PRTC AT THE WEST HAM UTD PLAYER AWARDS – 2015/16 – 3 May 2016

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Peter Rayney

West Ham Utd Player Awards 2015/16 brochure

PRTC sponsors of Best Individual Performance of the Season Award

Peter Rayney Presenting Michail Antonio with his award

We were proud to support the West Ham Utd Player Awards again this year, sponsoring the ‘Best Individual Performance of the Season’, which went to Michail Antonio for his great all round performance in the FA Premier League 1-0 win over Spurs (see above).

All our guests said they had a fantastic night at the club’s Player Awards, which was held at the lavish Hilton on Park Lane. After a brilliant season, there was a vibrant and jubilant atmosphere in the room as we celebrated the team’s and individual player achievements.

The evening was hosted by Sky Sports F1 lead commentator and lifelong hammers fan, David Croft. The irrepressible auctioneer Jonny Gould put in an indefatigable performance playing bidders off against each other to extract the maximum cash for the benefit of the West Ham Academy.

It was great to chat to 1966 World Cup ‘hatrick’ hero Geoff Hurst and see him pick up his 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award

Geoff Hurst with his Lifetime Achievement Award

The PRTC guests

Dimitri (‘We’ve Got’) Payet cleaned up by taking five awards and was named ‘Hammer of the year’

A word from ‘happy’ captain Mark

On a personal level, it was great to meet Slaven and many of the players and say ‘THANK YOU!’ for a great season – they all obliged with a selfie…here are a few of them!

…with the gaffer

…with Andy Carroll

…….with James Collins

PRTC AT MARK NOBLE’S TESTIMONIAL – 28 MARCH 2016

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Peter Rayney

Mark’s Guard Of Honour

What a lovely way to spend Easter Monday to honour and pay respects to the West Ham captain Mark Noble. The Easter sunshine also came out to show homage.

Mark Noble joined the club as a 13 year old schoolboy and has now amassed some 350 first team appearances – no wonder he is affectionately known as ‘Mr West Ham’

It was great to see many formers Hammers players featuring in a West Ham United All-Stars squad lining up against the current West Ham United team (although Dimitri Payet was on international duty).

Paolo Di Canio, Teddy Sherringham, Carlton Cole, Craig Bellamy, Scott Parker, Stewart Downing, Dean Ashton, Trevor Sinclair, Julian Dicks and Ludek Miklosko showed they were still useful with the ball.

Memorable moments were

– Adrian dribbling all the way up the field to score a goal (with Michail Antonio dealing with those who were in Adrian’s path!)

– Dean Ashton’s overhead kick wonder goal

– Guard of honour for Mark Noble at the beginning and the end of the game

– Deserved standing ovation from the 35,000 Hammers crowd

Here are some photos from the memorable afternoon:

PRTC guests line-up outside the box!

Mark Noble interview on Big Screen

Mark Noble acknowledges the standing ovation

PRTC Christmas Card 2015

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Peter Rayney

Thank you to Ellie Thomason (twitter = @erthomason) for (once again) designing our wonderful ‘Farewell Boyleyn’ inspired Christmas Card. It has proved a great hit with everyone (especially West ham fans)

PRTC Christmas Card 2015

West Ham v Everton – Match ball sponsor (7 Nov 2015)

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Peter Rayney

We were pleased to be able to be the Match Ball sponsor at the West Ham v Everton game at Upton Park. The biggest upset was James McCarthy’s ugly tackle on Dimitri Payet, which looked like a ‘sending off’ offence. Payet was replaced by Enner Valencia who threatened on several occasions and then he was forced off by a tackle from Seamus Coleman.

The game ended in a 1-1 draw, with Victor Moses being awarded Man Of The Match.

Match Of The Match Presentation with Victor Moses

PRTC advert on big screen

Neil Warren with signed match-ball

Nick and Fran Rayney with signed match-ball

Nick and Fran Rayney with signed ball

Dave Cartwright Memorial Concert – 4 November 2015

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Peter Rayney

This year, we suddenly lost Dave Cartwright, who was probably one of our most under-rated folk songwriters and performers. And it was most fitting that his admirers and fans organised an evening to celebrate his 50 years in music and performing at The Conquest Theatre in Bromyard (Herefordshire).

John Montague presenting a cheque for £1,900 to Keith Cowieson of Songbird Survival

We were proud to have sponsored his memorial concert which included a host of musicians, songwriters and poets, including Richard Digance, Harvey Andrews, Bev Pegg, Hennesea , Roy Smith, and John Montague.

The concert raised £1,900 amount for Dave’s Family’s chosen charity ‘Songbird Survival’.

PRTC GOES TO RADIO 2 IN THE PARK

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Posted on November 9, 2015 by Peter Rayney

This gallery contains 10 photos.

Our guests had a great time at the ‘Radio 2 in the Park’ festival – aka a one-day Glastonbury for Radio 2 devotees. Rod Stewart was billed as the ‘headline act’ and certainly wooed the crowd with his energetic Celtic … Continue reading →

PRTC @ PROMS IN THE PARK 2015 – 12 SEPTEMBER 2015

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Peter Rayney

Our guests had a wonderful time at the 20^th BBC Proms in the Park – perhaps the greatest yearly celebration of wonderful music and British patriotism – all held together by the incomparable Sir Terry Wogan.

In the first half, we were treated to a star-studded line-up including Beverley Knight & Matt Cardle with the cast of Memphis, Russell Watson, trumpeter Alison Balsom, soprano Danielle de Niese, Carma Emerald, and The Jacksons – who still can show us how to boogie!

Then we were whisked off to join the Royal Albert Hall to witness the best fervent sing-song in the land. I was hugely impressed with conductor Marin Alsop – who gave a memorable speech which included these lines:

“…I’m not going to pretend that music alone can change the world but, here tonight in this incredible hall with all of you here, I feel the power of music to unite us and to bring out the best that humanity has to offer. We have to reach out to those people who are struggling to be heard today. Let’s bring the sound of our voices together so that it reaches out to people everywhere to all of our brothers and sisters.

That is the great power of music..”

Finally, here are some extracts from our guests emails

“When I think about being together it still feels wonderful inside”

“We thoroughly enjoyed it and the event (+ your generous hospitality) is something which we shall always remember”

Here is a selection of our photo scrapbook of that wonderful evening.

The PRTC table with John C showing off his proms regalia!

Mary and Tam and the Welsh Dragon!

All our guests line up!

JC and the Proms Apron

Peter & Patricia – all dressed up!

Caro Emerald

The Jacksons – Blame It On The Boogie

A great proms selfie by conductor Marin Alsop

Fireworks finale

PRTC SPONSORS WEST HAM UTD GAME V BIRKIRKARA FC (UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE) – 16 JULY 2015

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Peter Rayney

We were very pleased to be able to sponsor the first leg of West Ham Utd’s second round tie with Birkirkara FC. The Hammers rode out 1-0 against a heavily defensive Maltese side, with James Tomkins chesting the ball in from a well-struck corner from Mauro Zarate.

We (I) chose Mauro Zarate as our man of the match for his skilful display.

Presenting Man Of The Match Award to Mauro

PRTC on the Big Screen

PRTC on the Big Screen 2!

The Irons Pose!

WEST HAM UNITED PLAYERS AWARDS 2015 – PHOTO WITH PLAYERS

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Peter Rayney

West Ham Second Squad?

We were delighted to receive from West Ham Utd today, a lovely photo featuring our guests at the awards evening with some of the players. Thank you!

TAXATION AWARDS 2015

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Peter Rayney

Once again, Peter Rayney Tax Consultancy was proud to be a sponsor of the Taxation Awards 2015. Our table had a thoroughly entertaining night. This year the awards ceremony was hosted by the feisty Mariella Frostrup who carried out the proceedings with great humour and professionalism.

The highlight of the night was Robert Broderick’s Abandoman, which created spontaneously funny freestyle rap-songs based on ‘things’ suggested by the audience. It was all incredibly funny and probably the best act I’ve ever seen at the Taxation Awards.

We were happy to have been shortlisted for the ‘Tax Consultancy Firm’ award for the third year running but the most wonderful sight of the night was seeing Mike Truman (who recently retired as editor of Taxation magazine) pick up his much deserved lifetime achievement award to a standing ovation.

There were many choices of entertainment after the awards ceremony ended but we ventured to the Jazz Lounge to see Rachael Henshaw’s Jazz Band. After all the hustle and bustle of the awards ceremony, this was a place of relative calmness and a great opportunity to talk to our friends in the tax world.

Sharon Webb and her team at RBI events deserve a special mention for having again done a fantastic job in making this the greatest event in the Tax calendar.

Here is our photo gallery for the night: