Northern Society of Chartered Accountants

Teesside business support 12 February 2021

Teesside Society of Chartered Accountants enjoyed a successful turnout at their first ‘post-COVID-19’ event.

This was held on Zoom on Wednesday 10 February, with 53 people enjoying the session at its peak.

Business support in the Tees Valley

The session focused on providing members and non-members alike with an overview of the business support landscape in the Tees Valley including grants, loan funding, development programmes and networking support.

The motivation for the session was to provide a guide of what in on offer in the region to businesses, both related to COVID-19 but also business as usual support, as well as to shed light on how each of the organisations interact with each other.

The 12 speakers on the day included members of Tees Valley Business (the successor to Tees Valley Business Compass), FW Capital, UKSE, Tees Valley Business Hub, Digital City and the five local authority’s economic development teams.

The presentation was shared with delegates following the event and is available for those that were unable to attend by contacting the ICAEW Teesside Society of Chartered Accountants.

Despite the tight schedule and some deviation to the original time plan, the presentation flowed smoothly between the speakers, receiving favourable feedback from attendees. Similar events are planned for the North East and Cumbria featuring the local LEPs, with both links now live on the ICAEW website.

Virtual Teesside Pan Professional Joint Supper – 11 March 2021

A highlight of the Teesside Teesside Society of Chartered Accountants social calendar pre-pandemic was the Pan-Professional Joint Supper, last held in early-March 2020 at Middlesbrough Football Club.

With 120 attendees last year, the event has always been very well received in the local community as a prominent networking occasion, as well as the quiz highlight of the year thanks to Keith Proudfoot’s impossible questions.

Read more about and book your place at the 2021 Virtual Teesside Pan Professional Joint Supper.

About Northern Society of Chartered Accountants

Northern Society of Chartered Accountants (NorSCA) represents 4,000 ICAEW members and ACA students working in business and the finance profession across the North East of England, Teesside, northern Yorkshire and Cumbria.

We have been assisting businesses in the north of England and producing chartered accountants for over 130 years.

About ICAEW

There are over 1.8m chartered accountants and students around the world – talented, ethical and committed professionals who use their expertise to ensure we have a successful and sustainable future.

Over 181,500 of these are ICAEW Chartered Accountants and students, a powerful and diverse network of talented people, whose initiative and integrity help economies thrive. We train, develop and support each one of them so that they have the knowledge and values to help build local and global economies that are sustainable, accountable and fair.

We’ve been at the heart of the accountancy profession since we were founded in 1880 to ensure trust in business. We speak for the profession, uphold standards and campaign for progress in a volatile world. We work with others to develop strong, accountable and open economies where people can trust data, leaders can make good decisions, public finances are transparent and businesses are accountable.

ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) is a founder member of Chartered Accountants Worldwide and the Global Accounting Alliance.