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Lawson Avery Ltd Chartered Accountants
Tararua Refrigeration Services
THE LAWSON AVERY MEN – ACCOUNTANTS (FROM LEFT) RORY KELLIHER, BOON HUXTABLE, BRETT WOOFFINDIN AND ROB ROYLE.
Sleek renovated workplace Striving to be transparent, and new faces make for a informative, and up-front fresh environment
RICHARD FLEMING.
In 2016, Brett Wooffindin took the business leap and purchased into the accounting firm, Lawson Avery in Cole Street, Masterton. He is currently the co-director with Jennifer Martin. The pair set about looking at the long-established practice and decided the location, nestled beside the Wairarapa Times-Age, was a perfect site, but the 1970s building needed a re-vamp. With the staff heartily behind them, they have achieved streamlined and fresh new offices, which Brett says are a joy to work within. Brett is well-known and highly respected for his cloud-based accounting work especially using Xero which clients have eagerly adopted with enthusiasm. He says Xero provides a ‘no surprises’ approach to tasks such as GST, budgeting and forecasting, payroll, asset management and up-to-date reporting. He is especially proud of Lawson Avery’s long and successful history and enjoys being involved in succession planning and establishing confidence for future generations. Brett is also enthusiastic about helping clients know their own businesses and be comfortably familiar with their finances and accounting software packages, now a necessary part of accounting.
Lawson Avery has, as a result, introduced ‘walk in Wednesdays’ – one-to-one training sessions with their staff. It’s a free service for everyone, not just their clients, aimed at helping people feel computer and financially savvy. With new clients, the firm also offers a free set up and one-hour training session. “We want to educate people. We’ve seen how it helps those who have taken the time to learn.”
When Richard and Dana Fleming were setting up their Tararua Refrigeration business, they wanted a catchy logo which was colourful and would make people notice them. Enter the colourful half sun/ half snowflake logo which has certainly become a familiar icon. It reflects the young and playful nature of the company and of the Flemings, who thrive on being professional – from the smallest vehicle aircon job, to an entire fit-out of a house and its heating and ventilation system.
He studied at Lincoln University and graduated with a BCA majoring in Accounting and Business Management. He has worked in Wellington and London, before returning to New Zealand in 2011 and moving to Wairarapa in 2015.
The couple live in Masterton with their three children and have established a showroom for Tararua Refrigeration in Pahiatua, where they discovered there was a gap in the market – home heating/ air-conditioning and refrigeration systems whether that be servicing dairy farm units or building cooler and freezer rooms from scratch. That was two-and-a-half years ago, and the company now has four staff, including Richard, plus two people who do the administration, including Dana.
The other men of Lawson Avery, Rob, Boon and Rory join Brett. He, and his colleagues have young children so working in a familyfriendly environment is important to them all.
Tararua Refrigeration always has four vehicles on the road and their services are called for throughout Tararua and Wairarapa – from Norsewood to the Cape Palliser coast.
Brett hails from a farming background in South Canterbury, and this experience is proving to be of great benefit to the firm’s 60 per cent rural client base.
mainstay of the business. They are stockists of Mitsubishi heat pumps. Smart vent ventilation and heat transfer systems are also popular, especially in new builds, which keep them busy. Tararua Refrigeration Services is dedicated to fulfilling customers’ practical needs and have a strong focus on communication, even offering tips and lessons on Facebook about how the industry runs and the professional role of each staff member. Taking the time and energy to explain stuff, that can seem a bit complicated to the average bod, typifies the approach of Richard and Dana. They strive to be transparent, informative, and upfront with product and service, and this shows in their great reviews and customer feedback. Check out the company’s Facebook page and see for yourself. Here’s a review to spur you on! “Fabulous service from the team at Tararua Refrigeration! The time from quote to installation was so quick. Top-quality communication and workmanship got our heat pump up and running quick smart. The team at Tararua Refrigeration were so helpful with giving us a thorough tutorial on how to operate it efficiently from our HEAT PUMPS phones too – perfect being able to come REFRIGERATION home to a warm home by turning it on COOL FREEZER ROOMS before we&leave work! Superb – wouldn’t hesitate to recommend” VEHICLE AIRCON
HEAT PUMPS REFRIGERATIONELECTRICAL The new standard in personalised comfort and style. COOL & FREEZER ROOMS FREE WORKSHOPS VEHICLE AIRCON d Series Heat Pumps HEAT PUMPS PHONE 0800 272 827 alised comfort and style. KNOW YOUR NUMBERS ELECTRICAL WALK IN WEDNESDAY He is also enjoying Lawson Avery attracting Over the past 10 years, heat pumps have fresh staff and the diversity it is bringing to become increasingly sophisticated and coupled with the building boom, they are a the workplace. NEW! Black Diamond Series Heat Pumps
Lawson Avery are offering FREE one-on-one Xero Drop in Sessions every Wednesday between 9am and noon.
Lawson Avery are offering FREE Workshops. There will be both Farming and Commercial Workshops to choose from.
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