George Hay’s training partner, Toni Hunter is delighted to announce that First Intuition in Cambridge, the firm’s chosen accountancy training provider, have topped off an incredible three years of operations by winning UK College of the Year for 2012.

This follows on from Gareth John (Managing Director) winning UK Lecturer of the Year in 2011, and First Intuition winning UK College of the Year in 2010. The close relationship between George Hay and First Intuition reinforces our commitment to staff development and skills in the workplace (and the exam hall) that helps the team to deliver a top quality service to our clients.

Toni Hunter said “We currently have three team members progressing through their professional training with First Intuition and I’m not surprised by their recent successes.  Their staff are friendly, professional and approachable, they provide me with regular progress reports and one-to-one guidance to our students who are achieving great results – all of which makes my job so much easier”

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Magpas say “thank you”

A message from our exchange student Laura who is working with our team at Huntingdon over the summer months.

I came to England through a New Generations Exchange, a program from Rotary International.
I was ready for new experiences, to learn about the culture and enjoy work experience.
I never imagined how useful it would be for my University “Business Management” Career to have the opportunity to work in a Chartered accountants office such as George Hay.
During these short two weeks I have spent here so far, I realised that two countries can be separated by thousands of miles and have an ocean in between and still have many things in common.
I am applying most of what I have learned during my studies and I have improved my business and accountancy vocabulary.
Everyone at George Hay has been extremely kind with me, they help me all the time to keep learning, developing my skills and a have nice time during my stay in this beautiful country.

All I have are grateful thoughts for them and Rotary for giving me such valuable opportunity.

Laura Benzoni
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dear Barry

I want to put on record Rotary’s appreciation to you and your colleagues for hosting Laura as an Intern in your office during the past weeks.

I know from Laura that she felt she gained appreciations on several levels: the professional aspects and role of accountancy in a consultancy environment, the client relationship from the opposite end to that she knows in her own country in her role at Pharmacity over several years while working there in between her University studies and, finally, she has learned about the UK culture relating to office roles and relationships in a professional office, all completely new and different for her.

I can imagine that breaking her in to a UK professional workplace. as well as helping her to comprehend the differences in accounting and linguistic terms, may have been time consuming but then reflection is often described as the best way to learn as well as to teach!

So thank you and your team for accepting Laura in to your office. She looked forward to each day at Huntingdon and the visits out to Biggleswade were icing on the cake.

Thank you again,

Colin Yarwood, District Youth Exchange Chair, Rotary International.