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Northern Society supports BASE business competition on Teesside 21 March 2014

The last of our four regional BASE events took place at Teesside University in Middlesbrough on Wednesday 19 March 2014. Northern Society of Chartered Accountants (NorSCA) has hosted 4 out of the ICAEW’s 47 heats of this prestigious national school’s competition which is a fantastic percentage of the total!

Northern Society President Jeanette Brown chaired the judges panel of 3 alongside Andrew Jackson, Deputy President of Northern Society and Angela Foster, Chair of the Teesside Society of Chartered Accountants.

A total of 8 teams battled for the top slot which was eventually won by Yarm School team 1. They will be one of four Northern representatives at the national final which will be held in Birmingham at the end of June 2014.

Andrew commented “BASE is a great business competition for 16-19 year olds. During the event the teams enthusiastically took part acting as a group of student ACA accountants advising a business.  All the teams worked really hard and demonstrated their enthusiasm and commitment to work through a number of issues before presenting their recommendations to the judges and their fellow teams.  This is the first year that we have held a BASE heat on Teesside and it’s great that so many local schools have taken part.”

Eight young ICAEW Chartered Accountants from the Northern Society also acted as mentors to the teams representing their firms from all over the north east. Mentor to the winning team was Laura Cave from Kaplan Financial in Newcastle who said “I was incredibly impressed with the maturity of the team. They worked very well together as a team, splitting tasks up so that they could focus on their individual strengths. Their presentation skills were particularly impressive considering their age. A delightful group who I’d be more than happy to employ”

Picture shows Yarm School, winners of the BASE heat in Middlesbrough with Jeanette Brown, President of Northern Society of Chartered Accountants and their mentor Laura Cave from Kaplan Financial.

Picture shows Yarm School, winners of the BASE heat in Middlesbrough with Jeanette Brown, President of Northern Society of Chartered Accountants and their mentor Laura Cave from Kaplan Financial.

BASE is ICAEW’s national Business, Accounting and Skills Education competition for students aged 16-19. A unique and exciting experience, students are able to engage in a challenging business game that enables them to develop key employability skills and understand what it’s like to be an ICAEW Chartered Accountant.

You can watch the BASE video on another page on this website and you can find out more about BASE at icaew.com/base

The Middlesbrough heat was the last BASE 2014 heat in the Northern Society area.  The winners of each of the 4 heats in the north east & Cumbria will now represent Northern in the grand finals in Birmingham in June 2014.  BASE will be back in 2015 – so make sure that you visit icaew.com/base later in the year and enter your school team for next year’s competition.

The Northern Society of Chartered Accountants (NorSCA) represents ICAEW members working in business and the finance profession across the North East of England, Teesside and Cumbria. We have been assisting businesses in the north of England and producing chartered accountants for over 130 years.

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