In early March we attended our bi-annual Brentnalls Conference – this time at the Sheraton Mirage on the Gold Coast. It has been great having time to properly reconnect with friends and colleagues over the past 18 months after two years of COVID disruption.

The Brentnall’s Network is a group of likeminded business owners with Practices located in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Auckland and Hamilton. Each Practice is quite different in the customers they work with, however we all have similar issues to navigate so it is always a fantastic opportunity to be able to share ideas, experiences and help each other out.

The CoggerGurry team is heavily invested in the ongoing success of Brentnalls. Kieran Neeson attended his first conference having just completed an emerging leaders course with participants from each of the other Practices. Toni Wright played an integral role in the launch of our Women in Brentnall’s initiative, Michael Fitzpatrick has just completed a term as chair of the Tax Group, and l am about to commence a two year term as chair of the Affiliation.

As l have said on other occasions, our involvement with Brentnalls provides opportunities for our staff, and access to networks and resources that would be very difficult for other Practices in a regional location to replicate.

I look forward to providing you with an update from our next Conference – scheduled for Queenstown in September.

- Andrew Heazlewood