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Walking for The Connection at St Martins-in-the-field Our charity partner for 2024 is The Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields. To kick off our activities and fundraising several colleagues recently took part in the London Night Walk. Starting and ending at The Connection, the team walked the streets of central London at night to understand the circumstances and challenges facing those sleeping rough and to raise money. They began with walking through Covent Garden before taking a turn onto a familiar street and realising they were walking straight past our office, stopping briefly for a cheeky selfie. One of our walkers Anna Smith said: “We walked past plenty of people bundled up in sleeping bags, trying to keep warm and get some decent rest as the hustle and bustle of London noisily passes them. It really brought home to all of us the challenges that people living on the streets face. Something as simple as a safe place to sleep just isn’t attainable.” Find out more about our partnership with The Connection as Lisa Gilmour talks to Olivia Wasson, Partnerships Officer at The Connection.
Success Stories - Episode 5 - Dino Sura, Managing Director, Burger & Lobster In this series each episode will focus on a client’s story of their journey to success, and their advice to other businesses and fellow entrepreneurs. Episode 5 with Dino Sura, Managing Director, Burger & Lobster Daniel Burke, Partner, Audit, Accounting & Outsourcing, Blick Rothenberg In our latest episode, Audit, Accounting & Outsourcing Partner Daniel Burke talks with Dino Sura, Managing Director of global restaurant business Burger & Lobster. The concept for Burger & Lobster all began in 2011 with four school friends on a rooftop in London. They cooked up the idea to set up a restaurant where the focus was on perfecting the craft of just two main ingredients. Dino tells the Burger & Lobster story: how it all began and the challenges they’ve faced over the last 13 years. He also talks about what he believes is the foundation of Burger & Lobster’s success, how they choose their restaurant locations and how the company approaches the important issue of sustainability.
Blick Rothenberg is proud to offer an international secondment programme via a joint initiative with Allinial Global and member firm, Bentleys in Australia. Our newest secondee shares his experience of his time at Blick Rothenberg Lewis Evangelou joined Blick Rothenberg’s Corporate Tax team from Bentley’s in Australia for a six-month secondment. “Blick Rothenberg has a great culture. I thought it was going to be very daunting at first and was going to take a while to get into the swing of things, but everyone is so friendly and I felt comfortable from the get go.” Lewis Evangelou
Blick Rothenberg - The Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields Every two years the firm nominate and vote for a charity to support throughout the course of the year through various fundraising initiatives. Our corporate charity for 2024/25 is The Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields, who have been on the front line helping people in crisis for over one hundred years, right in the heart of Westminster. With a cost of living crisis and homelessness levels rising across London, we are incredibly proud to have chosen to support The Connection to help end rough sleeping and create a safer and fairer London for all. The Connection has values that so seamlessly align with our own, putting people at the heart of their organisation to champion change in the local community. It is these shared goals which make us so excited to work on this partnership together. Lisa Gilmour talks to Olivia Wasson, Partnerships Officer at The Connection.
Blick Rothenberg presents London's Air Ambulance Charity with £50,000 cheque After two years of fundraising, involving many events including cake sales, The Thames Walk, marathons, abseiling down the side of the Royal London hospital and even custard pie throwing, our partnership with London’s Air Ambulance has drawn to a close. Blick Rothenberg CEO Nimesh Shah and many employees welcomed the London Air Ambulance team to our Great Queen Street offices to receive a cheque for over £50,000 in support of their Up Against Time appeal. Cat Hughes, Philanthropy (Trusts) Officer, accepted the cheque on behalf of London’s Air Ambulance and thanked the team at Blick Rothenberg for helping to safeguard the life-saving service and ensuring they can continue to save lives across London. Blick Rothenberg CEO Nimesh Shah said: "I was delighted that Blick Rothenberg was given the opportunity to partner with London’s Air Ambulance as it’s charity partner over the last 2 years. The work of London’s Air Ambulance is nothing short of astounding, and this world leading service plays a vital role in saving lives in London. I am proud and incredibly humbled by the fundraising efforts of our people at Blick Rothenberg for its role in supporting the incredible work of London’s Air Ambulance."
The Spring Budget Statement 2024 As always we had our expert team on standby to analyse, interpret and provide insight into the impact of the Budget on you and your business. you might have seen our team on TV, heard them on the radio or seen our Tax Calculator online. Blick Rothenberg are always in demand at Budget time at get to work with organisations like the BBC, SKY News, LBC, The Times, The FT, The Telegraph, The Mirror, The Sun, The Express, The Standard, The Guardian and many more.
Blick Rothenberg 'Light up for Rare' Yesterday, the rarest day of the year, was Rare Disease Day. A disease is rare if it affects fewer than 1 in 2,000 people, yet there are 300m people worldwide with rare diseases and 1 in 5 cancers is rare. To mark the day and its theme 'Light up for Rare' Blick Rothenberg's BRidge (Blick Rothenberg’s Inclusive Disability Group for Employees) network gathered on the balcony at Great Queen Street in the twilight to shine our phone torches. You can find out more about our BRidge network:
The essential business and investment podcast for entrepreneurs BRave Business, the podcast for entrepreneurs from Blick Rothenberg, is now officially one of the UK’s top business podcasts. The series is #1 in the UK Investing chart and #2 in the Business chart. Hosted by journalist and broadcaster Declan Curry, the series focuses on providing practical guidance, timely insights, and professional opinions from our industry experts and guests with lived experience helping entrepreneurs make informed business decisions. Recent episodes have covered: From Start-up to Exit in the Tech Sector, Hidden Struggles: Mental Health of Entrepreneurs, Overcoming Barriers for Black Entrepreneurs, Establishing a UK brand and Expanding from the UK to the US. We’d like to thank our guests, Blick Rothenberg experts, and Declan for making BRave Business the essential business and investment podcast for entrepreneurs. BRaveBusiness is available to stream on all major podcast platforms as well as being available on our website and YouTube channel.
It’ll be all right on the night… We are immensely proud of the Blick Rothenberg team, not only for what we have achieved in 2023, but how we did it and who we are. Sometimes that even means being in front of a camera or microphone with our Marketing team looking for the perfect piece-to-camera or soundbite while a crew clamber round in the background fixing backdrops, adjusts the lighting (to be complimentary), or waits for the drilling elsewhere in the building to allow a break for filming! This year we’ve had more colleagues than ever behind a microphone and in front of a camera. We’d like to thank everyone at #BlickRothenberg for their contribution to our Insight pieces, data analysis, budget predictions, budget reviews, commentaries, interviews, newsletters, webinars, podcasts, and videos (and Jeff and his technical team who make everyone look so good on camera!). Thank you for all your support; it has been a pleasure working with each and every one of you. This week, as has become a tradition, we’ll be sharing some videos giving you a peek “behind the scenes". Here’s how we do it...
Meet the team on our French Desk This year, to support our activities in the French market, we have reinforced the team on our French Desk. Our dedicated team of specialists, some of whom are in this video, support a growing number of companies from French-speaking jurisdictions wishing to expand into the UK, as well as provide bespoke tax planning advice to individuals and families who wish to settle here. We offer a ‘one stop shop’ for high quality tax advisory, company incorporation, payroll and international outsourcing services. We are here to support you through an increasingly complex global environment.
