• Kate
    Favourite song: Debaser - The Pixies
  • Becky
    Favourite song: In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley
  • Lucy
    Favourite book: Harry Potter - J K Rowling
  • Philip
    Favourite song: You've Got A Friend - James Taylor
  • Andrew
    Favourite book: Looking Good Dead - Peter James
  • Kevin
    Favourite place: Lake District
  • Vicky
    Favourite book: Round Ireland with a Fridge - Tony Hawks
  • Judy
    Favourite book: You are what you eat - Gillian Keith
  • Lindsay
    Favourite song: Lost by Michael Buble
  • Bev
    Favourite place: Home
  • James
    Favourite place: Whitby
  • Fergus
    Favourite place: Buttermere in the Lake District
  • Alex
    Favourite film: City of God by Fernando Meirelles
  • Claire
    Favourite place: Italy
  • Susan
    Favourite song: U2 - One
  • Paul
    Favourite book: A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
  • Rachel
    Favourite book: Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
  • Claire
    Favourite book: Salem Falls - Jodi Picoult
  • Sara
    Favourite book: Along Came Spider by James Patterson
  • Christine
    Favourite song: Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepplin
  • Victoria
    Favourite place: Waiting in the wings at the side of a stage
  • Sarah
    Favourite film: ET
  • Helen
    Favourite song: Be Without You - Mary J Blige
  • Paul
    Favourite place: Calcaria
  • Lesley
    Favourite film: Bring It On
  • Pauline
    Favourite book: To be the Best - Barbara Taylor Bradford
  • Adrian
    Favourite book: Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
  • Emily
    Favourite film: Grease
  • Nick
    Favourite film: The Draughtsman's Contract by Peter Greenaway
  • Joanne
    Favourite book: Harry Potter - J K Rowling
  • Danielle
    Favourite place: Scuba diving with lots of big fish
  • Debbie
    Favourite book: Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
  • Becky
    Favourite film: The Wedding Singer
  • Ovita
    Favourite song: Eye of the tiger - Survivor
  • Helen
    Favourite film: Star Wars IV
  • Ali
    Favourite song: In my life – The Beatles
  • Margaret
    Favourite film: Chicago
  • Jeremy
    Favourite film: The Dukes of Hazard
  • Farrah
    Favourite place: Africa when the sun sets
  • Jean
    Favourite book: The Clouded Hills - Brenda Jagger
  • Joanna
    Favourite place: On holiday
  • Jessica
    Favourite song: Coldplay - Speed of Sound
  • Ben
    Favourite book: anything by Harlan Coben
  • Paul
    Favourite place: New Zealand
  • Richard
    Favourite song: Sit Down - James
  • John
    Favourite song: Lucky Man - The Verve
  • Charles
    Favourite book: The Old Patagonian Express
  • Clive
    Favourite film: Zulu
  • Sue
    Favourite place: Home
  • Richard
    Favourite film: Aliens
  • Pippa
    Favourite place: Top of Mount Kenya
  • Lauren
    Favourite book: The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
  • Helen
    Favourite book: Pies & Prejudice : In Search of the North - Stuart Maconie
  • Joel
    Favourite film: Cool Runnings/Lord of the Rings/Matrix
  • Stacy
    Favourite song: Dont want to miss a thing by Aerosmith
  • Paul
    Favourite film: Gladiator
  • John
    Favourite place: Innsbruck
  • Zoe
    Favourite film: Dirty Dancing
  • Laura
    Favourite place: Kop at Anfield
  • Andrew
    Favourite place: Bed on Sunday morning
  • Michelle
    Favourite film: Moulin Rouge
  • Tracy
    Favourite film: Spiderman III
  • Julie
    Favourite film: Dirty Dancing
  • Colin
    Favourite song: Greasy Chip Butty - The Blades
  • Peter
    Favourite film: Pink Panther films
  • Chris
    Favourite film: Angels with Dirty Faces
  • Vicky
    Favourite song: Cant Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams

What we really do

 

Forget all the national awards and complicated technical jargon.  We asked our team members to imagine how they’d explain to a five year old what they did at work.  Here’s a flavour of what they said:


"I talk to lots of nice people and help them with numbers."

"I help people to understand numbers so they can make choices.  Sometimes we can help them so that they make lots of dosh."

"I meet lots of people who work in all sorts of different jobs and I help them by giving them tax and business advice."

"I work with lots of interesting people who own businesses and help them to be successful and have some fun too."

"I help show businesses how they’ve spent their money, how much money they’ve made and how much their business is worth."

"You know that thing called tax that grown-ups pay to the government for schools, hospitals, roads and so on?  Well, I make sure people pay just the right amount and help them organise themselves so that they can."

"I help businesses to do their sums properly so they don’t get into trouble with their money."

"I help people to run their businesses and solve complicated problems."