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COMMUNITY NEWS –

As we look forward to Spring and the lighter, brighter days ahead, we round up what has been a busy few months as we came to the end of 2023 and welcomed the New Year. Our support of local causes, initiatives and hosting of our own events has been as busy as ever…

In the run up to Christmas all three of our offices were drop off points for the Mission Christmas Cash for Kids campaign. Thank you to all our clients and staff who dropped off gifts and supported this great initiative.

 

In January 2024 we welcomed Amanda Simmister from the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) to our Berwick upon Tweed Office. Amanda was presented with donations by GWA staff. We raised £361.25 from our annual Christmas Jumper Day on 15 December 2023. The total amount of ongoing funds raised to date, is an impressive £3,500.00 

Some of our staff joined Amanda for a bracing walk around the town’s Elizabethan Walls as part of the GNAAS Walk the Wall 2024 Challenge.

 

 

 

 

 

Well done to everyone who has played a part in raising these much-needed funds over the years!

 

 

In February we supported Berwick Races – Point to Point. We have recently renewed our sponsorship of both Minto Golf Club and Magdalene Fields Golf Club.

STAFF NEWS – 

As always, we are delighted to welcome new members of staff to our growing Team. We have recently welcomed several new Apprentices to our Berwick Office – Emma Scott, Sam Rogers, Tyla Spouse & Ely Benz-Toreno.

Catriona Robertson returned to our Tax Team in December 2023 and Callum Ellsbury joined as Admin within our Wealth Management Team in January.

Through our own Staff Community Outreach Initiative, we have supported:

• Berwick Scooter Boys’ Ride of Remembrance [British Legion], nominated by Angela Bruce

• Chirnside Junior Football Club, nominated by David Renton

• Tweedmouth Prior Park First School, nominated by Alan Potts

• Eyemouth Food Bank, nominated by Becky Wilson

• Glendale Curling Club, nominated by Lindsay Dalgliesh

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Funds raised for the Great North Air Ambulance Service

On Monday 14 January 2025 we welcomed Kate Barker from the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) to our…

Online card payment processing operational

Our online card payment function is now fully operational again.

Global Market Commentary – New Year’s Review

We are at a point in time where US stocks are dominating all others, in terms of both their outright size and the strength of their returns. In 2024, the MSCI USA index gained 24.6%, almost double the 12.4% return achieved by the rest of the world (MSCI World ex-USA). However, 2025 does bring a mixed outlook for unemployment and inflation, in the US and elsewhere, therefore it will be interesting to see if investment returns can remain so strong in the coming year.

Successful Autumn Rural Seminars

Greaves West & Ayre recently held two successful and well-attended Port Budget Rural Seminars.