BB’s News from the House

The Reading Festival hit town last weekend which can only mean one thing – the summer is nearly over and autumn is looming. I don’t say that to try and depress you as I feel autumn can be one of the loveliest of all seasons. The warm sunshine and ever-changing colours of autumn leaves can be just beautiful and of course it’s a time for gardeners to enjoy the fruits of their labours with their autumn harvest. Do you remember the TV programme That’s Life and their funny-shaped fruits? Well, I feel this tomato harvested from our crops would be a good contender.

August is traditionally an exam result month – not only for GCSEs and A levels, but also accountancy. I’m delighted to tell you that here at K&H Andrew Neale passed his Business Analysis exam and Stacey Delve passed her Tax Paper exam. Congratulations to both of them on their achievements – they have already started studying for their next papers.

We’ve had birthday celebrations too. Jen, who is our newest recruit having joined us earlier this year, celebrated her 21st birthday recently and I understand was lavished with gifts of diamonds, show tickets, flowers delivered to the office, and a surprise family meal. Her birthday celebrations were rounded off with a camping weekend in Chichester.

The footie season has kicked off again and we are repeating our internal Fantasy Football league with members of the team and their families joining in the fun.  Currently, and of course it is very early days, my son Daniel and Pauline’s son Josh are leading the field with Poppy very close behind.  I must say it was very strange seeing Blackpool at the top of the Premier League, albeit for just a day.  I will be very surprised if they reach that height again this season.

The decorators are still with us and are now concentrating on the inside of the Overdene House building – once again please accept our apologies if your visit here has been disrupted in any way.

We also had some very sad news this month. Jackie’s dear husband Digby died very suddenly and unexpectedly on 7 August. A large part of Digby’s life was as an Officer in the Merchant Navy and when they first married Jackie accompanied Digby on his extensive travels to many parts of the world including Australia, Japan and Indonesia and even through the Panama Canal. Our condolences and deepest sympathies go to Jackie and their son Jeremy and his wife Trudi.

Business Development Workshop
Here’s a reminder that our next Business Development Workshop will be held later this month – Wednesday 29 September here at our offices in Theale. This workshop provides an introduction to four key areas that we work on with our clients: using accounts, saving tax, and improving profitability and business development using E-Myth principles. We get really good feedback on these BDWs and have already received a number of bookings, so if you would like to attend please let me know as soon as possible.

Breakfast Seminar
And finally, on Tuesday 5 October we are co-hosting a breakfast meeting with Colemans Solicitors on the subject of Getting Paid.  The seminar will be held at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre and, as places are limited, you need to book in advance. Full details here

If you would like to comment on any of the above, I’d love to hear from you.