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 |
Dominick Tighe |
3 |
15 |
|
Tax |
Daragh O'Shaughnessy |
1 |
6 |
|
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2.2 Which of the above areas had the strongest revenue growth? |
Audit / Accounting |
2.3 How many new partners were appointed last year? |
1 |
2.4 How many partners are there in your firm? |
4 |
2.5 How many male partners are there in your firm? |
4 |
2.6 Please indicate the number of partners in the following age categories: |
24-29 |
|
30-39 |
|
40-49 |
2 |
50-59 |
2 |
60+ |
|
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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? |
2 |
2.9 And which country(ies) do the majority of these foreign workers come from? |
South Africa and Poland |
2.10 On average how many hours do your partners work in an average week? |
50 |
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 |
2 |
1 |
Non Professional Graduates |
4 |
1 |
Trainees |
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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT |
4.1 What do you perceive as being the biggest threat for your industry going forward? |
recession |
4.2 What do you perceive as being the biggest opportunity for your industry going forward? |
management consultancy |
4.3 Are staff shortages still a major problem in the industry? |
No |
4.4 Do you feel that the partnership model is outdated? |
Yes |
4.5 Do you feel that your company has to move towards a more corporate model in managing business? |
Yes |
Explain your decision: |
structurally in terms of exit strategies etc a corporate model would be more flexible and easier to manipulate. |
4.6 Do you feel the credit crisis will effect your business going forward? |
No |
Explain your decision: |
our business is heavily compliance based so will not be affected in the short term...in the long term...recession could have an impact on volume of this type of business |