People Profiles

Sep 15 2020

Laura Horsburgh

Categories: Graduate

Why did you choose a career in Accountancy? I wanted to use my degree but also gain further qualifications. Accountancy was a perfect fit. Why did you choose to apply to EQ Accountants to complete your professional qualification? I applied because the offices were local to me and EQ has a good reputation. I had more

Oct 17 2019

Louise Grant

Categories: Graduate

Why did you make the move to EQ to complete your traineeship? When I finished University, I started my graduate position, having accepted the first graduate offer I was given but after a year I knew it wasn’t the right fit for me. EQ has always had a good reputation and when I saw an more

Sep 19 2019

Sandi Grubb

Categories: Experienced Professional

Why did you make the move to EQ? What were you looking for? I moved to EQ for two reasons. Firstly, I was looking for a more challenging role that would open doors for me in terms of my professional development, and secondly, I wanted to work for a firm that really values its staff. more

Sep 13 2019

Karri Milne

Categories: School & College Leaver

Why did you choose a career in Accounts? From a young age numbers were always one of my strong points, so I knew I wanted to do something with maths. From about second year at school accountancy has always been what I wanted to do. I then did some work experience when I was still more

Sep 13 2019

Laura Nicol

Categories: School & College Leaver

How did your EQ/EQ journey begin? After finishing sixth year at high school, I continued working part time in a supermarket whilst applying for university to study primary teaching. This was a goal of mine from when I was very young so when it didn’t all go to plan I wasn’t quite sure what I more

Sep 13 2019

Robert Young

Categories: School & College Leaver

How did your EQ journey begin? I had no idea what I wanted to do when I left school; I sort of stumbled into accountancy. Why did you choose the opportunity to join EQ over college or university? I had decided that full time education was not for me, and really wanted to get a more

Sep 2 2019

Mark Wilken

Categories: Graduate

Why did you choose a career in Accountancy? Coming from a farming background in the North East of Scotland, I originally studied for a degree in Agriculture at Aberdeen University. During my time at Aberdeen, I became progressively more interested in the business aspect of agriculture and on graduating in 1988, I joined a national more

Sep 2 2019

Scott Greig

Categories: Graduate

Why did you choose a career in Accountancy? I really enjoyed Maths and Accountancy at high school and it seemed like a solid career path that would open a lot of doors in later life. Why did you choose to apply to EQ Accountants to complete your professional qualification? Some of the Partners came to more