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Sinclair Wilson's Christmas Wishing Tree campaign has started

Make Christmas special for local children in need

Local children in need will be counting on the Great South Coast’s largest accounting firm this Christmas, as we herald the start of the festive season by launching our annual Wishing Tree program.  From this week, the firm’s Warrnambool, Camperdown and Hamilton offices will provide an opportunity for Sinclair Wilson staff, clients and the broader...

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Aime Sandri of Sinclair Wilson Warrnambool fundraising for the Royal Childrens Hospital Appeal

Why I give to the Royal Children’s Hospital on Good Friday

This week, Sinclair Wilson’s offices in Warrnambool, Hamilton, Colac, Camperdown and Mount Gambier are doing their small, but enthusiastic part for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.  A colourful jar of jelly beans is sitting at the reception of each office, for clients, friends and colleagues alike to guess the number of lollies inside...

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Camperdown, Hamilton and Warrnambool offices have collected more than 190 gifts for local children

Sinclair Wilson’s Christmas Wishing Tree – thank you!

The incredible response to Sinclair Wilson’s Christmas Wishing Tree means more than 190 personalised gift-wrapped presents have been distributed across our region in time for Christmas Day. Thank you to everyone who was part of this amazing effort, including our own staff and Partners, clients and the broader community members who have dropped in gifts...

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Sinclair Wilson 2018 Christmas Wishing Tree kicks off

‘Tis the season to give to children in need across the Great South Coast

Local children in need will be counting on the Great South Coast’s largest accounting firm this Christmas, as Sinclair Wilson celebrates the start of the festive season by launching its annual Wishing Tree program. From today, the firm’s Warrnambool, Camperdown and Hamilton offices will provide an opportunity for locals to donate a gift to local...

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The South East Animal Welfare League

SEAWL – South East SA’s largest animal shelter needs your help

For more than 40 years, the South East Animal Welfare League Inc (SEAWL) has been caring for the lost, abandoned and unloved dogs and cats of South East South Australia, ensuring that creatures without a voice can be cared for and loved like they deserve. Now, in its 42nd year of operation, SEAWL is reaching...

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Sinclair Wilson Colac - SMSF, financial planning, business advice, taxation and audit, has a new home at 54 Corangamite Street, Colac

Client growth leads to another expansion for Sinclair Wilson Colac

Client growth has inspired investment in new premises for Sinclair Wilson’s Colac office, to better-accommodate our burgeoning base in the Colac-Otway region.  Our Colac office is seeing in the New Financial Year by shifting from our current office at 73 Gellibrand Street to a new custom-built home at 54 Corangamite Street. Operations at the current...

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Les’ Sharp Skills Translate to Local Learning

Sinclair Wilson’s expert team aren’t just specialists in accounting and finance. Our colleagues have a diverse range of additional skills and interests that they are committed to sharing with the rest of their local community. Financial Planner Les Batchelor is one example – Les has been sharing his sharp skills as an expert knife maker...

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Sinclair Wilson Wishing Tree

Give the gift of joy this Christmas

Christmas is here again. For most of us it’s a busy time; there’s shopping to be done, Christmas dinner’s to plan, travel bookings to make and work to clear off our desks before everything closes down for the Christmas break. Christmas is a joyful time for most of us; a time to catch up with...

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Congratulations to our award winning Relay For Life team

Congratulations to our Relay For Life team of 2016. Thanks to the support of everyone involved our team was able to top the local leader board, raising over $10,000. The firm is honored and humbled that the Cancer Council Victoria has chosen to recognise our team’s efforts by establishing the Sinclair Wilson Research Award. Read...

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Thankyou for your donations

Thank you to all the Principals, staff, clients and friends who left gifts under our 2016 Wishing Tree, your contributions have been amazing. A record 155 presents were donated this year and 155 Christmas mornings across our region will be brighter as a result. A special thank you to those Sinclair Wilson staff who gave...

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Light Up a Child’s Christmas

It’s that time of the year again. The decorations are going up, Christmas carols are playing in every store and spectacular Christmas light displays are lighting up the pleasant summer nights. The organised amongst us are checking the final items off our Christmas shopping lists, while the rest of us are thinking we should really...

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Taking on the last taboo

We have many farming clients at Sinclair Wilson and we understand that life on the land can be tough at times. We are a proud supporter of any initiative which seeks to lighten the load and improve the lives of our clients, friends and family. Please join the ripple effect. Together we can take on...

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Leigh Marris Inducted into the Hampden Football Netball League Hall of Fame

All the Principals and Staff of Sinclair Wilson would like to congratulate Leigh Marris on his upcoming induction into the Hampden Football Netball League’s Hall of Fame. Leigh racked up an impressive list of accomplishments in his 317 senior matches for the South Warrnambool Football Netball Club, including playing in 17 finals campaigns and winning...

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Pam Cusack awarded for 40 years of CPA membership

Forty years is a long time in the accounting game. When Pam Cusack became a member of CPA Australia 40 years ago adding machines, calculators and typewriters were the pinnacle of office technology. Now, accounting is one of the most highly computerised and fastest evolving professions there is. Her colleagues will tell you that while...

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Drop in for a chat with our accountants at the South East Field Days

The 2016 South East Field Days will be held this Friday and Saturday 18th and 19th March 2016 in Lucindale, South Australia. Representatives from our Mount Gambier and Warrnambool offices will be in attendance to meet with you and discuss your tax and accounting needs. With 11 offices between Mount Gambier in the west and Colac...

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Christmas Wishes are under the Sinclair Wilson Wishing Tree

All of us at Sinclair Wilson are looking forward to spending some quality time with our families this Christmas. We’re all checking off Christmas shopping and those with young children will be eagerly anticipating the looks of wonder and joy as the wrapping paper goes flying on Christmas morning. Unfortunately Christmas isn’t such a happy...

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Bill honoured by Country Racing Victoria

Congratulations to former Sinclair Wilson Principal Bill Pillpot for receiving Country Racing Victoria’s Inaugural Tony Shanahan Award. Mr Phillpot received the award in recognition of his many years of service to the Warrnambool Racing Club and Country Racing Victoria. The award must be the icing on the cake for Bill, who is already a lifetime...

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Sinclair Wilson Partners With Fun4Kids

Accounting and business advisory firm Sinclair Wilson has combined a passion for technology and a philosophy of corporate charity to become the latest Fun4Kids Festival partner. Sinclair Wilson Chairman Perry Cho says that the business was thrilled to team up with Australia’s best children’s festival in 2015. “It is my personal belief, as well as...

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Sinclair Wilson & Lifeline seek to brighten every child’s Charismas morning

LIFELINE’S Crisis Support receives a new phone call every 50 seconds during the festive period, showing Christmas can be a tough time for many families. But Lifeline South West Victoria is doing its best providing Christmas cheer to those in need, through a partnership with Sinclair Wilson. The joint Christmas Appeal is encouraging staff, clients...

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Accountant’s expertise honoured by South West Healthcare

Accountant Felicity Melican was the perfect candidate to join South West Healthcare’s board nearly a decade ago. Having a head for numbers helps when it comes to annual report time, but chief executive John Krygger said the former board member also developed a strong medical understanding. Ms Melican was awarded a life governorship by South...

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Peter’s Project Target $5 Million

Sinclair Wilson are proud supporters of the Peter’s Project which is raising funds to attain radiotherapy and a regional cancer centre for the residents of South West of Victoria and the South East of South Australia. For more information about the project and how you can support by making a donation, visit www.petersproject.org.au. About Peter’s...

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Sinclair Wilson helps the Diabetes Resource Centre in Warrnambool

The Diabetes Resource Centre Inc (DRCI) is based in Warrnambool and primarily has been established to provide support for those with Type 1 Diabetes and their families.  The DRCI also aims to educate the community about diabetes and therefore remove the popular misconceptions that exist and the related stigma that people may experience living with...

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Red Cross is Calling at Sinclair Wilson

As a part of the Australian Red Cross’s Blood Donor service, Sinclair Wilson is now part of their ‘Club Red’ corporate donor program. As a commitment to the local community, the Sinclair Wilson Partners and Staff understand the importance of this service so have committed to promoting blood donations in the Warrnambool office. In the...

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Sinclair Wilson is SWH’s Business Donor of the Year in 2008

One of the largest accounting firms in regional Victoria has made the largest business donation to South West Healthcare’s Warrnambool hospital for 2008. The $10,000 Intensive Care Unit defibrillator that Sinclair Wilson contributed $6,962.80 towards has arrived and is now in use. ICU staff are thrilled with its capabilities which Sinclair Wilson partners Peter MacMillan...

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