Pictured above: (l-r) Managing partner Andrew Delve, Steve
Connington, Janice Basta, Hilary White-Evans, Peter Hargreaves,
Linda Dowell, senior partner Paul Duffin and Caroline
Carter
More than 150 staff from one of the Midlands' most progressive
firms of chartered accountants and business advisors came together
in Derby to celebrate the firm's 25th anniversary.
Smith Cooper, which was founded in Derby and now has nine
offices throughout the region, marked the occasion of its 25th
anniversary with a celebratory luncheon and conference, which took
place in the marquee at Derbyshire County Cricket Club.
The event provided an opportunity for the senior management team
to share with staff its vision for the future of the firm and to
recognise the long service of a number of key members of the
team.
Managing partner Andrew Delve and senior partner Paul Duffin
gave awards to 18 members of staff in recognition of 25 and 15
years service achievements.
This was followed by a series of challenging team-building
events, aimed at enhancing group planning, communication and
knowledge management skills.
The afternoon culminated with presentations from senior partner
Paul Duffin and managing partner Andrew Delve, who reviewed the
firm's history and achievements to date before Chris Taylor
unveiled the firm's new marketing strategy and Dean Nelson and John
Farnsworth presented its long term business plan.
Commenting on Smith Cooper's 25th anniversary, Andrew Delve
said:
"Our 25th anniversary is a momentous occasion, which I am
delighted to be sharing our dedicated staff, many of whom have been
with Smith Cooper for at least two decades.
"Over the past 25 years, the firm has experienced tremendous
growth and established a reputation for working exceptionally hard
for its clients across a wide range of services at highly
competitive fees and as a result, we have established many long
term relationships with our clients, which we look forward to
continuing in the future."
"I would like to thank everyone at Smith Cooper for helping make
us the dynamic firm we are today," added Andrew.
Smith Cooper was founded in 1985 and is one of the Midlands'
leading accounting and business advisory firms, with offices in
Derby, Nottingham, Alfreton, Ashbourne, Birmingham, Burton,
Ilkeston, Buxton and Leicester.
It operates dedicated corporate finance, specialist tax,
corporate recovery and insolvency teams, as well as separate
financial solutions, payroll, IT and HR divisions.