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Sep 11 2018

#TalentTuesday – Sarah Millar

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                  Where and what did you study at University? I studied Accountancy at Aberdeen University. Why did you choose a career in Accountancy? I always enjoyed working with numbers when I was younger and really enjoyed Accountancy at school. Why did you choose to apply to EQ more

Sep 11 2018

A warm welcome to our new group of talented trainees!

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Our ten new trainees recently gathered at our Dundee office for training and will be based across all our offices; two trainees based in Dundee and Glenrothes, five in Forfar and one in Cupar. While providing opportunities in the local area, the investment in trainees will also help support the future growth of the Firm, which more

Sep 4 2018

#TalentTuesday – Louise Wilson

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Where and what did you study at University? Accountancy with Finance at University of Dundee. Why did you choose a career in Accountancy? I quite liked maths & business management at school, so accountancy sort of combined the two together. I also wanted a professional qualification and ICAS gives you that. Why did you choose more

Aug 24 2018

Join us at the races

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As a continued effort toward reaching our fundraising goal for our Charity of the Year – Maggie’s Centres – our Glenrothes office will be hosting a Charity Race Night. The Race Night is set to take place on Saturday 1 September at the CISWO club in Glenrothes. If you have never been to a race more

Aug 22 2018

John Seaton

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The staff at EQ were saddened to learn of the death of John Seaton last Friday. For over 30 years, John was a partner in the Forfar office of JLM, one of the founder firms of EQ, and he continued, on a consultancy basis, until his retirement in 2011. After completing his training to become more

Aug 1 2018

Our skydiving quartet go above and beyond

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A quartet of our high-flying staff have smashed their fundraising target after jumping out of a plane for charity. After three postponements due to weather challenges, the thrill-seeking four from our Dundee office were finally given the go-ahead to exit the aircraft 10,000 feet above the ground at Fife Airport in Glenrothes on Tuesday 24 more

Jul 17 2018

We are proud to co-sponsor Angus Brewfest alongside Thorntons

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Forfar’s answer to Oktoberfest has secured sponsorship from two local firms for this year’s festival, namely EQ Chartered Accountants and Thorntons Solicitors. Angus Brewfest is an annual food and drinks festival in Forfar which offers a vast selection of beer and non-alcoholic drinks from Scottish brewers and producers – many of which are local to more

Jun 27 2018

Michael Scott wins ‘One Young CA’ award

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Michael Scott CA (32), a Supervisor based in our Glenrothes office has been selected to represent the chartered accountancy profession across the world, after winning the ‘One Young CA’ award at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) Young CAs Summit in London on Thursday 21 June 2018. Each year, ICAS issues a call more