The Loop round-up

Here’s our quick round-up of The Loop updates throughout June.  

Colleagues 

Introducing the Affinia Academy: 

In our blog past shared on Monday, we proudly launched the Affinia Academy, a new initiative focused on empowering personal and professional development. Rooted in our RIALTO value of “L for Learn”, the Academy offers tools, training, and resources to help you thrive. Please check out the full post here: Introducing Affinia Academy – Affinia Marketing Blog 

New team members: 

In June we welcomed 17 new joiners to Affinia, across our Accounts, Audit, Payroll and Business Support teams. We hope you’re all settling in well – if there is anything you need to help your integration, please don’t hesitate to ask your team or office lead.   

Work anniversaries: 

We celebrated 29 work anniversaries across the business, ranging from 1 to 27 years!  

Exam success: 

Five of our team members passed professional exams. Congratulations to all!  

The full People & Culture update can be found here: People & Culture June Update – Affinia Marketing Blog 

Update on our office leads: 

We updated on changes to some of our office leads, with a reminder of current leads in other locations. You can access this information here: Update to office leads – Affinia Marketing Blog 

Introducing the data cleanse team: 

We were pleased to introduce the Data Cleanse Team, based in Chandigarh, who are here to support you with a range of data-related tasks. This dedicated team is led by Varun Joshi and is focused on improving data accuracy and efficiency across our systems. For more information, please see the full blog post: Introducing the Data Cleanse Team – Here to Support Your Data Cleanse Needs – Affinia Marketing Blog 

Headshot photo reminder: 

The marketing team provided a quick reminder about using your corporate headshot photo in your Teams/Outlook profiles and invited those who don’t yet have one to contact Maddy Pickup to arrange a time for her to take one.  

Clients 

Important changes – Companies House document filing: 

On June 17th Business Support shared an important update about the mandatory identity verification for all Company Directors, PSCs, and individuals filing with Companies House, introduced by The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. 

All clients have been contacted about how the change will affect them. Please view the full blog post here: Important Changes: Companies House – Document Filing – Affinia Marketing Blog 

Introducing Clarkson Hyde Global: 

We were delighted to highlight the international trade support we can offer clients through our membership of Clarkson Hyde Global, which provides access to advisers in over 60 countries for tax, accounting, audit, and legal support. You can view the full feature here: Introducing Clarkson Hyde Global – Affinia Marketing Blog

The Corporate Finance newsletter: 

In their June update, our CF team celebrated their 2nd place ranking for deal volume in the Experian Central & East Q1 Deal Review, highlighted a successful client transaction and examined the changes to Business Property Relief, in light of the impact on succession planning. You can view this feature here: Corporate Finance June newsletter – Affinia Marketing Blog 

The Audit monthly newsletter: 

Last month our audit team highlighted the following in their newsletter: 

• Their Hotels & Hospitality sector focus 
• Team and client feedback on working with the South Africa team 
• The new recruits who have recently joined the Audit service line. 

The full article can be viewed here: June Audit newsletter – Affinia Marketing Blog 

The Cloud Accounting newsletter:  

In their update, our Cloud Accounting team took the opportunity to highlight the services we offer clients as well as the software we recommend and can support. They also celebrated some colleague promotions, welcomed new joiners to the team and posted their current job vacancies.  

You can read their update in full here: June Cloud Accounting Newsletter – Affinia Marketing Blog 

Community 

 We were delighted to share some Community Updates from across our locations, including: 

•  Rachel Mann, Payroll Supervisor in Colchester, was recently invited to a reception at Buckingham Palace by the charity Hope for Tomorrow, which provides mobile cancer care units to help patients receive treatment closer to home. 
• During Mental Health Awareness Week, our Ipswich office got together to host a Craft Evening, where we saw members of the team lead sessions on watercolour paintings and painting Warhammer figurines.   
• Teams from our Colchester and Ipswich offices participated in Rutherford Briant’s annual Charity Football Festival, in aid of The Stroke Association, a UK charity dedicated to helping those affected by strokes and funding stroke research. Our Ipswich team came fourth and our Colchester team won! A huge well done to our football legends! 
• Our Leigh-on-Sea colleagues embarked on their third annual charity bike ride last weekend, in memory of founding partner Michael Hallybone, raising funds for Blood Cancer UK. We hope you had an amazing day and managed to cope in the very warm conditions.  

You can read more about our community updates here:  

May Community Update – Affinia Marketing Blog  / Congratulations to our football stars – Affinia Marketing Blog  / Leigh-on-Sea Charity Bike Ride – Affinia Marketing Blog 

 Affinia – finalists in the Accounting Excellence Awards 2025: 

Last but by no means least, we were absolutely delighted to be recognised for our hard work and dedication in the Accounting Excellence Awards 2025, where we are finalists in all three of the categories we entered: Employer of the Year, Audit Team of the Year and Marketing Campaign of the Year. The awards ceremony will take place on September 30th. Please keep everything crossed for team Affinia! 

That covers the key updates from June. If you have any questions about anything covered here, please get in touch with the head of service line as appropriate.  

Have a great day everyone!