Posts Tagged retirement

The Autumn 2024 UK Budget, delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, introduced one of the biggest changes to estate planning in recent years.

This year sees the departure of one of our long standing Partners, Douglas Gould. Douglas, who is based in our Haddington Office, retires on 31 March this year. We recently took some time to chat to him about his long career.

Many of us take steps to prepare for retirement – setting aside savings, managing our Inheritance Tax position, or making Wills. Yet one crucial area often gets overlooked: planning for future care needs.

The meaning of the Italian word Arrivederci is ‘goodbye, until we meet again’. Since Greaves West & Ayre opened our doors in 1918 we have said goodbye to some long standing members of the team. We started 2025 by saying a fond farewell to two key members of GWA -
Derek Simpson and Brian Tait

A round up of our latest Staff News, Community News, our Staff Community Outreach Initiative and GWA Golf Day

This year sees the departure of two of our longest standing and most well respected Partners, Alan Patterson, and Ewan Millar. Ewan and Alan retire on 31 March this year, with Alan remaining as a consultant until 31 July.

We wish Trish Melia all the best in her retirement. Having joined GWA in 1973, Trish will be starting her well-deserved retirement in June, 50 years on from when she left school to start her first job.

Retirements, promotions, new starts there's lots to update about the GWA team. We've also been supporting a number of local community causes.

The meaning of the Italian word arrivederci is ‘goodbye, until we meet again’. We have said arrivederci to some long-standing members of our team and this year is no different.

Three of GWA's longest serving staff are retiring before the end of the year. Here's a little of their GWA history. We wish them all the very best.

We are welcoming new faces around the GWA office and saying goodbye to some very familiar faces, recognising and celebrating their long service.

We welcome new starters and congratulate long service. And the summer seems to have increased our staff social fun too!