Straight off the beach from protecting swimmers at Bondi, Trent Maxwell (better known as Lifeguard Maxi from hit TV show Bondi Rescue) will be visiting Bovey Tracey to educate our children about water safety ahead of summer.
Royal Lifesaving Society UK Honorary Vice President Ian Hutchings and his wife Sue are delighted and excited to host Lifeguard Maxi at their Bovey Tracey lifesaving club on Monday April 11th at Finlake Holiday Park in South Devon.
Open to children aged 8-14, there are two sessions available: 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm.
Devon-based Simpkins Edwards is celebrating with its team after being accredited as one of the UK’s ten best accountancy employers by judges at the British Accountancy Awards (BAAs). The firm, which has offices in Exeter, Okehampton, Holsworthy, Bovey Tracey, Barnstaple and Honiton, has now been shortlisted for the BAA’s Best Employer title 2019, and will discover if it has won later this month.
This is the second successive year that Simpkins Edwards has reached the finals of the British Accountancy Awards - widely regarded as the industry’s most prestigious accountancy accolade....
The streets, fields and football pitches of Bovey Tracey are looking that little bit tidier thanks to local chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards. As part of its ongoing commitment to volunteering in the local community, the firm, which has offices on Pottery Road, sent out a team of accountants to pick up litter during a day-long blitz around the town.
The litter pick, which was conducted following liaison with Town Clerk Mark Wells, is just one of the many volunteering days that the firm is participating in over 2019. From painting and generally tidying up the local Scout...
The Exeter office of Chartered Accountants Simpkins Edwards is celebrating a flood of key accountancy and taxation qualifications among its staff, who between them have achieved CTA, ACA, ATT and AAT professional qualifications, enhancing their skill, expertise and knowledge, while strengthening the firm’s ability to provide specialist client advice.
Corporate Tax Manager Corporate Tax Manager, has joined the firm’s growing number of Chartered Tax Advisers (CTA) having achieved the UK’s premier qualification in tax advice. As a dual qualified professional (James is also a Certified...
Leading Devon accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards is celebrating the appointment of its new Managing Partner Mary Jane Campbell. Mary Jane, who also leads the British Junior Carriage Driving Team in her spare time, is taking over the reins from Lynn Woodward who has been at the helm since 2012. Lynn will remain as a partner at the firm, focusing on her rural business and agricultural client base.
Commenting on her appointment Mary Jane Campbell said: “Lynn has shaped the firm over the past seven years. She has done an amazing job, putting us in a strong position to meet the needs of...
Leading Devon-based chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards has promoted two of its directors, Jonathan Hayes in Exeter and Jo Tope in Holsworthy, to the position of partner within the firm.
The two new partners have extensive experience working with rural and agricultural businesses across the South West, and will be responsible for building on the strength of the firm’s services in the sector. Jo Tope will lead on expanding the firm’s delivery of high-level business and tax advice in and around West Devon and North Cornwall.
Devon chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards has announced the appointment of Jonathan Hayes as Director of Rural Services. Jonathan joins from PKF Francis Clark, where he held a similar Director position in its Exeter office for the past eight years. Jonathan’s appointment further strengthens Simpkins Edwards’ specialist agriculture and rural business team. Jonathan joins Partners Lynn Woodward and Mary Jane Campbell, and fellow directors, Jo Tope and Julie Rose, who together head up the firm’s rural client work, supported by Tax Partner, Chris Bowker. Jonathan grew up in a farming...
With less than a year to go until HM Revenue and Customs’ flagship ‘Making Tax Digital’ project becomes mandatory for businesses, new research from the British Chambers of Commerce has highlighted that almost a quarter of UK businesses have never heard of it. Worryingly, two thirds of the respondents claim that although they know Making Tax Digital by name, they are only aware of some details. To help address this concerning lack of knowledge, local Chartered Accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards is staging a series of free seminars to help get businesses up to speed. Events will take place in...
Chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards, which has offices in Exeter, Okehampton, Holsworthy, Bovey Tracey, Honiton and Barnstaple, has marked its 50th Anniversary this year with a host of volunteering days across the county this summer. From clearing Himalayan Balsam on the banks of the River Tale, to painting Exeter’s iconic cast iron bollards black and gold, dozens of staff from the firm have been out and about, making a positive difference to local communities.
n June, a team of nine joined The Tale Valley Trust to clear the banks of the River Tale of the invasive Himalayan...
Leading Devon chartered accountancy firm, Simpkins Edwards, has marked the opening of its new offices in Bovey Tracey with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony undertaken by Bovey Tracey’s Town Mayor, Cllr Avril Kerswell.
Simpkins Edwards has relocated its team of accountants and tax staff from the former Heathfield premises to the new Bovey Tracey offices on Pottery Road, just 100 yards from The House of Marbles. Freshly converted to create an open-plan office for its team of seven, the former pottery mould-making workshop has undergone a full renovation in keeping with its...
