Congratulations to our very own Ben 'The Weapon' Twidale for his performance at Fighting Fit's Corporate Fight Night, held at the Irish Club in Toowoomba on Friday 2nd August. This was Ben's first fight and we were extremely impressed with his efforts!

On Friday 16th August, our CEO Paul Hilton participated in the Toowoomba Hospice ‘Hang Ya Boss Out To Dry’ campaign. This involved Paul being raised high above the ground in a cherry picker, with a challenge to call in donations from friends, family and work colleagues, and only once he had raised $750 was he allowed back on solid ground. Paul went above and beyond this task, raising over $4000 for the charity – might have had something to do with his fear of heights!

Power Tynan has been offering the Graduate Scholarship Program to Year 12 graduating students for the past six years. The Program offers high school leavers the opportunity to study a business degree (part-time) at any University while working for our company on a full time basis. We pay the individual’s HECS fees for all successfully completed subjects. The obvious advantage to the scholarship recipients is that they have their course fees paid and are in a position where they can apply their knowledge practically and receive valuable on-the-job mentoring and training.

During the year, our CEO Paul Hilton has been visiting high schools throughout the region to talk to accounting and business students not only about our scholarship program, but also about careers in business and how this can lead to various areas of employment including accountancy, finance, corporate services as well as financial planning and stockbroking. The scholarship program is not only applicable to students who may be interested in accounting – there are opportunities for the scholarship recipients to work in the other abovementioned areas as well.

Applications for the 2014 Scholarship Program must be received by 5pm Friday 25 October 2013. Application Forms are available on the USQ website – http://www.usq.edu.au/scholarships/usq/power-tynan.

Congratulations to Gilda Brisotto of our Stanthorpe office, who recently received commendation from a Government Department Head in regards to the audit of one of her clients.

Our very own Amanda Kenafake was recently nominated for Regional Professional Manager of the Year at the 2013 Australian Institute of Management (AIM) Excellence Awards. This premier award program is focused on recognising individuals in the workplace whose vision, skill and integrity stand out from the rest and inspire others to succeed. Congratulations Amanda on this outstanding achievement!

As you may already be aware, Power Tynan’s Brooke Shatte is a Young Ambassador of the Stanthorpe Apple & Grape Festival, being held in March 2014.

The role of a Festival Young Ambassador is to be the face of the Festival and help raise funds to keep the Festival financially viable. Each Young Ambassador is sponsored by a business or organisation that supports their Ambassador in their Festival fundraising efforts.

Brooke’s next fundraising event is a Garden Party being held in Stanthorpe on Saturday 9th November. As this is the Saturday after Melbourne Cup, and the Emirates Stakes Day, the party will be ‘Race Day’ themed, with a fashion parade and prizes for the best hat or fascinator.

All the staff of Power Tynan are throwing their full support behind Brooke and wish her well in her fundraising endeavours.

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