Tim O’Connor Joined Scrutton Bland in 2002, Partner since 2004
“The time that stands out for me is when we moved the Colchester office to the Business Park in 2007. I had worked with Tim Mulley on the new building, but largely took responsibility for clearing out the old Sir Isaac’s Walk offices. We had been in those buildings for around 90 years and much had been accumulated and squirreled away
in that period. We found an old locked safe, and the keys were nowhere to be found, but it clearly had something in it as you could hear clonking from inside when you moved it. So we had it picked up by a locksmith who managed to crack the locks and gave me the honour of being present when it was opened. For some reason, some blank sheets of A4 paper had been locked in the safe for posterity. So still no fame and fortune.”
Nick Banks Joined Scrutton Bland 1993, Partner since 2004
“I spent much of my work as a trainee doing handwritten analysis of manual cashbooks. Spreadsheets were evolving and computers were used for very specific purposes in the firm. I can recall spending a good few days working through piles of paperwork in order to find a bank difference which my reporting partner thought at the time would be good experience. I also remember the irritation when doing the filing of foolscap and A4 paper being different paper sizes. Of course today the majority of our clients use software, our stationary store no longer has fourteen column analysis pads, and of course we use electronic document management.”
Sharon Gravener Joined Scrutton Bland 1983, Partner since 1995
“My earliest memories here are having to light all the gas fires at the Museum Street offices every morning, which wasn’t much fun. We did have a lovely tea lady there, Phyllis, who came round with a tea trolley twice a day. When I started we had to add up using a mechanical adding machine with a long handle, which if you pulled it too quickly would shoot across the table. A few years ago I took my children to the Science Museum in London and was mortified to see one on display as a historic artefact!”
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