Martin Joins Insurance Team

A warm welcome to MARTIN THORNES who joins the Champion Insurance Brokers team as Accounts Executive. Martin, 34, hails from Tameside and is ACII qualified with the Chartered Insurance Institute. He joins Champion after working as Account Handler at CCG Insurance Brokers for just under three years.

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Nick Joins Contractors

A warm welcome to NICK WOOLHAM who joins the Champion Contractors Team. 31 year old Nick from Bolton joins the team having a total of 8 years relevant experience under his belt, working at companies such as BUPA and PAYEpeople. Nick chose to join Champion after the

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Chartered Status For Champion Insurance Brokers

We are delighted to announce that Champion Insurance Brokers have been awarded the prestigious ‘Chartered Insurance Brokers’ title by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). Chartered status is an exclusive title only awarded to firms which meet rigorous criteria relating to professionalism and capability. All Chartered Insurance Brokers

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Lancashire Business Awards

We are delighted to announce that we have been nominated for the ‘Best Financial Services Company’ in the Lancashire Business Awards. The Lancashire Business Awards are held once a year by Downtown in Preston and reward the most successful, high growth and innovative companies from across the

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Champion adds to Audits & Accounts Team

A warm welcome to BEN CLARKSON who joins our Blackpool team as Audit & Accounts Trainee. 18 year old Ben recently left college with A-Levels in Law, Economics, Maths, Business Studies and Critical Thinking under his belt. He realised Accounting was the career path he wanted to

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National Minimum Wage Increase

In March this year the government published regulations to increase the hourly rate of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) which comes into effect from Monday 1st October. This will bring the NMW for adults aged over 21 to £6.19 and the rate for apprentices under the age

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Champion Joins Business Bites

Champion Accountants will be on hand at the next “Business Bites” event to shed some light on VAT issues relating to the food industry. Business Bites, the region’s Food Industry Networking Event, is taking place on Thursday 27th September at The Red Pump Inn, near Clitheroe. Gareth

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Businesses Ignore Bribery Act

Recent research suggests that there has been a poor response and little acknowledgement of tough new corporate bribery laws introduced last year. Marking the first anniversary of the Bribery Act, the study carried out by accountancy firm Ernst & Young revealed that nearly three quarters of North

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