News from Matureappointments:

	Reaching Parts Others Cannot Reach!
	Greetings from war torn Iraq ! This has been a marvellous appointment for me. As I am based in Erbil, life is peaceful amongst the Kurds. Even though there is a lot of posturing between PKK and the Turks, that is in the mountains and quite a way from here. The work is pretty straightforward and, financially, it has made a huge difference to us – my wife is delighted! Monies are all tax free and everything is paid for – accommodation, food, laundry, driver and even booze. This a small office. I have no staff, which suits me, and I run the finances for 4 high earning, high charging lawyers. The other part of my job is work as a management consultant, charging myself out to the American and British companies out here. There is a great deal of oil exploration going on so you can imagine the client list. Local accounting expertise is pretty dire so often these companies are grateful for my knowledge and “mature” experience. The only downside (apart from missing my wife and daughters) is that I get paid in dollars. Every time I look at the rate it gets worse (for me anyway). I can’t believe it can dip much further so the positive is that if it moves to, say, $1.88 to the £ I get a 10% increase. Sorry to be selfish but a UK slump would suit me perfectly. Thank you once again for the introduction. My wife thanks you, my bank manager thanks you. All the best Alan Crawford
	Matureaccountants: better than Heineken!
	Martin, A note to say how much I appreciate the help given by matureaccountants.com. Since I started looking about 3 months ago, I have applied for loads of jobs via other web-sites and not even had a reply to most of them. In a situation like that you start to wonder whether because of your age you are wasting your time. You know you're capable of doing a job but recruiters appear to have written you off. Anyway I saw your advert for a very interesting job in Malaysia, applied, was interviewed and I start next month. Very exciting times! I definitely recommend your organisation and it's a concept that will work. There must be loads of mature accountants like myself (not on £80,000 a year!) who want a fresh challenge and are more than capable of making a significant contribution to whichever organisation hires them. Best wishes in your endeavours. Kind regards, Duncan MacLeod
	Matureaccounts: Finalists for the 2007 eBusiness Awards
	Following weeks of preparation by companies from across the East Midlands, 26 of the region’s Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) have been chosen as finalists for the 2007 eBusiness Awards, with winners being announced on Thursday 22nd February at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham. Over 100 entries from across the East Midlands were received from a host of new and exciting companies who have the realised the benefits of using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to run their business. The eBusiness Awards, previously known as the eCommerce Awards, recognise companies across the East Midlands who have demonstrated the best use of ICT. SMEs account for over 95% of the region's businesses and investment in ICT has a crucial role to play in the Regional Economic Strategy (RES) published by emda in July last year. In the Category - Best eBusiness start up: Adoptahen Cruise Ahead Ltd fillmybelly.com Mature Accountants Ltd Q Car Ltd The Plate Market
	Martins Newsletter
	Newsletter from Martin (Jan 07) Click for pdf download
	Matureaccountants agree strategic alliance with 8020 Financial Management
	We have negotiated a fantastic franchising opportunity for OUR MEMBERS with 8020 Financial: If you are interested in kick-starting a new business then the 8020 model could work for you. Read more details here.
	Nottingham Business Venture: Spirit of Enterprise Awards 2006
	Having been shortlisted for the SAGA 106.6fm Business Achievement Award for people aged 50+ Martin won the award last night at a glittering ceremony held at the Council House in Nottingham for what MatureAccountants has achieved in the last 12 months. In his acceptance speech Martin noted that in the last week alone we have found jobs for 3 candidates with a combined age of 162!
	Our first-ever placement wows the client and gets the job done on time.
	Dear Martin, I had a lovely send-off today, even though I've billed tomorrow and been paid. They gave me a card & 4 bottles of high quality wine. Come and enjoy it with me! You really could not have picked a nicer team for me. Many many thanks. Robert Ropner
	Helping hand for older accountants seeking
	A job-seekers' website for mature accountants that was created as a result of an article in Accountancy Age is now finding jobs for its subscribers. From Accountancy Age, 18 Jan 2006 Read it here..
	Mature Accountants opens its London office ...	02/07/2006
	on the 4th Floor, Trafalgar House, 11 Waterloo Place, London SW1Y 4AU as Sara Longmuir joins the team. Sara is a Chartered Accountant with extensive corporate experience, including working as an FD. She now runs Coaching Talent providing executive coaching and training. She's also a certified trainer of NLP. As our London and South East Regional Director Sara will handle enquiries and placements in the area. After one day in her role Sara secured an assignment in West London and on day two she was asked to recruit an FD for a National Charity. Sara is developing a number of resources, including profiling tools, how to write great CVs and interview techniques. She is offering coaching to our members at special rates. Even a few sessions can have real impact. "Being an MD often involves putting out fires. The coaching time lets me focus on what's really important for the business and for me. I've seen the benefit across the board in everything I do, not just work. I've been singing your praises to lots of people.Phenomenally valuable!" Managing Director, London Sara is offering the first hour of coaching at a 50% discount, and all subsequent coaching is discounted by 10% to our members. See www.coachingtalent.com for how this could be of use both in your business and personal life.
	A dating agency	03/12/2007
	"A dating agency for the mature accountant" Martin's letter in the FT.