Work Anniversaries
June HR Update
Welcome
In June we welcomed the following employees to the team:
| First name | Surname | Location | Service Line | Role |
| Ollie | Jarrett | Stratford | Accounts | Trainee Accountant |
| Kalpesh | Ambekar | Stratford | Accounts | Trainee Accountant |
| Elliott | Keefe | Stratford | Tax | Tax Manager |
| Aaron | Brooks | Stratford | Accounts | Semi Senior Accountant |
| Sarah | Clarry | Colchester | Business Support – Finance | Credit Controller |
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 |
| Matthew | Fidgett | Payroll Manager | Payroll | Colchester | 8 years |
| Chloe | McCann | Audit and Accounts Manager | Accounts | Stratford | 8 years |
| Darren | Flint | Associate Director | Accounts | Stratford | 5 years |
| Chloe | Hobley | Mortgage Admin Manager | Financial Solutions | Chelmsford | 5 years |
| Jake | Millard | Group Head of Finance | Business Support – Finance | Colchester | 4 years |
| Becky | Barker | Senior Accountant | Accounts | Ipswich | 3 years |
| Holly | Heslop | Tax Senior | Tax | Colchester | 3 years |
| Clare | Wilson | Group HR Manager | Business Support – HR | Chelmsford | 3 years |
| Matthew | Lo | Semi Senior Accountant | Accounts | Colchester | 3 year |
| Rachel | Munday | Business Support | Business Support – General | Chelmsford | 1 year |
| Henry | Clarke | Tax Trainee | Tax | Colchester | 1 year |
| Nathan | Byford | Tax Trainee | Tax | Colchester | 1 year |
| Rob | Harden | Group Chief Financial Officer | Business Support – Finance | Ipswich | 1 year |
| Dawid | Pretorius | Assistant Manager | Audit | South Africa | 1 year |
Exams
This month, we celebrated the following exam passes!
Andrew Zhou, Trainee accountant at Stratford, passed his Management Information exam!

Abbie Bennett, Semi Senior Accountant at Ipswich passed her Drafting & Interpreting Financial Statements exam!

Dillon Bentley, Trainee Accountant from our team at Dyer has passed his AAT Level 3 qualification…congratulations!
Promotions
This month we saw Ashton Croft & Megan Hunt promoted from Trainee to Semi Senior Accountants, well done!


We also saw Alfie Mainwaring & Becky Barker promoted from Semi Senior to Senior Accountants, congratulations!


Instant Rewards
Luke Green, Semi Senior Accountant at Chelmsford received an instant reward for consistently producing high quality accounts files and good feedback received from a monthly bookkeeping client for the work he does.

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


Welcome, Happy Anniversary and Well done : )