Staff Member of the Year Awards

June 30^th marks the end of the Financial Year and a time to recognise and acknowledge the contribution, support, dedication and commitment of the amazing group of people that make up
A B Accountancy.

In recognition of this a BIG congratulations to Cate Molloy for winning 2010 Staff Member of the Year Award!

Tax Planning for Smarties

With Tax time around the corner – A B Accountancy held a workshop on ‘Getting the MOST out of your RETURNS – Tax Planning for Smarties’.

Attendees braved a rather rainy winter evening to make their way to the workshop, 

to be informed on:

• All the things they can do before the 30^th of June to make the most out of their tax returns.
• How to avoid a BIG tax bill.
• Tips & tools to use…
• Etc

As seats were limited… If you missed out on a spot in this year’s Tax Planning workshop – send us an email on client@abaccountancy.com.au to be notified on next year’s Tax Planning workshop.

Stones Corner Street Festival – 10th June 2010

Balloons, Smarties and a sausage sizzle were all part of our way of supporting this year’s Stones Corner Street Party.

Armed with 200 balloons and packs of smarties, the team at A B Accountancy were very popular with all the children (and some adults) at the street festival. Within a few hours the whole street was a cloud of white A B Accountancy balloons.

Now if anyone reading this is planning to have balloons as part of their promotional mix…it’s a great idea as long as you don’t have the task of transporting balloons from one location to another…as we found out the hard way, it takes a very long time to untangling balloons.

The sausage sizzle was also a huge hit with a team of accountants, taking a break from doing fun accounting stuff to help out at the sausage sizzle stand, to feed the never ending line of customers who were keen to buy a hot treat on a chilly winter afternoon.

Over all it was a great afternoon of music, dancing, sausage sizzles and balloons with smarties.

Wealthy Women Workshop 25th May, 2010

Due to popular demand we hosted the Wealthy Women Workshop again in May, for another room full of inspiring females.

June is TAX season; therefore will be holding a workshop on ‘TAX Planning for SMARTIES’  – How to get the most out of your return.

For more information & details on how to register:
07 3847 9499
bella@abaccountancy.com.au
Register NOW at: http://taxplanning.eventzilla.net

Wealthy Women Workshop 28th Apr, 2010

Wealthy Women Workshop which was held on the 28^th of April, 2010 was an evening of relaxed networking and information gathering. With a room full of enterprising females, the speakers navigated their way through, all the thing one should keep in mind when setting up your own business.

Due to popular demand we will be holding this work shop again in May – so if you have recently started your own business or are planning to do so, keen the evening to May 25^th free to attend.

To register for this event visit:
http://www.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=20100504257

Aloha from Hawaii!

Anne, Laurena, Chris and Mihir recently returned home from a week in Hawaii on the island of Oahu.

We were there alongside about 100 other representatives from accounting firms from Australia and New Zealand for the Rob Nixon annual conference.  The focus was on goal setting and adapting to change.

The content of the conference was aimed at getting us focused on servicing our clients better through better business planning, improving our range of services and most importantly getting the team involved and motivated.  And of course bringing what we know back to our clients.  One of the team building exercises we encountered was the “Survivor Challenge” where we were to undertake in a team, a series of physical challenges – one of which was making Chris a Hawaiian Princess!

Left:  “Princess” Chris Wheatley.

 While in Hawaii we were inducted into the Rob Nixon Hall of Fame.  This award represents our contributions and commitment to the club.  It also embodies the following attributes:

- Serving as an exemplar to others in the profession

- The highest level of integrity, ethics and accountability

- Revenue growth and profit achievement

- Contributions of intellectual capital to the profession

- Continual, challenging, personal and professional development

- Risk taking and resilience

 Congratulations Team!

Although it was a whirlwind trip, we did manage to enjoy a cocktail or two…

 ….. and hire a couple of Mustang Convertibles to explore the island and the famed North Shore.

And we haven’t just come away with fond memories, we have developed brand new business services and introduced better processes to improve our standard of service.  We have experienced first hand the enormous impact a focused strategic planning session can be on an organisation and we intend to bring it back to our clients.  The process we went through can be compared to turning on the lights in a dark room. 

Sheryl the Retiree

We have been keeping in contact with Sheryl and she is taking to retired life just fine.  Sheryl’s days are filled with going to the gym, swimming and sight seeing!

Now that Sheryl has retired she has more time to drag Rob to jewellery stores and now Rob’s retired he doesn’t have any excuses not to!

AB Accountancy Wins Business Achiever Award

Anne and the team at AB Accountancy are delighted to have won the City South News Business Achievers Award for 2009 in the Professional Services Category.

The awards evening, presented by Quest Community Newspapers and sponsored by Suncorp Bank, was hosted by Tony Johnston and Miranda Deakin at the Gabba on Friday 13th November. In accepting the award Anne attributed the win to her loyal and dedicated team and their focus on customer service, and thanked all of our clients for their continued support.

Now in its 16th year, the Quest Business Achiever Awards recognise and celebrate excellence in quality, service and customer care. Awards were made in seventeen different business categories including Beauty Services, Formal Dining, Fashion, Hairdressers and Real Estate.

The AB team enjoyed a terrific evening, with entertainment provided by 2008 Australian Idol Finalist Chrislyn Hamilton, the Queensland National Ballet and DJ Cat Kid.

City South News Business Achiever Awards 2009 Finalists

AB Accountancy are delighted to confirm that they have qualified for the finals of the City South News 2009 Business Achiever Awards in the Professional Services category. We are therefore entering the next stage of the assessment process along with the other 5 businesses who made the finals in that category. Many thanks to all of our valued clients and professional contacts who voted for us.

Cate and Laurena Win Awards

AB team members Laurena Chambers and Cate Molloy have both received the Griffith Award for Academic Excellence for 2008/09 from Griffith University. The Certificates recognise the achievement of both for being in the top 5% of students studying for the Bachelor of Commerce in 2008/09 at Griffith.