David Allen Celebrates success at the ICAEW Awards
Kevin Batty has been recognised by the Northern Society of Chartered Accountants for getting the highest mark in the Business Strategy paper as part of the Professional Stage examinations towards becoming qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
Kevin was awarded his prize and certificate at a ceremony held in Newcastle. John Hunston, President of the Northern Society of Chartered Accountants presented the students with their prizes along with John Cuthbert OBE, the retired Managing Director of Northumbrian Water Group plc and current chairman of Northern Business Forum and the North East Economic Partnership.
Helen Taylor who works in our Penrith office was awarded her certificates as recognition of her completing her training and becoming a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Martyn Jones, national Audit Technical Partner at Deloitte and Vice President elect at ICAEW said: “The ICAEW Chartered Accountant qualification is one of the most sought out in the world. 84% of FTSE 100 companies have at least one ICAEW Chartered Accountant on the board. As accountants you will gain the opportunity to enter into a profession that does not just serve businesses and investors but also the public interest”.
Alison Welton, Partner at David Allen comments: “This is a fantastic achievement and we are so proud of Kevin and Helen. It’s important to us to invest in our people and their training and as a result we recognise the value that they bring to our business. We offer fantastic career prospects to the right people - whether you are an experienced accountant looking for a new challenge or a trainee looking for an opportunity to develop your skills, we are always happy to speak to you and provide guidance and information on the training programmes available”.
On Sunday 17 April 2011 in an attempt to raise money for the Mayorof Carlisle’s Charity Fund I took part in a sponsored sky dive at Cark Airfield along with my daughter Rebecca, Jaimi Wilson from David Allen; Carol Roberts of Carol Roberts Couture Bridal; Shirley Wilkinson of J & S Wilkinson; Karen Brownrigg from Carlisle Race Course; Karen Walker an Occupational Therapist and Roger Smith, Yvonne Pascoe and Andrea Crowther all from Thomas Graham.
The Mayor of Carlisle Mary Styth and Consort Jim Styth both showed their support by attending what was promised to be a fantastic day.
Chris and Nicola Reay from Reays Coaches kindly donated their new VIP coach to transport us and our support team to the airfield, arriving on time at 9.00am. After only 30 minutes of instructions we made our way over to the plane to set off. Quickly climbing into the air, my nerves started to kick in. With the plane hovering 2 miles above the ground it was my turn to jump... sitting with my legs hanging over the side of the plane, my instructor launched us literally into ‘thin air’. The rush of freefall was exhilarating – something everyone should do at least once in their lifetime.
I would like to thank everyone who took part in the Sky Dive along with their supporters. A special thank you goes to everyone who sponsoredour brave jumpers and helped raise a substantial amount of money for a very worthwhile cause.
The thrill of parachuting is amazing and I would not hesitate in recommending it. For a business looking for something completely different as a teambuilding event... go for it... you won’t regret it.
David Allen is ‘highly commended’ at the UK Coach Awards
I, together with several colleagues had the honour of attending theUK Coach Awards Annual presentation at the Ramada Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester on 7 April.
The glittering ceremony was hosted by BBC Weathergirl Carol Kirkwood and the awards were presented by Steve Whiteway, President of the Confederation of Passenger transport. David Allen was nominated by Irving’s of Carlisle Coach Hire in the Best Industry Support Solution category. This category is designed to recognise and reward excellence and high standards in the delivery of essential support services to coach operators. It focuses on products or suppliers which help operators to be:
• more efficient • more environmentally friendly • more customer-focused • more reliable
Nominees included providers of services such computer software, other support services, engineering contractors, safety and risk management or legal advice.
The winners, announced by John Owen, Director of the UK Coach Awards were Door2Tour.com – a cutting edge internet marketing portal.
Although we didn’t win, we had a thoroughly enjoyable evening and were highly commended for our support to the coach industry.
Myself and some of my colleagues were delighted to attend The Insurance Institute of Carlisle's annual dinner on Friday night at the Crown and Mitre.
The dinner was for 7.30 so we met in the hotel bar for a drink beforehand before going through to the posh ballroom for a beautiful 3 course dinner.
We were then entertained by a speech from the President Mike Clementson and the guest speaker, a professional comedian Johnnie Casson who kept our attention with their witty tales.
All of our names were then put into a box to win from a selection of prizes where 3 from our table of 10 won some great prizes. The President then kept up their tradition of inviting guests to their suite (which has now moved to the bar) where we were further entertained by a card enthusiast Kevin Stairmand from H&H Insurance Brokers.
All in all, we all had a great night with flowing wine and some interesting conversation!
Kevin Batty has been recognised by the Northern Society of Chartered Accountants for getting the highest mark in the Business Strategy paper as part of the Professional Stage examinations towards becoming qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
al Audit Technical Partner at Deloitte and Vice President elect at ICAEW said: “The ICAEW Chartered Accountant qualification is one of the most sought out in the world. 84% of FTSE 100 companies have at least one ICAEW Chartered Accountant on the board. As accountants you will gain the opportunity to enter into a profession that does not just serve businesses and investors but also the public interest”.
vement and we are so proud of Kevin and Helen. It’s important to us to invest in our people and their training and as a result we recognise the value that they bring to our business. We offer fantastic career prospects to the right people - whether you are an experienced accountant looking for a new challenge or a trainee looking for an opportunity to develop your skills, we are always happy to speak to you and provide guidance and information on the training programmes available”.
