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Blick Rothenberg Careers – Myth Busters with Jim Brown Aisha Weise-Forbes from our recruitment team is on a mission to talk to people around our business to challenge myths and assumptions for people considering a career in Accountancy and Professional services or even at Blick Rothenberg. Aisha spoke with partner Jim Brown to discuss the importance of working as a team and the visibility of senior management. “I often walk past Directors and Partners while in the office and we have a quick chat…“how are you getting on?” “how was your weekend?”. These moments are a testament to who we are at Blick Rothenberg, friendly people who genuinely care.” Among many of Jim’s nuggets of wisdom is his point on micro interactions. Formal training is important but the informal interactions you’ll have with your team can be just as useful within this industry.
Blick Rothenberg Careers – Myth Busters with Andy Briggs Aisha Weise-Forbes from our recruitment team is on a mission to talk to people around our business to challenge myths and assumptions for people considering a career in Accountancy and Professional services or even at Blick Rothenberg. In this episode Aisha chats with Andy Briggs, a Director in our Corporate Tax department, who shares some insight into his own experience at both Big Four and smaller firms. Aisha said “I’m so excited to share this episode of Myth Busters with you because it touches on an assumption I hear a lot. I have spoken to several soon-to-be qualified finance professionals who have goals of moving In-house. Most people feel this move will offer them more autonomy and variety, but this isn’t always the case.”
Blick Rothenberg - Careers - One piece of advice We recently held an event for our new joiners starting with Blick Rothenberg. We asked some of our team what would be their one piece of advice advice....
Children's Book Project - We held a Book Drive Blick Rothenberg is passionate about improving the lives of our communities, which have welcomed us since 1945. As part of this, we recently held a book drive supporting The Children’s Book Project. We received a fantastic array of books (modelled here by our own Melissa Thomas and Danny Hunter) and all of these are now on their way to loving new homes across London. Find out more about the work of the Children's Book in the link below
After a successful Pride Month, we wanted to formally introduce the Rainbow Network - Blick Rothenberg’s employee resource group for LGBTQ individuals and those who don’t identify as such but are interested in supporting or learning more. We will be working year-round to provide a safe space for our colleagues, create networking opportunities, raising awareness of key issues, and feeding back into the firms wider D&I initiatives.
Change Please become our official coffee partner How the coffee at our Great Queen Street office is helping to end homelessness Where social enterprise and coffee expertise blend Our coffee supplier is a small but very important consideration when looking to become a more responsible business. We have chosen Change Please – a social enterprise whose aim it is to end homelessness through the medium of coffee – as our new coffee supplier. CEO Nimesh Shah caught up with with Cemal Ezel, founder of Change Please, to learn more about the organisation, why coffee is a strategic factor in their mission, and their plans for the future. Find out more at: https://changeplease.org/
Blick Rothenberg’s secondees arrive in Australia Our international secondment programme continues with three Audit Assistant Managers - James Smith, Matthew Beale ACA and Shiv Shukla - joining fellow Allinial Global member firm Bentleys Queensland for three months. We are thrilled to provide this opportunity to our people to develop new skills and experience different cultures. The programme is offered to eligible employees who are seeking to build their professional development at a global level. We wish James, Matthew and Shiv all the best for their time in Australia and look forward to sharing their experience. If an international secondment is of interest, view our current vacancies on the Blick Rothenberg website.
A new episode of Success Stories - Our client’s stories of their journey to success In our latest episode, Partner Darsh Shah talks with entrepreneur Justin Jeffery from global spares provider Mini Spares. Justin shares the company’s growth story, from a traditional single-person mailer-order business when it launched in 1975 to a global supplier of classic Mini Spares to trade and retail customers in 122 countries today. He also reveals the realities of operating a family-run business, the challenges trading internationally post-Brexit and his advice for other companies looking to supply customers overseas. Justin also takes Darsh on a drive to share his passion for classic Minis and why he believes they are still so popular today.
London’s Air Ambulance – Royal London Hospital Abseil Last week 11 Blick Rothenberg colleagues abseiled from the highest rooftop helipad in Europe down the side of the Royal London Hospital. The 17th Floor helipad is home to London's Air Ambulance Charity and the abseil was in support of the charity’s ‘Just in Time’ appeal to urgently replace their fleet which is coming to the end of its life. Congratulations to our brave abseilers and many thanks to our friends at London’s air Ambulance charity staff and volunteers for making the day happen. London’s Air Ambulance Charity is our charity of the year.
🌈Happy Pride Month 🌈 Pride is a month-long celebration recognising LGBT+ people in all their diversity. This month we honour and celebrate the LGBT+ community and recognise the progress that has been made towards equality, while also acknowledging that there is still much work to be done. As an diverse and inclusive inclusive and diverse company, we are on a journey to support our employees’ growth in an environment that is free from discrimination. We believe in the power of allyship and creating an inclusive environment enabling people to be authentic and bring their whole selves to work. Our Rainbow Network is just one of our employee groups that works year-round to champion diversity and inclusion across our firm. We are making June more than just a month where we have a different (but fabulous) logo. Equality, diversity and inclusion go far beyond the workplace, which is why Pride is crucial for raising awareness of current issues facing the LGBT+ community. Maybe this year more than ever we need to talk, listen, learn and work towards better understanding of each other.
