PARTNER AND STAFF NUMBERS |
2.1 In respect of the Republic of Ireland, please indicate the following partner and staff numbers as of now in each area: |
|
Contact Name |
Partners |
Non-partner chargeable |
Support Staff |
Audit / Accounting |
Liam Twohig |
2 |
41 |
4 |
Tax |
Aidan Byrne |
2 |
18 |
2 |
Consulting |
John Glennon |
3 |
6 |
2 |
Corporate Recovery |
George Maloney |
1 |
9 |
|
Corporate Finance |
Brian Hyland |
1 |
4 |
|
Regulatory/Compliance |
Mac Dolan |
|
1 |
1 |
Financial Services |
Brian Hyland |
|
9 |
1 |
Wealth Management |
|
|
2 |
|
|
2.3 How many new partners were appointed last year? |
1 |
2.4 How many partners are there in your firm? |
9 |
2.5 How many male partners are there in your firm? |
7 |
2.6 Please indicate the number of partners in the following age categories: |
24-29 |
|
30-39 |
1 |
40-49 |
6 |
50-59 |
2 |
60+ |
|
|
2.7 What is the average age that you would expect a partner to retire? |
65 |
2.8 How many foreign workers do you currently employ as a percentage of your total workforce? |
1 |
2.9 And which country(ies) do the majority of these foreign workers come from? |
Poland |
2.10 On average how many hours do your partners work in an average week? |
45 |
2.11 As a rough percentage, how many of these hours are chargeable? |
46-60% |
2.12 Approximately how many people have you recruited in the current year so far, and how many do you expect to recruit next year? (June to June) |
|
2007/2008 |
2008/2009 |
Professionally Qualified |
18 |
10 |
Non Professional Graduates |
|
|
Trainees |
14 |
12 |
|
2.13 What proportion of your recruitment advertising is conducted: |
On your company's website |
Frequent Use |
On external jobs websites |
Frequent Use |
In national print publications |
Moderate Use |
In specialist print publications |
Not Much |
|
2.14 What proportion of your recruitment is outsourced to recruitment agencies? |
16-30% |
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT |
4.1 What do you perceive as being the biggest threat for your industry going forward? |
The general downturn in the economy and likelihood of non-compliance work being curtailed due to this. |
4.2 What do you perceive as being the biggest opportunity for your industry going forward? |
Insolvency and Business Process Improvement and working with clients to help with the downturn. |
4.3 Are staff shortages still a major problem in the industry? |
Yes |
4.4 Do you feel that the partnership model is outdated? |
No |
4.5 Do you feel that your company has to move towards a more corporate model in managing business? |
Yes |
Explain your decision: |
Pace of change in the profession has been significant. From our perspective for a mid-tier firm to survive it must have clear strategic direction and a strong management team. |
4.6 Do you feel the credit crisis will effect your business going forward? |
Yes |
Explain your decision: |
The effect of the credit crises could have an impact on working capital, receiving payments, and have cashflow implications. |