Adams Harrison Triathlon – October 2015

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Adams Harrison sponsored the Haverhill Triathlon this year in aid of the Haverhill Scouts and Guides, and so we entered three teams for the Sprint+ Relay.

We met up outside the Leisure Centre on a beautiful, sunny Sunday morning, the 4th of October, all a little nervous as none of us have ever done a triathlon before.  Our teams had to do a  600m swim, 45km cycle and a 10k run.   The teams were made up as follows:-

Tri Hards:-

Swimming – Hayley Ford

Cycling – Andy Dedman

Running – Gillian Gilligan

Giving it a Tri:-

Swimming – Tom Pitts

Cycling – Alison Helbert

Running – Simon Gilligan

Tri-Angels:-

Swimming – Lois Revill

Cycling – Sharon Dyster

Running – Rebecca Dedman

All our athletes did extremely well and said that they enjoyed the day (and have even said that they will do it again next year)!  The final results of our three teams were:-

1st place – Tri-Hards with a finishing time of 2:46:15

2nd place – Giving it a Tri with a finishing time of 3:01:25

3rd place – Tri-Angels with a finishing time of 3:20:47.

We met up afterwards in the Drabbit Smock for a well deserved drink where Rhodri Rees (our senior Partner) presented a trophy to the winning team.

Congratulations to all our teams, you did an amazing job!

HMRC Cash Seizure

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The Finance Bill currently in Parliament will authorise HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) with the right to seize money directly from the bank accounts of taxpayers who have failed to pay their taxes.

Under the rules, HMRC will be able to take money, but must leave the taxpayer with a minimum of £5,000 in their bank or building society accounts, and can only remove money from accounts containing a minimum £5,000. HMRC will be able to exercise ‘direct enforcement’ to collect tax debts of more than £1,000. It is estimated that this will generate about £100 million a year for the Treasury.

The changes do give the taxpayer the right to object to the County Court, although this may be of little use after the money has been seized.