Simpkins Edwards accountants have been recognised for going "above and beyond" in giving back to the community, having been shortlisted for a Community Impact Award, part of the Xero Awards UK 2022.
With offices at locations across Devon, the firm has been a long-standing supporter of local charities and other community initiatives over the years.
The Community Impact Award shines a light on firms who have gone above and beyond - not just for their clients, but also for giving back to their community.
Simpkins Edwards is one of three finalists, all chosen for a...
Simpkins Edwards, the Devon-based accountancy firm, is saluting its staff, Veteran and Reservist clients, having received the highest accolade that the Ministry of Defence can bestow on a business. This is in recognition of the firm’s support for Armed Forces personnel and their families, their recruitment and development.
One of just 127 businesses across the UK – and the only business in Devon – to have achieved a Gold Award as part of the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) in 2020, Simpkins Edwards joins a very select group of just 353 businesses to have received the...
Commenting on the 2020 Budget Mark Simic, partner at Exeter-based Simpkins Edwards LLP, said: “In what was billed as a budget to vaccinate the economy, the Chancellor announced a series of measures to cope with the predicted fallout from COVID-19, which Chancellor Rishi Sunak described as a serious but temporary disruption.
“Alongside an ambitious program of long-term capital investment, a £30bn stimulus package was unveiled. Business owners concerned about staff being off sick and in self-isolation will have welcomed the £2bn set aside to cover the cost of sick pay for up to 14...
Exeter-based chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards will be holding post-budget events to help owners of SME businesses understand the broader implications of the Budget due to be delivered by Rashi Sunak on 11 March, following Savid Javid’s recent exit from the post.
The free, pre-booked seminars will take place at noon on 13 March at the Simpkins Edwards office in Barnstaple and at Strawberry Fields in Lifton. A further event will take place at Simpkins Edwards’ Exeter office at midday on 17 March. In addition to providing an insight into the Chancellor’s Budget, guests can...
One of the South West’s leading tax experts is adding to the day job with a senior role in the armed forces. As of 01 January 2020 Jean-Paul Quertier, a Lt Col in the Army Reserves and partner at Exeter-based Chartered Accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards, will be taking command of Army Training Unit (West).
Overseeing more than 500 Army Reserve recruits passing through both Wyvern Barracks in Exeter, and Maindy Barracks in Cardiff, Lt Col Quertier will spend the next two and a half years working four days a week at Simpkins Edwards and one day per week within the Unit. Responsible...
Barnstaple’s Really Big Quiz, which marked its 10th anniversary on 13 November, is celebrating a major milestone having raised over £30,000 for the Mayor of Barnstaple’s charities of choice since its launch in 2010.
This year’s event, which was once again organised and hosted by Exeter and Barnstaple-based accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards, raised over £2,900, tipping the total collected over the years to £30,316.96. Combined with Simpkins Edwards’ Exeter edition of the Really Big Quiz, which has been running since 2003, the firm has helped raise over £114,000 for local charities...
A team of eleven, wader clad volunteers from Simpkins Edwards, Exeter, recently swapped a day in the office for a day on the banks of the beautiful River Tale in East Devon to support the work of The Tale Valley Trust.
Building on last year’s volunteering success with the charity, Simpkins Edwards’ team of volunteers spent two days helping to clear non-indigenous invasive Himalayan Balsam, a tall attractive pink flowering plant, which has been an issue for the Trust for the past 13 years, from the banks of the River Tale.
In addition to clearing historic field irrigation...
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....
Restoration of the historic Clapperentale Waterwheel, set in the enchanting Tale Valley, East Devon, is a step closer thanks to staff from the Exeter office of Chartered Accountants Simpkins Edwards.
In a change from their normal day-to-day activities of keeping the business wheels turning, a team of 12 staff spent the day clearing a vital outflow tunnel that will enable the waterwheel, situated near Ottery St Mary, to turn for the first time in 80 years.
Working with the Tale Valley Trust, Simpkins Edwards donned gloves, wellies and waders to undertake the hot, dirty and...
Devon-based Simpkins Edwards has reached the finals of the British Accountancy Awards - widely regarded as the industry’s most prestigious accountancy accolade - for the second year running.
The firm, which has six offices in Devon, including an office in Exeter, will join other leading accountancy firms from across the UK at the awards dinner in September, each vying to secure top honours.
Shortlisted in the Mid-Tier Innovation of the Year category, Simpkins Edwards’ new monthly subscription service, “Plan With Confidence”, has been recognised for its use of technology,...
