December, 2017

Prepare your business for Making Tax Digital at The Old Course Hotel

Mark Gibson and Elaine Cromwell, Partners at Thomson Cooper Accountants, will talk about how businesses should start preparing for HMRC’s Making Tax Digital programme, as well as the why and how to choose of online accounting packages, at the next St Andrews Business Club Learning Lunch.

People doing business in North-East Fife are being invited to join members and guests of St Andrews Business Club on January 10 to hear how they should start preparing their business for HMRC’s Making Tax Digital programme.

 

In the second Learning Lunch of the club’s new season, to be held at The Old Course Hotel from 12.30pm, Thomson Cooper Accountants Partners Mark Gibson and Elaine Cromwell will talk about how businesses should start preparing for this mandatory change to filing tax information online.

They’ll also outline the other benefits of switching to Web-based accounting and how to choose the package best suited to you.

Anyone wishing to learn about this important business topic, as well as network, is asked to book via Eventbrite.

A full list of this season’s events can be found at http://bit.ly/StABCEvents.

New venues for St Andrews Business Club events

St Andrews Business Club is delighted to announce that, following a review of the venues it uses for its events, it has come to an agreement with The Old Course Hotel, St Andrews for it to be the exclusive event venue partner of the Club from January 2018.

 

The Club’s events will now be held in the business meetings facilities of The Old Course Hotel and its associated venues around the town, with each event allocated an appropriate location based on its individual requirements and anticipated attendance.

The first event to be hosted at The Old Course Hotel will be the Learning Lunch on January 10, which will see Mark Gibson and Elaine Cromwell of Thomson Cooper Accountants explain how businesses should start preparing for HMRC’s Making Tax Digital initiative, the other benefits of online accounting and how to choose the package best suited to you.

Speaking about the agreement, Club President, Alistair Morris, said: “St Andrews Business Club is delighted to have forged this business relationship with The Old Course Hotel, St Andrews. We know from our recent business visit to the hotel that this collaboration will provide our members, guests and visitors with the highest standard of event venue and hospitality.”

Helen McBride, Resident Manager at The Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa, said: “The Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa, St Andrews is delighted to be the official host for St Andrews Business Club from 2018. We very much look forward to welcoming all our fellow members to the hotel for its forthcoming events.”

Full details of all the club’s events, most of which are now open to non-members, can be found on the Events page.

The Old Course Hotel

Club Members and their guests enjoyed a tour of the upgraded facilities at the five-star The Old Course Hotel as well as a festive social event on December 6. Martin McAvoy takes one tour group into a room.

Club Members and their guests enjoyed a tour of the upgraded facilities at the five-star Old Course Hotel as well as a festive social event on December 6.

Bordering the renowned 17th ‘Road’ Hole of the Old Course, the Old Course Hotel overlooks the famous links courses, the West Sands Beach and the beautiful Scottish coastline. This prestigious AA Five Star-awarded hotel has 144 rooms including 35 suites and is recognised as one of Europe’s leading resorts.

Members were welcomed with glasses of prosecco and festive canapes by the hotel before President, Alistair Morris, added his welcome and introduced the Club’s newly-appointed Marketing Communications Intern, Comora Love-Mitchell, a 3rd Year student at the University of St Andrews.

Refurbishment

The Old Course Hotel’s Resident Manager, Helen McBride, then talked about the major refurbishment work done last winter (including replacing the roof tiles with a rubber alternative made from recycled car tyres – to better resist errant golf balls!) before joining colleagues Phyllis Wilkie and Martin McAvoy in conducting tours in groups. The rooms, business and dining facilities were not short of ‘Wow! factor’.

Everyone then enjoyed further networking, seasonal food and drink before departing very happy into the early gusts of Storm Caroline.

For information about The Old Course Hotel, go to http://www.oldcoursehotel.co.uk

NEXT EVENT: The Club’s next event is January 10: Preparing for Making Tax Digital + Networking

BOOK NOW: Please book your place on Eventbrite by 12:00 Monday January 8 2018.

For more photos, go to the Album on our Facebook page.

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