 Year |
| Fern | Webb | Trainee Accountant | Chelmsford | 1 Year |
| Connie | Fernandes | Mixed Tax Senior | Stratford | 1 Year |
| Erika | Sutkute | Admin Support | Colchester | 1 Year |
Promotions
This month we saw Neil Wade at Chelmsford promoted from Assistant Audit Manager to Audit Manager.
We also saw Holly Heslop from Colchester promoted from Tax Trainee to Tax Senior!
Congratulations to you both!! ?
Exams
Josh Jones Trainee Accountant from Chelmsford has passed his level 3 AAT this month, well done Josh!
Abbie Bennett Semi-Senior at Ipswich has passed her AAT Level 4 Tax exam!
Elena Canning Tax Senor at Ipswich passed her ACCA Advanced Audit and Assurance exam!
Billy Hicks, Trainee Accountant at Chelmsford passed the AAT Level 4 Personal Tax exam:
Luke Green, Trainee Accountant at Chelmsford passed the AAT Level 4 Personal Tax exam:
Amazing news, well done all! 
Don’t forget if you would like to share your exam success, please email internal.hr@lbgroupltd.com
Instant Awards
This month the following employees were awarded an Instant Award for going above and beyond in their roles:
Emily Hunter Trainee at Chelmsford received the award for her dedication in supporting the Chelmsford work experience students.
We hope you enjoy your vouchers!
If you know of anyone worthy of a nomination then please email HR your nomination and justification!
Recruitment
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.
Annual Leave
Breathe annual leave will be reconciled during the first week of September, so any carry over or purchased annual leave will not show until after that process has been done, so please bear with us during this time.
Content for the Intranet
It’s great to see we are receiving more requests to post content on the LB Loop from our employees, please keep them coming!
If you have taken part in raising money for charity, or perhaps you would like to share your knowledge on a particular subject that you’re interested in outside of work, we want to know!