May 1 2019 Getting to Know You – Rachel Bell Categories: People Rachel is a Principal Manager, based in our Dundee office. She is a CA and a Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA). Whilst she specialises in tax, she deals with a varied client portfolio. Rachel is head of our Transaction Tax group and is also a key member of our R&D Tax and Healthcare teams. We caught up more
Apr 17 2019 Working with Crosbie Matthew Funeral Directors Categories: EQ News The death of a loved one, whether expected or sudden, can spark a range of emotions. Alongside the sadness and despair comes the need to organise a funeral which is both meaningful and respectful, an overwhelming prospect when dealing with one’s own grief. As one of Fife’s longest established family firms, dating back to 1939, more
Apr 8 2019 From Trainees to Principal Managers Categories: EQ NewsPeople We are excited to announce the promotions of three Senior Managers, all of whom undertook their training within the firm, to Principal Managers. Rachel Bell, based in our Dundee office, joined the firm as a trainee in 2008. Following her success in the ICAS exams, Rachel specialised in taxation, qualifying as a Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA) more
Apr 2 2019 EQ celebrate significant growth over the last five years Categories: EQ NewsTaxation We are delighted to be celebrating significant growth, with an increase in turnover to £7.5M, compared to £3.8M in 2014 – almost 95% in just five years. During the same period, our staff numbers have grown from 70 to 130. While a proportion of our growth can be attributed to the acquisition of offices in Fife more
Mar 25 2019 Liz Goldie awarded the highest level of tax qualification in the UK Categories: EQ NewsPeopleTaxation Congratulations to Liz Goldie, based in our Cupar office, who has passed the prestigious Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) exams, qualifying as a Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA). The CIOT is the leading professional body in the UK for advisors dealing with all aspects of taxation and Liz will now bring our total number of Chartered more
Jan 14 2019 Thank you to everyone involved in our year-long fundraising campaign for Maggie’s Centres! Categories: EQ NewsPeople One of our senior colleagues, who received a life-changing cancer diagnosis while pregnant with her son, has thanked her ‘incredibly generous’ colleagues, clients and contacts after our year-long fundraising campaign. Paula McAllister, Senior Manager in our Dundee office and mum to one-year-old Rhys, was diagnosed with bowel cancer in August 2017, when she was seven more
Dec 17 2018 The road from Aeronautical Engineering to EQ Categories: EQ NewsPeople Each year, we recruit a new batch of trainees and the majority of the 2018 intake of seven, who are spread across our offices in Dundee, Forfar, Glenrothes and Cupar, are accountancy / finance graduates. However, when it comes to our trainee ‘wishlist’, we are seeking more than financial prowess. As part of our commitment more
Nov 23 2018 Tay Cities Deal – Economic boost for the “Home of EQ”! Categories: EQ News This week saw the historic Tay Cities Deal, the initiative aimed to fund more than 20 major projects across Angus, Dundee, Perth & Kinross and North East Fife, formally signed at an event in Perth. It commits the UK and Scottish governments to investing a combined £300m in the region over the next 10-15 years, more