East Midlands

The 7th Annual Dinner Dance of the East Midlands Association will be held on Saturday 21st November 2009.

The venue will again be the East Midlands Airport Hilton Hotel at Junction 24 of the M1 near the junction of the A50.

This is a very popular event and last year we had 150 guests in attendance. Following feedback we received from guests about last year's entertainment, we have decided to have a disco rather than a live band this year.

The evening will start with a champagne reception at 7.15pm and dinner will be served at 8.00pm (see menu below). If you are a member of the East Midlands Association Executive Committee or you are an invited guest please be available at 6.45pm for the official photographs.

The disco will play until 2am and there will be a late bar. This is also a charity event whereby the proceeds of the raffle and 10% of the bar takings will go to charity. This year's East Midlands Association President, Alan Lemmon, has chosen LOROS as his charity for the year. LOROS is the Leicestershire and Rutland Organisation for the Relief of Suffering, which runs a Hospice that serves the Leicestershire and Rutland areas. LOROS currently has a project to increase the number of single rooms that the charity has. Alan's reason for choosing to support this charity is that he has had friends and colleagues who have used the services of LOROS in their final days. For further information on the Charity, please click here.

The cost of attending is £25.00 per person which includes a champagne reception and a three course meal including wine. This price is reduced to £20.00 per person for IRRV East Midlands Association Members and their guests.

We have reserved 50 rooms at the hotel which are available on a first come first served basis. To reserve a room please telephone the hotel direct on 01509 674000 and ask for corporate/private parties reservations and mention the IRRV East Midlands Association Dinner Dance.

Please let Andrew Solley, Honorary Association Secretary, as soon as possible whether you will be attending this event, and the number of attendees in your group (he will ask for the names of those attending later) and you will be sent an invoice for the total amount payable.

The menu for the evening is as follows:

Starter - Duck and Orange Pate with a fruit chutney,
Main - Seared Breast of Chicken with a Brandy and Peppercorn Sauce
Dessert - Mixed Fruit Pavlova served with a Red Fruit Sauce

Vegetarian Menu:

Starter - Chargrilled Vegetables with feta cheese and a sunblushed tomato and Mizuna salad
Main - Baked filo pastry with piri piri spiced vegetables
Dessert - Mixed Fruit Pavlova served with a Red Fruit Sauce

Wine (with tasting notes):

Marlborough Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2008 – Marlborough New Zealand
“Tropical citrus fruit aromas precede a palate bursting with lemongrass and limes. A dry, crisp and zesty white”

Yaldara Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 Barossa Valley Australia
“Hints of spicy oak intermingle with notes of cassis, mint, mulberry and chocolate rounded off with velvety tannins”

It is the pleasure of the IRRV East Midlands Association to invite all members to its next meeting, to be held at the offices of Gedling Borough Council on the 28th November 2008 at 2.00 pm.

Our guest speaker for the afternoon will be Sean Langley who will be delivering a unique presentation on leadership.

Sean spent more than 19 years employed with Gosport BC; Test Valley BC and Basingstoke & Deane BC, before working as a freelance Revenues & Benefits Consultant since 1999. He is a fully qualified Corporate Member of the IRRV since 1985 and a Past-Chairman of the Wessex Association, serving as an Executive since 1992.

Sean became a published author when 'The Phat Controller (A Leadership Handbook)' was published this summer.

'The Phat Controller' is not a complex study of leadership theories, it is a practical guide based on common-sense. It is designed to help provide both management students, and current managers, with real answers to their problems; to make them stop and think; and to point them in the right direction to becoming a 21st Century leader. The techniques discussed will help generate the confidence required to utterly transform a business.

'The Phat Controller' is relevant to a Chief Executive, just as much as to a Team Leader or Supervisor; providing them all with the opportunity to contribute to their organisation's success.

For directions to Gedling Borough Council's offices, please refer to www.gedling.gov.uk .

All members are welcome to attend the lunch.

We particularly welcome those student members who have successfully passed their IRRV examinations in the past year. All such members are invited to attend the meal as guests of the association.

For all other members lunch is priced at £16.00 per person.

To reserve your place please contact Andrew Solley (Association Secretary) on 0115 901 3759.

The East Midlands IRRV Association held a successful NNDR Training Day in Grantham on 24th February 2010.

The presentations from the Training Day are now available to download below:-

Revaluation 2010 presented by David Bingham

Rating and 2010 Revaluation presented by David Bridgewood

Business Rates - Transition 2010 presented by Gordon Heath

NNDR Insolvency presented by Steve Illes

Business Rates - Topical Issues presented by Simon Tivey

The East Midlands Association will be holding a Benefits Training Day at Gedling Borough Council on 23rd February 2011. The sessions will be topical and will give you an opportunity to get the latest information on up and coming changes to the Benefits system. The event should appeal to staff at all levels from Benefits Assessor to Head of Service.

Please see the attached flyer and contact Lee Sirdifield for more information.

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The East Midlands Association will be holding a Non-Domestic Rates Training Day in Grantham on 24th February 2010. The sessions will be topical and will give you an opportunity to get the latest information on the 2010 NNDR revaluation and the transition scheme for 2010-2015 and also receive training in insolvency in relation to NNDR.

Please see the attached flyer and contact Lee Sirdifield for more information.

Following the success of the last 5 years events, this year’s Dinner dance will again be held at the Hilton Hotel – East Midlands Airport (Junction 24 M1) on Friday 21st November. A 3 course meal and complimentary wine will be included in the ticket price (to be advised) There will be a band performing called "Just for Kicks" and also a disco until 2am and a late bar. This is also a charity event whereby the proceeds of the raffle and 10% of the bar takings will go to charity. The IRRV East Midlands Association President, Alistair Townsend, has chosen the Nottingham University Hospitals Charity, specifically the paediatric ward at the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham. We have reserved 50 rooms at the hotel for those guests who wish to stay over. The telephone number for the hotel is 01509 674000 Further details will follow.

The Christmas Luncheon of the East Midlands Association of the IRRV will be held on Thursday 10th December 2009 at the Whipper-In Hotel, The Market Place, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6DT. For those who have been before you will know that the luncheon at the Whipper-In is excellent and the hotel is an ideal venue for our informal style of Christmas event.

If you wish to attend please make your menu selection (click here for menu) and email it to the Association Secretary at andrew.solley@gedling.gov.uk no later than Wednesday 2nd December 2009. Places are limited and will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, therefore an early response is recommended.

The cost of £16.00 per head has been subsidised by the East Midlands Association. Please make your cheque payable to IRRV East Midlands Association and send it to Alan Lemmon, Association President, 37 Kingsbridge Crescent, Leicester LE4 1EG.

Please assemble in the bar from 12.00 midday and lunch will be served at 12.30 pm prompt.

For a local map for the Whipper-In Hotel in Oakham, click here.

 

 

 

 

The East Midlands Association recently delivered, in partnership with the Valuation Tribunal Service, a training day for practitioners on the subject of how to deliver first class advocacy for authorities in the Valuation Tribunal.

The day was a great success with delegates saying how educational and fun they found the whole experience, one delegate said:

'On September 15th 2008, my colleague and I attended a Valuation Tribunal Service training day in Nottingham which was organised by the IRRV East Midlands Association.

The day was made up of four mock tribunals, each one with a panel of three members who had given their time voluntarily.  Each tribunal was presided over by a real tribunal clerk and  the cases were presented by local authority officers with experience of representing the council in similar circumstances, to add a bit of reality  in each case the appellant was a tribunal clerk.

Each case was based on a ‘real’ one and on each occasion the bench retired to deliberate before making judgement. 

Overall the whole day was really informative and enjoyable and I would highly recommend it to anyone who needs to represent their council at a Valuation Tribunal.' 

The Association is delighted that delegates found the day useful, please keep an eye on our website for further training and networking opportunities.

 

  

 

The IRRV East Midlands Association Annual Dinner Dance will be held this year on Saturday 27th November 2010.

The venue this year will be the Breadsall Priory Country Club and Hotel in Derby. For more information about the hotel, click here.

This is a very popular event and places are being taken up quickly. If you wish to attend, I recommend that you book now in order to avoid disappointment.

The disco will play until 2am and there will be a late bar. This is also a charity event whereby the proceeds of the raffle will go to the Association President’s charity. This year's East Midlands Association President, Mike Carr, has chosen the Alzheimer’s Society as his charity for the year.

There are around 700,000 people with dementia in the UK today. Dementia affects millions of families. One in three older people will end their life with some form of dementia and with an ageing population this problem is not going away.  Mike has had firsthand experience of how this illness can affect families and how devastating it can be, which is why he has chosen this charity for his Presidential year. For more information on the charity, please click here.

The cost of attending is £30.00 per person which includes a champagne reception and a three course meal including wine. This price is reduced to £25.00 per person for IRRV East Midlands Association Members and their guests.

We have reserved 20 rooms at the hotel which are available on a first come first served basis. To reserve a room please ring the hotel direct and ask for corporate/private parties reservations and mention the IRRV East Midlands Association Dinner Dance. These rooms are only available until 30th October when they will be released for general sale.

Please email Andrew Solley, Association Secretary as soon as possible if you will be attending this event, and the number of attendees in your group (names will be asked for later) and an invoice will then be sent to you.

 

Our programme for this year is changing so keep up to date by letting us have your e-mail details.We have pencilled in a number of exciting events for 2007/8 (full details will be shown shortly on these webpages) and to enable us to keep you constantly informed of what is going on we need your e-mail address. It is hoped that you will receive e-mail notifications telling you what is happening in your local association. It is also hoped that we will be able to remind you of an event as it happens.

Please contact Andrew Solley (Membership Officer) by email on the link below and he will ensure that you are added to the email distribution list

We will try to distribute the programme cards to all Authorities attending the Dinner Dance. If you or your Authority is not attending the Dinner Dance please contact Kevin Stewart on kevin.stewart@ambervalley.gov.uk or 01773 841442 to arrange a way of delivering the programme cards to you.

Please click on links below to obtain minutes of the IRRV East Midlands Association AGM held on the 5 April 2007.

The 2010 Christmas Luncheon of the East Midlands Association of the IRRV will be held on Thursday 9th December 2010 at the Whipper-In Hotel, The Market Place, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6DT. For those who have been before you will know that the luncheon at the Whipper-In is excellent and the hotel is an ideal venue for our informal style of Christmas event.

To see the menu, please click here. If you will be attending, please make your menu selection and email it to the Association Secretary at andrew.solley@gedling.gov.uk no later than Sunday 28th November 2010. Places are limited and will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis so an early response is advisable.

The cost of £16.00 per head has been subsidised by the East Midlands Association. Please make your cheque payable to IRRV East Midlands Association and send it to the Treasurer at the following address:

Mr A Lemmon
37 Kingsbridge Crescent
Leicester
LE4 1EG

Alternatively, you can make payment on the day of the lunch.

Please assemble in the bar from 12.00 midday and lunch will be served at 12.30 pm prompt.

For a local map of the Whipper-In Hotel in Oakham, click here.

The photographs from the East Midlands Dinner Dance held at the Breadsall Priory Hotel on 27th November 2010 are now available to view online.

The AGM of the East Midlands Association is to be held on the 5 April 2007 at the Guildhall, City of Lincoln and include presentations as follows from 3 renowned speakers who should need no introductions:-
Allan Traynor, the current National President of the Institute, on the Local Taxation Committee of Enquiry
David Magor , the Director of the Institute, giving an IRRV Update; and
Gary Watson, Chair of the Institute’s Local Taxation and Revenues Faculty Board and also the Performance Awards coordinator, on the 2007 IRRV Performance Awards.

For further details of the meeting please go to the Meetings part of this Association website

Tours of both the Guildhall and the Cathedral at Lincoln can be arranged.  Numbers are limited so please respond as soon as possible.  A buffet will be provided which has been kindly sponsored by Anite Public Sector.  Details have also been posted to all known East Midlands Association members.

The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association on Wednesday 10th November 2010 in the Committee Room at the Deene House offices of Corby Borough Council.

Our speakers will be David Magor who is the Chief Executive of the IRRV and Gary Watson the Deputy Chief Executive of the IRRV. David and Gary will be presenting a paper on the known and likely effects of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review on the Revenues and Benefits Service. They will also give an update on any changes that are taking place in the Institute and on the services on offer to IRRV members.

This meeting will be of interest to any students, revenues & benefits staff, advisors and managers. This meeting is open to members and non-members alike at no cost. If you have any colleagues who might find the subject of interest, please bring them along.

The event will start at 2:00pm at the Deene House offices of Corby Borough Council. Tea and coffee will be available from 1:30pm.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements could you please let the Honorary Secretary, Andrew Solley, know how many people from your organisation will be coming along by e-mailing him at andrew.solley@gedling.gov.uk

For a local map of the offices of Corby Borough Council, click here. Please note that once you arrive at Deene House, you will need to dial 4196 on the telephone at the main entrance to gain access.

Details of the IRRV East Midlands Association Annual General Meeting to be held on 24th April 2019 are available here by clicking on the links:

1. AGM Agenda
2. AGM Meeting Minutes 2018
3. Current Executive Committee’s Nominations

Please note that the meeting will start at 11am after which, David Magor, the Institute’s Chief Executive will be presenting a paper with an update from the IRRV.

A buffet lunch will be provided after the formal business of the AGM.

Gedling Borough Council is situated in Arnot Hill Park where free car parking will be provided in the events car park. This car park is signposted and is situated behind Arnot Hill House. The car park is on the signposted grass area.

In order to assist with refreshments, please let Andrew Solley (IRRV East Midlands Association Secretary) know if you will be attending.

 

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

The next meeting will be held at the offices of Amber Valley BC on 17th February 2015.

Our guest speaker will be Alan Sullivan who is a Managing Consultant for the DWP’s Housing Delivery and Operations Finance team. Alan will be speaking on the fraud and error challenge as well as providing a general update on welfare reform. He will also take questions after the presentation.

This meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are a not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting.

Preparing for Universal Credit. The Experience of a Pilot Authority – 22nd Janaury 2015
North Kesteven District Council, Kesteven Street, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. NG34 7EF

Our Christmas Lunch is being held on Thursday 9th December 2021 at our usual venue, the Whipper-In Hotel in Oakham. For those of you who have been before, you will know that the Whipper-In Hotel is excellent and an ideal venue for our informal style of Christmas event.

Please find attached a menu. I would be grateful if you could make your menu selection and email Andy Solley no later than Friday 27th November 2021. Places are limited and will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis and we would therefore welcome early responses.

The cost of the lunch is £25.00 per person. Please make your payment by BACS using the account details below and use your own name as a payment reference.

Name: IRRV East Midlands Association

Sort Code: 40-28-04

Account: 51095269

Alternatively you can make payment in cash directly to James McKillop, Association Treasurer on the day of the lunch.

Please assemble in the bar from 12.00 midday where we are grateful to Newlyn Plc for sponsoring drinks at the bar and the table wine for the lunch.

Lunch will be served at 12.30pm.

There will also be a raffle held on the day with prizes generously sponsored by Marston (Holdings) Ltd.

For a local map of the Whipper-In at Oakham, click here.

 

Many thanks and we look forward to seeing you on 9th December 2021.

 

Photographs from the recent Dinner Dance are now available

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The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held on Wednesday 22nd August 2018 at 2.00pm at the Rutland Sports Park in Ilkeston. 

Our guest speaker will be Robert Kay, who is the Welfare Reform Officer for the City of Lincoln Council and North Kesteven (Revenues & Benefits shared service).  

Rob joined the City of Lincoln in 2003. He previously worked in the Council’s Benefits Change Team, creating digital access routes and preparing the benefits team and customers for changing to digital access. Rob has also undertaken the role of Benefits Officer, and has vast knowledge of Housing Benefit and Council Tax legislation.  

In 2015 Rob started as Welfare Reform and Project Lead managing a Universal Credit Support Team. Rob is an expert on Universal Credit legislation and has successfully lead the preparation and the launch of full service rollout for the City of Lincoln for the Universal Credit Support team and the Benefits, Housing and Customer Service Teams. 

This training event will focus on the following: 

•  An overview of the Welfare Reform preparation undertaken by the Shared Service, from 2013 to February 2018 
•  An overview of the preparation for Universal Credit Full Service – ranging from the various preparation for benefits teams,   Housing Teams and Customer Services 
•  Understanding the importance of your relationship with the DWP; 
• The role of the Shared Service Universal Credit Support Team – work undertaken, support offered to customers 
•  Outcomes of the above and what can be achieved – performance measures, local statistics 

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting. 

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here. 

The meeting will be held in the golf club house for Pewit Golf Course at Rutland Sports Park in Ilkeston. Free parking is available on site.                                                                                                                                                                            

The event will start at 2.00pm with tea and coffee available from 1.30am. 

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let me know who will be attending from your organisation. 

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

The IRRV East Midlands Association held their Dinner Dance on 16th November 2013 at the Casa Hotel in Chesterfield. Photos from the event are available by clicking below

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A copy of the Audited Accounts for 2019 and 2020 are available here:

IRRV EM Audited Accounts 2019 & IRRV EM Audited Accounts 2020

 

The 10th annual East Midlands Association Dinner Dance was held in November.

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Photographs.

Photographs from the recent Dinner Dance are now available:

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A message from Peter Lisewski

Dear Colleague

I would like to invite you to the Christmas Luncheon of the East Midlands Association of the IRRV, which is being held on Thursday 8th December 2011 at the Whipper-In Hotel, The Market Place, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6DT. For those who have been before you will know that the luncheon at the Whipper-In is excellent and the hotel is an ideal venue for our informal style of Christmas event.

Menu as follows:

Starter:

Winter Root Vegetable Soup
Galia Melon
Halloumi Cheese

Main:

Chicken Liver Parfait
Traditional Roast Turkey
Herb Crusted Salmon Fillet
Roast Pumpkin Raviolis
Beef Bourguignonne

Sweet:

Christmas Pudding
Chocolate Brownie
Vanilla Cheescake

followed by

Freshly brewed coffee and mints

 

 I would be grateful if you could make your menu selection and email it to the Association Secretary at andrew.solley@gedling.gov.uk no later than Sunday 27th November 2011. Places are limited and will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. I would therefore welcome early responses.

The cost of £17.00 per head has been subsidised by the East Midlands Association. Please make your cheque payable to IRRV East Midlands Association and send it to Alan Lemmon at:
37 Kingsbridge Crescent
Leicester
LE4 1EG

Alternatively, you can make payment on the day of the lunch.Please assemble in the bar from 12.00 midday and lunch will be served at 12.30 pm prompt.

Many thanks and I look forward to seeing you on the 8th December 2011.

Yours faithfully

Peter Lisewski

Association President

peter.lisewski@derbyshiredales.gov.uk

The 9th annual East Midlands Association Dinner Dance was held on Saturday 19th November 2011.

Click here for photographs of the event Photographs.

We would like to invite you to the Christmas Luncheon of the IRRV East Midlands Association which is being held on Thursday 5th December 2019 at our usual venue, the Whipper-In Hotel in Oakham. For those of you who have been before, you will know that the Whipper-In Hotel is excellent and an ideal venue for our informal style of Christmas event.

Please find attached a menu. We would be grateful if you could make your menu selection and email Andrew Solley no later than Friday 29th November 2019. Places are limited and filling upo fast so will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. we would therefore welcome early responses.

The cost of the lunch is £17.50 per person. Please make your payment by BACS using the account details below and use your own name as a payment reference.

Name:               IRRV East Midlands Association

Sort Code:        40-28-04

Account:           51095269

Alternatively you can make payment in cash directly to James McKillop, Association Treasurer on the day of the lunch.

Please assemble in the bar from 12.00 midday where your drinks will be sponsored by Newlyn Plc who will also be sponsoring the table wine for the lunch.

Lunch will be served at 12.30pm.

For a local map of the Whipper-In at Oakham, click here. 

Many thanks and we look forward to seeing you on 5th December 2019.

Attached are the 2010 Final Audited Accounts for the East Midlands Association

Pictured Alan Lemmon receiving his IRRV long service award in recognition of 35 years on the East Midlands Executive Committee. Gordon Heath (IRRV National President and Claire Moses (IRRV East Midlands Association President)  presenting the certificate to Alan.

 

At the Annual General Meeting held on the 5th April at the offices of Derbyshire Dales DC in Matlock the Association rules were amended as per the attached document. 

Association Rules (Amended 5th April 2011)

The Annual General Meeting of the East Midlands Association was held at the offices of Gedling Borough Council on 24th April 2019

A copy of the Audited Accounts for 2018 are available here:

2018 IRRV EM Accounts Income and Expenditure and Balance Sheet

 

Pictured Claire Moses at the recent AGM, being congratulated by Gordon Heath (IRRV National President) on becoming the President of the IRRV East Midlands Association for 2018/2019.

The Annual General Meeting of the East Midlands Association was held at the offices of Gedling Borough Council on 25th April 2018

A copy of the Audited Accounts for 2017 are available here:

2017 IRRV EM Accounts Balance Sheet

2017 IRRV EM Accounts Income and Expenditure

The Annual General Meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association will be held on Wednesday 25th April 2018 at the offices of Gedling Borough Council in Nottingham.

At the AGM the Association’s accounts for 2017 will be presented and the Association’s activities and meetings over the past year will be reported. In addition, the officers and committee members will be elected for the coming year.

Gordon Heath, the Institute’s President will be presenting a paper after the AGM providing an update from the IRRV.

Gedling Borough Council is situated in Arnot Hill Park where free car parking will be provided in the park view car park. This car park will be signposted with yellow “Overflow Car Park” signs.

A buffet lunch will be provided at 1.00pm with the formal business of the AGM beginning at 2.00pm.

In order to assist with refreshments, please let Andrew Solley (Association Secretary) know if you will be attending.

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

 

Photographs from the recent Dinner Dance are now available

Click Here for Photograph Wall

The Christmas Luncheon of the IRRV East Midlands Association is being held on Thursday 7th December 2017 at our usual venue, the Whipper-In Hotel in Oakham. For those of you who have been before, you will know that the Whipper-In Hotel is excellent and an ideal venue for our informal style of Christmas event.

Please find attached a menu. We would be grateful if you could make your menu selection and e-mail Andrew Solley no later than Friday 1st December 2017. Due to its popularity places are limited and will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. We would therefore welcome early responses.

The cost of the lunch is £17.50 per person and you can pay Alan Lemmon (Treasurer) on the day.

We are meeting at12.00 midday where your drinks will be sponsored by Newlyn Plc. Lunch will be served at 12.30pm.

For a local map of the Whipper-In at Oakham, click here.

Many thanks and we look forward to seeing you on the 7th December 2017.

The following dates have been booked at the venues stated. Further details of the events will be published closer to the dates:

8th September 2017 - South Kesteven DC

12th October 2017 - Daventry DC

25th November 2017 - Dinner Dance at Casa Hotel Chesterfield

7th December 2017 - Christmas Lunch at Whipper In Oakham

5th January 2018 - Leicester City Council

The Annual General Meeting of the East Midlands Association was  held at the offices of Gedling Borough Council on 12th April 2017

A copy of the Audited Accounts for 2016/2017 are available here:

IRRV EM Accounts 2017 1.pdf

IRRV EM Accounts 2017 2.pdf

The Christmas Luncheon of the IRRV East Midlands Association is being held on Thursday 8th December 2016 at our usual venue, the Whipper-In Hotel in Oakham. For those of you who have been before, you will know that the Whipper-In Hotel is excellent and an ideal venue for our informal style of Christmas event.

Please click for attached menu. We would be grateful if you could make your menu selection and email Andrew Solley no later than Thursday 1st December 2016. Places are limited and will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.

We are grateful to Newlyn Plc for sponsorship of the lunch time drinks at the bar from 12:00. Lunch will be served at 12.30pm.

For a local map of the Whipper-In at Oakham, click here.

We very much look forward seeing you on the 8th December 2016.

Photos from the event are available by clicking below

2016 pictures

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The next meeting of the IRRV East Midlands Association which will be held on Friday 7th October 2016 at 2.00pm at The Golf Pavilion, Rutland Sports Park, West End Drive, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 5GH.

Our guest speaker will be Alistair Townsend who is Revenues & Benefits Service Delivery Manager at Milton Keynes Council. Alistair will be providing an update on the changes around Business Rates and how his Council has developed its strategy to deal with Rates Retention.

Alistair is a member of the East Midlands Association, serving as Association President in 2008/09. He is currently a member of the Institute’s National Council, chair of the Local Taxation and Revenues Faculty Board and vice-chair of the Law and Research Committee.

The meeting is free to IRRV members. If you are not a member of the IRRV, there will be a charge of £25.00 payable for attendance at this meeting. If you are not a member of the IRRV, please provide a purchase order number when you make your booking for this meeting.

If you are interested in becoming an IRRV member, please click here.

The event will start at 2.00pm with tea and coffee available from 1.30pm.

In order to assist with refreshment arrangements and bookings, please let the Association Secretary Andrew Solley know who will be attending from your organisation. Contact: Andrew.Solley@gedling.gov.uk  or telephone 0115 901 3759

The Golf Pavilion is situated at the top of West End Drive and there are sufficient free car parking spaces available. For a local map of Rutland Sports Park, please click here:

http://www.erewash.gov.uk/culture-leisure/rutland-sports-park.html

Don’t forget you can now follow the IRRV East Midlands Association on Twitter @irrvema

Photos from the event are available by clicking below

2015 pictures

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The venue this year will again be the Casa Hotel in Chesterfield which has proved very popular with our guests over the past few years.

This is a very popular event and last year we had around 100 guests in attendance.

This is also a charity event whereby the proceeds of the raffle will go to the Association President’s charity. This year's East Midlands Association President, Ivan Carvath, has chosen Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research as his charity for the year.

The cost of attending the dinner dance is £32.00 per person which includes a champagne reception and a three course meal including wine. This price is reduced to £27.00 per person for IRRV East Midlands Association members (each member may also bring one guest at the reduced rate).

We have reserved rooms at the hotel which are available on a first come first served basis. To reserve a room please ring the hotel direct and quote the unique code “EAST211115”.

For further details please contact Andrew Solley - Association Secretary on 0115 901 3759 or e-mail andrew.solley@gedling.gov.uk

The Annual General Meeting of the East Midlands Association was  held at the offices of Newark & Sherwood DC on 21st April 2015

A copy of the Audited Accounts for 2014/2015 are available here.

• EM Accounts 2014/2015 Page 2
• EM Accounts 2014/2015 Page 1

Photos from the event are available by clicking below

2014 pictures

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