John's Epic Adventure !!

On Thursday 16^th June 2011 our very own John Young (Director), will be taking part in The Iron Butt Rally held in the United States. The rally consists of five checkpoints located around the perimeter of the United States, in order to be considered a finisher the riders must be present at each of these checkpoints within a two hour window.

No consideration is given for bad weather, riders can expect to ride through severe thunderstorms, hurricanes and the occasional tornado. Temperature extremes routinely run 125 degrees or more in the desert southwest, in living up to  the name "Worlds Toughest Motorcycle Competition", event organizers intentionally route the rally through such places as Death Valley or the Mojave Desert during the hottest part of the day, to extreme cold at the top of mountains like Pike's Peak in Colorado.

We will be posting updates on John's progression through his gruelling journey, so please show your support and follow his success.

New Staff Member

Crombies would like to warmly welcome our new member of staff Michael Stanley. Michael (pictured below) will be starting as an accounts junior with us on Mark Fletcher's team and will be nurtured into becoming a fully qualified accountant.

Crombies Go-Karting Team Take 2nd Place!

The odds were stacked against us but the Crombies lads came up trumps last week in the Accountants Grand Prix at The Raceway in Birmingham, there was stiff competition from Price Pearson who unfortunately beat us to first place, but given the circumstances and with a skeleton team, Dave & Charles (pictured below) gave it their all and were rewarded for their perseverance with a place on the podium (thanks to Gareth and Gemma for their expert photography.) Well Done!! 

'The Leaderboard'

Pictured: Dave & Charles 

Go Karting Competition

Crombies Accountants will be entering into the Accountants Team Challenge tonight in Oldbury, with a bit of luck we will better our position from last years 13th. Keep an eye out for our postings throughout the week where we will reveal our finishing position...Come on guys you can win it!!

Fundraising for Compton Hospice

Entrepreneurial students at the University of Wolverhampton raised approximately £20,000 for charity as part of a module to test their entrepreneurship and innovation skills.

The students’ final work was showcased at an Exhibition of Applied Creativity at The Holiday Inn, Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton on January 18, 2011, where they illustrated their successful fundraising activities to fellow students and staff and presented the money raised to representatives from the supported Charities.

The charities involved were Compton Hospice, Severn Hospice, Wolves Community Trust and the Steve Bull Foundation in Wolverhampton. 250 students took part.

Crombies employee and student Charles Grizzle and his group of five, managed to raise £750 for the Compton Hospice, helped by the support of the Crombies staff and other fundraising initiatives. A big pat on the back to everyone at Crombies who helped to raise funds.

Has your firm got a business story?

Director at Wolverhampton Chartered Accountants, Crombies, Mark Fletcher scored a perfect ten by running the Royal Parks Foundation half marathon on 10.10.10 and raising £2,010 in the process.

Over 12,500 people crossed the finish line for the increasingly popular London event which takes in Hyde Park, Regents Park, St James Park and Kensington Gardens.

Mark ran the event to raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust, a charity devoted to improving the lives of teenagers and young adults with cancer.  “Teenage Cancer Trust has just opened a £2.8 million specialist unit at Birmingham Children’s hospital to provide state of the art care.  I just wanted to support the fantastic work that the charity does”, he said.

With the origins of the practice dating back to 1899, Crombies continue to service the corporate market of the Black Country from their Waterloo Road office.  The firm specializes in reducing the tax burden of its clients and aims to take the stress out of the financial side of running a business.

Mark is pictured with Louise Scott of the Teenage Cancer Trust   

Crombies Tax Seminar

We were delighted with the turnout for our Tax Seminar which too place earlier this month at the Mount Hotel in Tettenhall. We received some very positive comments from our guests, and would like to thank them all for attending the event.

If you didn’t manage to attend, don’t worry as we plan to do more informative events in the near future. Keep an eye on the events page on our website.  www.crom.co.uk