Sponsors
RCPA Ltd is extremely grateful for the support of its sponsors without whom we would not be able to offer the valuable services we provide to care providers in the Somerset area.
RCPA Ltd is pleased to welcome QualitySolicitors Burroughs Day as Association Sponsors. QualitySolicitors Burroughs Day is a leading South West law firm with a specialist Social Care Team.
They offer legal advice to a variety of care businesses in the following areas:
- Buying or selling a care business
- Contracts and Policies
- Registration and compliance
- Recruiting and managing staff
- Inspection
- Mental capacity and Court of Protection advice
- Fair terms and fair fees from local authorities and PCTs
- Unpaid Debts
RCPA members are entitled to a free initial consultation and a 10% discount off hourly rates.
QualitySolicitors Burroughs Day has a growing reputation in social care law and was highly rated in Chambers and Partners 2010, a client guide to the legal profession:
“Especially active in the South West and Wales, this 12-strong team is admired for its work in the care sector.”
The guide regards them as one of the top firms in the country for social care work.
What their clients say:
“QualitySolicitors Burroughs Day is a huge support to us, particularly in the field of employment law. They are always available to offer timely, practical advice to keep us on the right side of the law with over 250 employees.”
“With six care homes catering for the elderly it is essential to have access to professional advice on all aspects of law from property to employment matters. QualitySolicitors Burroughs Day provides us with a comprehensive service meeting our needs promptly and offering workable solutions that enable us to achieve our goals.”
For your free first consultation please contact Hazel Phillips direct on 0117 930 8478 or Email hazel.phillips@qsbdlaw.com or visit www.qualitysolicitors.com/burroughsday
We would like to insure you and are prepared to work hard to do it!
Ask yourself these questions:
• Are you satisfied with your current Insurance arrangements?
• Do you know you are adequately covered?
• Are you confident you are not paying too much?
• Would you like personal and local service – not a computer screen?
• IF that claim happened, are you confident YOU could administer it?
We would like to offer you peace of mind with:
FREE COMPARISON SERVICE OF OUR OWN!
(We have been offering this service for years!)
FREE ADVICE!
(From a real live person in real time)
NO OBLIGATION!
(Your decision only)
We are a local family owned Insurance Broker with local understanding of your needs. We have been in Yeovil for 24 years. Quality Service and Value for Money are our watchwords. With a team of 10 here at LWIB we pride ourselves on service, with a personal visit if you prefer a face-to-face conversation, or a telephone call if you want. We are happy to chat
When was the last time that you saw an Insurance Broker? Are you confidant that you understand your insurance, let alone that you would be fully covered in the event of a claim! We feel relationships and service are of paramount importance, not just the price! We are competitive and 70% of our new clients come from recommendation. Try us!
Livingstones Warman Insurance Brokers are authorised to give advice by the FSA, so high standards and your protection is assured not just a “cheap premium”, but “value”!
Operating to these high standards of quality and professionalism, Livingstones Warman Insurance Brokers undertake to provide you with the most competitive and cost effective cover available, specifically tailored to meet individual circumstances of the Home, and with a local twist. We know Insurance and this area. We deal with all forms of Insurance both personal and commercial, through most major insurance companies, and have access to a large range of specialist product providers including some scheme arrangements for Care and Nursing Homes, Supported Living, Domiciliary and Dementia. We can help with Health & Safety, and even the mini bus insurance and group travel requirements.
So please give us a call on 01935 706258, where we will be delighted to talk to you.
If your renewal date is not due for some time, just tell us when the renewal date is, and what type of policy you would like to discuss and we’ll contact you nearer the date.
We really do want your business, so please just call 01935 706258, we would love to receive your call! Insurance is a people business and I am sure you want to deal with someone you can trust – not being treated as just another number. So if it is insurance for you Care Home your mini bus, or even travel insurance for when it is all too much and you need that well-earned break CALL US! LWIB Good People To Do Insurance With.
Other Services Provided by LWIB
• Health and safety Consultancy (including audit, policy writing, risk assessment)
• Fire safety consultancy (including Fire Risk assessment and training)
• Training services (e.g. H&S Management, Manual handling, BCM planning)
• Business continuity management (BCM)
• Employment law (through SA law)
• Asbestos survey and removal (through Armac)
• Electrical testing (fixed and PAT), along with gas servicing and maintenance (through CLM Ltd)
• Driver training (though Network Direct)
• Legionella assessment (through Blue Cube)
The main contractor is Ecclesiastical Risk Services a subsidiary of The Ecclesiastical Insurance Company.
Christie + Co have a long standing relationship with the RCPA and are delighted to now sponsor the web site.
We are a leading firm of property agents and valuers that have been advising clients within the hospitality, leisure, care and retail sectors for nearly 75 years.
Christie + Co have a team of healthcare business specialists based in Bristol and Exeter that can help you with the following;
- The sale of your care home / domiciliary care business – we act for individual owners through to the largest multiple operators and sell more homes than any other agent, securing best price for your business.
- Acquiring your next care home – we have the largest national database of healthcare buyers and sellers and are able to find the right business for you!
- Valuation and development appraisal – Christie + Co provide advice to all the major banks in relation to professional valuation work. We are able to provide informed, timely advice to operators and banks alike, facilitating re-finance deals, acquisitions and extensions
To find out more about Christie + Co please visit our web site, www.christie.com
For an informal, confidential discussion please contact Rob Kinsman (rob.kinsman@christie.com) on 07717 335 367 or John Crocker (john.crocker@christie.com) on 07778 928 179.
Here’s some feedback from our clients;
‘Following our recent purchase of our first residential care home we are delighted to recommend Christie + Co.
The service provided by the team at the Bristol Office was first class. We were treated with courtesy and a high level of professionalism at all times, and we found all the staff extremely helpful especially in the current financial situation.
We would have no hesitation in dealing with Christie + Co in the future.’
‘We found Christie + Co’s service was excellent and would not hesitate to use their expertise again.’
‘Appointing Christie + Co as the selling agents proved to be the right choice. Their Exeter director, John Crocker, found my buyer within a week of going on the market and has handled the transaction in a totally professional manner throughout. I have been kept informed fully each week by John, from the acceptance of the offer to completion, and it has been a pleasure to deal with him.’
Recent changes affecting the provision of care are impacting on the ownership and management of care homes and, now more than ever, it is important that you receive specialist advice.
Whatever your role in the provision of care, we have the expertise to provide a wide range of accounting, business advisory and tax services. Our Care Providers Team, lead by Julie Hopkins, has significant practical experience meaning that we understand your sector, as well as your business.
Albert Goodman has been involved with Care Providers for many years and our Team has gained a clear insight into the evolution of the sector. Pricing, occupancy and controlling wage costs remain key to sector performance together with fee per bed split between publicly funded and privately funded service users.
As a large regional firm we have specialists able to advise across a wide range of personal and business matters. In addition to providing first-rate accounting and audit advice and the preparation of annual accounts and tax returns, we are able to help in the following ways:
- Tax planning: we identify and advise you on potential tax savings, to reduce the overall cost of your investment and maximise the cash available to you.
- Finance: if you are seeking finance, we can introduce you to local banks with experience of working with care providers.
- Capital allowances: we ensure that you claim all allowances relevant to your business, for example, on plant, machinery and fixtures.
- VAT: we review the VAT position of your care business, to ensure that irrecoverable VAT costs are kept to a minimum.
- Capital gains tax and inheritance tax: we advise you how to structure and operate your care provider business, to minimise the impact of capital gains and inheritance tax.
- Corporate financial planning: we help put in place long-term financial structures. For example, we are able to advise you, as an employer, and your employees on the implications of the new auto enrolment pensions legislation.
Albert Goodman’s Care Providers Team
Julie Hopkins leads Albert Goodman's Care Providers Team providing advice to care sector start ups, those growing their business and those looking to exit.
The team of more than 10 experts advise on business strategies, cash flow management, business structures, minimising tax, acquisitions and disposals, payroll and financial services.
Julie's portfolio consists of a significant number of residential care homes and nursing homes with some supported living. Julie qualified as a Chartered Accountant with international firm KPMG and has specialised in SMEs ever since, with a particular emphasis on care providers.
For an initial free consultation contact Julie on julie.hopkins@albertgoodman.co.uk or 01935 423667 or visit www.albertgoodman.co.uk. Our fees are competitive and affordable for a personalised, enhanced accountancy service.
Albert Goodman has offices in Taunton, Yeovil, Chard, Bridgwater, Weston-super-Mare and Weymouth.
NatWest
Nigel Skuse
Relationship Director, Healthcare
Commercial Banking Somerset
NatWest Bank
1st Floor, Lakeside House
Blackbrook Business Park
Blackbrook Park Avenue
TAUNTON
Somerset, TA1 2PX
Internal Depot Code: 198
Tel: +44(0)1823 444846
Fax: +44(0)1823 443935
Mobile: 44(0) 7889 308149
Email: nigel.skuse@natwest.com
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