New practice manager

April 5th, 2006

Grimsby’s leading accountancy firm Forrester Boyd has appointed Simon Beckett as practice manager at the firm.

He takes over this role from Tony Cook, who has held the position since 1998 at the South St Mary’s Gate office.

Mr Beckett left university in 1986 after gaining a BSc honours degree in chemical engineering.

He began his accounting career with Forrester Boyd, qualifying as a certified accountant in 1993, before moving to a position with ColepCCL UK Limited where he reached the potion of finance manager.

It comes as locally recruited trio Jenny Costigan, Clare Bateman and Carol Scaife passed the final examinations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants to become fully qualified chartered accountants.

All three joined Forrester Boyd as trainee accountants from university.

Training partner at Forrester Boyd, David Everatt said: Jenny, Claire and Carl have done extremely well and this is another example of the success of our strategy in recruiting and developing home grown talent.This, combined with excellent accounting qualifications training provided by Financial Training, allows Forrester Boyd to continue to provide top quality accounting staff.

“In today’s complex, business environment, the need is grater than ever for top quality accountants and the skills of all our staff are a crucial aspect in the firm’s overall development, which remaining essential to the quality of services we provide”.

Carl attended Waltham Tollbar School and then the University of Leeds, where he read business economics.He has represented Grimsby and District at football and is treasurer and committee member of Grimsby Rugby Club.

He will now be a member of Louth office marketing committee and entertainments committee.

Newly-wed Claire also went to Tollbar, followed by University of Durham, where she read economics.