ES Life

At Edward Symmons we believe work should be rewarding and fun. We encourage our staff to participate in all activities, whatever their level, and believe this helps to make Edward Symmons a great place to work. We support our people in all types of events, industry or otherwise. Below are a just a few of the things we have been up to recently - if this is the work environment for you why not take a look at our Current Jobs.

“Nuts and Bolts” Golf Day 18 September – Hole in One Success!

The annual South West Machinery & Business Assets client golf day took place at the Mendip Springs Golf Club on a rare sunny day.

Clients attending included players from Ernst & Young, Begbies Traynor and Lloyds TSB.

Amongst the prizes awarded were those for individual high score, highest scoring lady and longest drive.

The highlight of the day was when a client, whilst attempting to get the prize for nearest the pin on the 18th Hole, succeeding in scoring a “Hole in One”.

The winning team consisted of Jason Hall (ES), Jon Mitchell (Bishop Fleming), Simon Hicks (Begbies Traynor) and Sam Bailey (Richard J Smith).

King Sturge Triathlon - 11 July

The King Sturge Property Triathlon at Dorney Lake, Eton, consisted of a 750m swim, 20km cycle and 5km run. It is a charity event, held in aid of Cancer Research and The Children's Trust.

Seven members of Edward Symmons competed. ES's placings out of 822 were:

James Goymour - 94
Chris Hornung - 233
Forbes Watt - 260
James Couse - 575
Simon Evans - 672
James Neale - 730
Ian Bell - 807

Over £100,000 has been raised for the charties so far.

Plymouth Professionals Charity Cricket 6’s Competition - 26 June

The sun actually shone for the annual cricket competition jointly hosted by Edward Symmons and Begbies Traynor. Competing teams were from local banks, architects, Insolvency Practitioners and accountants.

The final was played between Edward Symmons and Bond Pearce, with Edward Symmons finally taking home the trophy!

This year's charity was for Devon Air Ambulance. A massive thank you goes to all those who took part in the event, helping to riase £700 for a most worthwhile cause.

http://www.daat.org/site/1/Home.html

RBS 6th Annual Regatta - 10th/11th June

The event started with a drinks reception at the Portsmouth Yacht Club followed by dinner on board HMS Warrior.

A total of 28 boats entered the competition. RBS entered 6 boats and were supported by numerous local firms such as Savills, King Sturge and ourselves. Each boat had capacity for a maximum of 8 sailors. ES's crew was skippered by Andrew Wood from our Plymouth office who was joined by other willing ES sailors and clients.

The winners were Savills with Vail Williams taking home the wooden spoon. ES finished mid table.

Rubbing Shoulders with the Stars!

A charity lunch was held in May in aid of the Polka Children’s Theatre – a number of ES's investor clients were in attendance. James Couse and Richard Haines were captured rubbing shoulders with Helen Baxendale (of Cold Feet fame).

For more info on the Theatre click: http://www.polkatheatre.com/