Eight young people join Carpenter Box in Worthing as it welcomes 20 new starters through its associate and placement programmes

Leading south east accountancy firm, Carpenter Box part of the Sumer Group, has welcomed 20 new starters this September. 18 newly appointed associates and two placement year students join a growing community of 68 associates across the firm’s offices in Worthing, Crawley, Brighton, Chichester, Lewes and Portsmouth, now making up more than 22% of the overall workforce.

There are eight people joining the Worthing head office team. Anish Gautam has joined the Audit and Assurance team and will be working towards his ACA qualification, having recently graduated from the University of Sussex. Toby Wingham, who has recently completed his A-levels, has joined the Tax Services team and will begin the ATT/CTA tax qualification pathway. 

 The Accounting and Business Advisory Services team is welcoming five new Associates. Zainab Bhamjee joins after graduating from the University of St Andrews, while Benjamin Hart joins from the University of Sussex and Ismail Daidoun from the University of Greenwich. All three will be studying towards the ACA qualification. They are joined by Abi Froome, who joins from Chichester College and will be studying towards the Level 4 AAT qualification, and Gabriella Noyce, a University of Exeter graduate who will undertake the joint ACA/CTA qualification pathway. 

 Also joining the Worthing team is placement year student - Will Christian, who is currently studying at the University of Southampton. 

The associates will work towards a range of respected professional qualifications. Eleven have chosen to study for the ICAEW Chartered Accountant (ACA) qualification, three will follow the ATT/CTA joint pathway, another three studying AAT and one pursuing the ACA/CTA joint pathway. Carpenter Box is particularly pleased that a number of this year’s associate cohort attended the firm’s annual Open Evening last winter, demonstrating the value of the event to budding accountants.

This year’s intake brings a wide range of skills and perspectives to Carpenter Box, strengthening teams across its offices. Director, Andrew Le Fevre, commented: “We are so pleased to welcome each of our new associates and starters and look forward to helping them develop their knowledge, gain valuable experience and build successful careers in accountancy, audit and tax. We are strongly committed to finding and developing young talented people as they will be the leaders of the future. We wish them every success as they begin their journey with Carpenter Box.”