We have a new employee :)

Natascha is our new family member. She has recently graduated from Heriot-Watt University and is now working with us as a trainee.

We have made a few changes to our "About Us" page on the website and you can now learn a little bit more about the BBCA team. So check out the new page at : http://www.bbca.co.uk/#/about-us/4530308879

The Laughing Stock

Once again, it is the festival time, late nights, great shows and a buzzing Edinburgh. If you are going to the old town to enjoy the festival ambiance, we can recommend a great place to grab a bite.

The Laughing Stock, our clients, serves the best of British street food at the Underbelly in Bristo Square during the festival time.  Go and see them, you won't be disappointed.

Scottish Real Ale Festival 2013

The Scottish Real Ale Festival is upon us once again, taking place over the next four days at the Corn Exchange. 

 

 There will be 48 different breweries present including two Bolland and Burke clients; Elixir Brew Co and the Knops Beer Company presenting the following beers:

Elixir:                    

Freemantle Doctor          

Jump The Shark

Knops:                   

California Common          

Black Cork (our favourite)                             

IPA

Also available at pubs and shops around town...

Hope to see you there!

Bill McLaren Foundation Celeb Am 2013

One of our clients is Lindsay Lawson, Bill McLaren's granddaughter and event coordinator at Bill McLaren Foundation.

The foundation was set up to raise funds to support the development of Rugby and its values. We should like to make you aware of one of their upcoming events, the Celeb Am Golf Tournament at Hawick Golf Club on Friday 9 August (entry details below).

 

Broomhouse Health Strategy Group

The Broomhouse Health Strategy Group is a community led health project that was set up in 1993 by a group of local volunteers. The aim is to enable the residents of Broomhouse, Sighthill and Parkhead, recognised as low income areas in SW Edinburgh, to have easy access to fresh fruit and vegetables. It has since remained a small local charity, run by 29 volunteers, supported by three part time workers and one sessional worker.

They run a Fruit & Veg Co-op, have Free Cookery Classes and provide a Drop-in Health Service among all the other organised events and activities. You can find all about them in their own words, by checking out their website.

We were appointed as accountants for the Health Strategy Group in 2011 and are full of admiration for the work they do for the people of Broomhouse and surrounding areas. On a recent visit, we were delighted by the colourful paintings all around their co-op shop and thought we should share some of their story with you. 

After being awarded over 250 litres of paint from Dulux, the Broomhouse Health Strategy Group commissioned an artist to draw up designs for painting over 450m2 of surface area around their community shop! The practical work took place over three weeks and was carried out by around 60 local residents and business volunteers contributing over 200 hours!

 It’s an amazing example of community empowerment – the local community came together to make it happen. The result is not just a colourful facelift, but also an increase in social connections within the community, with some very proud active local volunteers and a local community that has had its self- esteem significantly raised.

Learn Guitar this summer with Ged Brockie

Welcome to Bolland & Burke C.A.'s blog.

So what is the need for a small firm of accountants to have a blog?

Before you assume that we just have too much free time, let us explain why we think this is a good idea.

Most of our clients are small owner-managed businesses and we feel somewhat responsible for promoting them and helping them grow.

In the past we have often sent out emails promoting events hosted by our clients and where possible, we have referred our clients to one another for specific services/products. This blog is set up to do the same thing but to reach a larger audience - to promote our clients' businesses/charitable activities and to let our readers know about interesting upcoming events. We would also try to regularly post tax and accounting tips to keep our readers up to date with some of the topics that are most relevant to small businesses.

If you are a client and would like to post anything on this blog, please get in touch.

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