Northern Chartered Accountant Students' Society

The NCASS Quiz 2019

Do you have what it takes to be crowned NCASS Quiz Champions 2019? #LetsGetQuizzical

Our quiz is open to anyone, from those with fountains of knowledge to those just looking for a relaxing social event after work! Why not come along and put your skills to the test against some of the North Easts finest accountants?

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This photo of The Hancock is courtesy of TripAdvisor

Is your December going to be full of busy and cold weather? If so, our quiz is the perfect ‘warm up’ for the festivities. Whilst we can’t guarantee good weather, we can guarantee this event will be a great chance to socialise and network with fellow NCASS members, along with the opportunity to unwind as the weekend draws closer! Challenge your friends from member firms for bragging rights as the NCASS quiz takes our accountants inquisitive natures out of work and into the Hancock for a night of all things North East!

Teams can be up to 5 people, but no more than 5 per team. 

Your ticket price of £5 will get you entry into the quiz, a drink on arrival and some nibbles on the tables during the quiz.

Prizes will be on offer for the winners of the quiz – just in case you needed an added incentive.  Let’s Get Quizzical !!

Cost

Rate	Cost
Per person	£5.00

Payment will be taken in cash on the door.

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Cumberland Charity Quiz

Cumbria Society of Chartered Accountants and Cumberland Chartered Accountant Students’ Society (CCASS) are joining together to host an exciting quiz event.

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A friendly, fun quiz in aid of Eden Valley Hospice. There will be prizes for the winner! And we will be hosting a charity raffle on the evening.

No specific parking at the venue but is a 15 minute walk from Carlisle Train Station or free disc parking available on surrounding streets.

Cost

Rate	Cost
Price	£10.00

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NCASS – Jump Around!

Join NCASS in bouncing around at InflateSpace.

INFLATABLES SHOULDN’T JUST BE FOR CHILDREN – THAT IS A FACT.  THEY SHOULD BE FOR ACCOUNTANTS TOO!

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Isn’t it great to let off some steam with colleagues after the working day is done? You can do just that by coming along to the UK’s largest indoor inflatable arena and have a bounce with us- this September, our NCASS event sees us take over InflateSpace for an hour, allowing you the opportunity to take on the RocketRacers, Space Jam Slam Dunk and many more activities on a Thursday evening. A great opportunity to socialise and network in an informal setting with no shortage of laughs!

This is a perfect opportunity to wind down after a day’s work in a unique manner! Why not get your co-workers involved and challenge each other to a duel on the Battle Beam, or take on college peers in a race through the Planet Pillars? InflateSpace is the perfect place for astronomical team building.

Whilst there is parking on site, it is noted that during peak times the carpark can be filled. An alternate route to InflateSpace is to use the Metro – it is located directly behind Walkergate station. It is also noted that you will have to sign a Waiver on the InflateSpace website prior to bouncing. As noted above, by purchasing this ticket the same waiver is in place with regards to any liability from NCASS.

Cost

This event is open to ICAEW ACA students – tickets are priced at £5 and pre-booking is required through the ICAEW website.

Rate	Cost
Student	£5

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Women in Finance event

Join us to celebrate International Women’s Day.

To celebrate International Women’s day NEYCAG will be hosting an event with inspirational speakers to talk about their careers in the profession and how they have used the ACA to make the most of the opportunities available to them.

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We will also hear from the IoD North East Chair on building your confidence in the work place.

Cost

Rate	Cost
ICAEW Member	No Charge
Student	No Charge

Please note: This event is open to younger members up to 10 year qualified and students.

Programme

Time	Session
18:00	Networking and buffet
18:30	Welcome and CABA update
18:40	Dr Yvonne Gale, NEL Fund Managers – How the ACA has helped her career to date
18:55	Dr Joanna Berry, Durham University – confidence building
19:10	Speaker TBC
19:20	Q&A
19:30	Close

Speakers

Yvonne Gale
NEL Fund Managers are an economic development impact investor committed to growing the North East economy by investing in growing local small businesses.
Yvonne is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and an Associate Member of the Institute of Economic Development. She holds a DBA, MBA, IOD Diploma in Company Direction and is an FCA approved person. Dr Gale’s area of research is investment decision making. She is also a member of the Advisory and Decision Committee for the UAE Ministry of Finance-backed, Mohammed bin Rashid AED 2 billion Innovation Fund.
Prior to joining NEL, she qualified as a Chartered Accountant with BDO Binder Hamlyn and has held senior management positions in several high growth businesses. She brings a wealth of experience of working with growing businesses.

Joanna Berry
Joanna was born and brought up in Hartlepool, NorthEast England. Her academic experience runs from her Oxford University law degree (1985) to her MBA and PhD from Newcastle University. Her MBA focused on the impact of broadband connectivity on the TV industry, and her PhD took this one step further, using her creation and management of a London-based record label as a lens through which to assess the impact of digital technologies on the music industry’s business models and value chains.
Joanna is Regional Chair for the Institute of Directors and Board member of the Social Acumen Community Trust, where she focuses on community businesses and social enterprise. She is Board member for the NorthEast LEP “ScaleUp NorthEast” programme, where she is advising companies across the NorthEast LEP geography and in most industrial sectors, to help them scale and succeed.
Her professional experience encompasses law (mostly company and contract, practiced in South Africa from 1985 to 1987) but also science, creativity and technology. Joanna has undertaken a variety of international business development roles in marketing, advertising and publishing. Roles include Manager of Europe and East Asia for the World Economic Forum and international PR manager for Mobil 1 Motorsport with McLaren.
Joanna has founded, bought and run a variety of digital and creative companies, and continues her personal and practical involvement with new venture start-ups. Her current research and teaching interests encompass innovation, entrepreneurship, big data, ageing and health and the digital/creative industries. She places a particular emphasis on supporting the ‘women in STEM’ agenda in a variety of ways. She works closely with the Assistant Dean of External Relations and undertakes a wide variety of public and media activities, writing regular columns for NorthEast business paper The Journal and presenting a variety of insight activities with regionally-based businesses including Kromek, Ford Aerospace, Aston Martin, Barbour and intu MetroCentre.

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Cumberland students – Annual New Starters Event

Our annual event where local firms gather to enjoy some good food and to help improve existing contacts and to create new ones.

Always well attended and is a great way to kick-start your career in accountancy! Join us for our annual new starter’s event for fun, food and friends!

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You should attend as it will help you to cement existing relationships and to help create new ones both among your colleagues and members of other local accountancy firms. It is a very social event which attracts a variety of accountancy professionals and is always well attended.

You will get a hot buffet meal on the night as well (picture below for illustration purposes only)

Cost

Rate	Cost
Price	£5.00

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CCASS Bowling Night – Carlisle

Step right up and test your bowling skills ! Casual bowling night with friends, fun and (hopefully) strikes.

 

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NCASS Newcastle Annual Ball 2018

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NCASS Annual pub quiz

NCASS’ annual pub quiz makes its return!

Get a team together and test your general knowledge with other student accountants in the North East and be in with a chance of winning a cash prize!

This is a good chance to test your general knowledge in teams and meet other accountants in the North East! With a free drink, cash prizes and spot prizes, what more could you want from a pub quiz?

This year’s quiz will be held on Thursday 21st September at The Central pub in Gateshead. The event will cost £3 per person – please bring along your money on the evening. Please arrive no later than 6.15pm for your free drink, ready for a 6.30pm start.

With thanks to the ESF for their support with this event.

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Northern Society Business and Awards Dinner with Steph McGovern

Northern Society of Chartered Accountants Business and Awards Dinner will be on Friday 13 October 2017.

Join Karen Muir, President of Northern Society of Chartered Accountants, fellow Northern Society members and their guests for an inspiring talk by our keynote speaker Steph McGovern.

Our Business and Awards Dinner will be held on Friday 13 October 2017 in the Banqueting Hall, Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne from 6.45pm until late to allow for informal networking after the meal.

Our principal guest speakers this year will be BBC Business and BBC Breakfast journalist Steph McGovern and ICAEW President Nick Parker.

During the course of the evening we will raise funds in support of the Butterwick Hospice (registered charity number 1044816). Butterwick.org.uk

Why you should attend

• meet fellow ICAEW members, their guests and ICAEW staff – it’s a great chance to network
• meet ACA students and celebrate their exam successes and achievements
• Order of Merit, Presidents Awards and ICAEW BASE Mentor of the year will be announced
• we will raise funds in support of The Butterwick Hospice. All monies raised will be match funded by Barclays Business

Recognition awards will be presented to:

• Order of Merit Advanced Stage ICAEW exams – highest scoring student of the year
• Order of Merit Professional Stage ICAEW exams – highest scoring student of the year
• The Presidents’ Award
• BASE Mentor of the Year Award

Further information on all of the Northern Society Awards can be found at norsca.co.uk/awards.

 

Dress Code: Black Tie/Posh frocks

Follow us on Twitter for more about the dinner @NorSCADinner twitter.com/norscadinner

 

Special message for sole practitioners and members in business:

Again we will be hosting tables exclusively for Members in Practice and Members in Business allowing the opportunity to be seated with fellow chartered accountants.

If you think that this would be applicable to you then please contact Joanne Lucking [email protected] to discuss this further.

Programme

Time	Planned event
18:45	Drinks reception
19:30	Guests take their seats Dinner Awards Ceremony Charity balloon pop Keynote speaker Followed by networking
01:30	Carriages

Speakers Nick Parker and Steph McGovern

Nick Parker, ICAEW President

We are delighted to announce that we will be joined by Nick Parker, ICAEW President who will speak at the dinner.

Nick Parker is President of ICAEW, and he is a tax partner with RSM UK. He has had a wide portfolio of clients including professional partnerships and UK subsidiaries of overseas parent companies, but he has mainly specialised in the SME sector.

During his time on Council he has chaired a variety of committees including the Members Board, the Committee of Council and the Audit Committee. He was Chairman of Council for three years.

During his career, Nick has lived in Hampshire and has worked in London, Edinburgh, Southampton and Basingstoke. He is married with two grown up sons, one who is an equine surgeon and the other who is an equine yard manager.

In his spare time he likes to undertake adventures – he trekked to the base camp of Everest, trekked in Patagonia, sailed from Sydney to Cape Town across the Southern Ocean as part of the Global Challenge Yacht race and most recently attempted to climb Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, the highest mountain in the Western hemisphere. He also held a private pilot’s licence which has lapsed.

Guest speaker Steph McGovern

We are delighted to announce that our guest speaker this year will be BBC Breakfast’s business journalist Steph McGovern.

For over a decade Steph McGovern has reported on business and finance from around the world; from international summits to small business success stories. She is an established part of the BBC Breakfast team, covering business developments daily, and also regularly taking to the sofa as main co-host.

During the financial crash Steph was the lead producer of financial news, working with then Business Editor Robert Peston at the forefront of the award-winning coverage of the credit crunch and banking crisis. She soon began broadcasting herself, and Steph has presented on 5Live, Radio 4 and on the Chris Evans show on Radio 2.

Steph’s Breakfast duties include meeting first-hand those on Britain’s business frontline. Speaking to factory workers and FTSE 100 CEOs, Steph’s mission is to uncover and explain what’s going on in the real economy.

Taking business away from news coverage Steph launched her own children’s TV show looking for the next generation of entrepreneurs, Pocket Money Pitch on CBBC. She is also the co-host of a new BBC One prime time show Shop Well For Less.

Off-screen Steph is also involved in BBC community projects such as BBC Outreach and BBC School Report. She is also a mentor for young people in her native Teesside and regularly runs workshops for schoolchildren around the North East. A former champion Irish dancer and still keeps her foot in, often attending international competitions, where she helps to coach dancers

Ticket cost and information

Ticket category	Cost
Early-bird price per person (ends 31 August 2017)	£65 inc VAT
Standard price per person	£75 inc VAT
ICAEW members under the age of 35	£45 inc VAT
ICAEW students	£45 inc VAT
Retired ICAEW members	£45 inc VAT
Sole Practitioners and Business Members	£55 inc VAT

If you are an ICAEW member under the age of 35 or a retired member or either a Sole Practitioner or Business Member please call the events booking team to receive the discounted prices.

Sponsorship opportunities

Sponsorship opportunities are available for your organisation. For further information and to discuss sponsorship opportunities please contact Joanne Lucking [email protected] 0191 300 0532.

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In support of Butterwick Hospice Care

During the course of the evening we will raise funds for the Butterwick Hospices.

Butterwick Hospice Care aims to improve the quality of life for those who have a progressive life limiting illness and those close to them and to offer positive support for every challenge they may encounter during their illness and to see death as part of life’s journey.

Butterwick Hospices offer better quality of life through pain and symptom control, soothing and beneficial therapies, helpful family support and ongoing bereavement counselling.

Butterwick Hospice in Stockton has been caring for the communities in the Borough of Stockton on Tees for over 30 years. The Hospice offers a wide range of supportive day services for people suffering life limiting illnesses and offers care and support to patients families. Butterwick Hospice, Stockton also offers 10 In-patient beds. The Hospice expertise is freely available to those living in Stockton, Billingham, Yarm, Norton and Eaglescliffe and surrounding villages.

Butterwick Hospice at Bishop Auckland provides many services to communities around the Durham Dales and Sedgefield areas including day services, palliative home care, outreach day hospices and services to people suffering from progressive neurological illnesses.

Butterwick House Childrens Hospice offers a very warm welcome to babies, children, teenagers, young adults and their families. Most of the children and young people who come to Butterwick House need round the clock care – 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  Some children and young adults come for the day, many come for a short break either by themselves or with their family

Registered Charity: Number 1044816. You can read more about their work at butterwick.org.uk

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Spirited Networking – professional networking event with spirit

Spirited Networking – connecting communities across the professions and Gin Festival evening.

A great way to network with solicitors, bankers, accountants, surveyors, architects, insurance & independent financial advisers and other business professionals.

We introduce Spirited Networking as a new way of meeting colleagues and taking part in a social gathering with a festival feel.

Gin tasting and sampling from the leading gins across the region. Festival food and live music. Masterclass sessions to learn the secrets of the distillers, perfect serves and how to make classic cocktails.

Professional networking in an unique environment – connecting communities across the professions.

Cost

Ticket price £20 (inc VAT) to include a drink on arrival and food voucher.

How to book

You can book your tickets online via the dedicated Spirited Networking website spiritednetworking.co.uk

On Arrival

We will take your tickets and give you a glass (either hi-ball or balloon, and a drinks guide), which explains which gins and other drinks are available at the event. You will also get your meal ticket. And you are off….

There will be a reception drink for you on arrival. One of our premium gin partners will offer a gin and tonic or a gin cocktail just to get you started.

At Spirited Networking there will be a wide range of sampling from distillers who have come to showcase their own drinks, or brands who represent gins from across the world.

They will provide you with small samples, and tasting of the gins they have brought, and will inform you about the gins.

Many of the gins will be offered ‘neat’ so you can taste them at full strength, and then you can add mixers and garnishes to taste them as a perfect serve. These samples are small and not full measures and are offered to give you a ‘taste’ or ‘sample’ of the full products.

A full range of Fever Tree tonics are available throughout the event.

Food and Drink

You will be given a meal ticket on arrival and we have a fantastic street food area at the festival which will be serving meals throughout the event.

They will offer you some of the finest Indian Street food with options, including a vegetarian option and also a gluten free/allergy free offering to cater for all requirements.

Just use your meal ticket to get your food which is included in the price of your entry.

Drinks vouchers are available for £5 each and after you have sampled the great gins we have to offer, we have a dedicated gin bar with over 80 additional gins and spirits to try.

If you are not a huge fan of gin, do not worry as we also serve beers, lagers, cider, prosecco, wine and other cocktails, so there is a spirit for everyone.

Entertainment and Networking

Our event is designed to give you a great informal networking opportunity, but also provide some live entertainment and an experience you will remember.

At Spirited Networking we will have live music with 2 sessions from one of the North East’s leading live entertainers. We will also be running informative, entertaining and engaging sessions from some of our gin partners, with cocktail making, using garnishes and perfect serves with all sessions being explained by real experts.

And finally there will be the chance to relax and meet your peers in a great setting.

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