Join Veronica Donnelly, Dr Sophie Shotter & Dr Bessam Farjo as they discuss the recent changes affecting VAT & HMRC decisions on Wed 19 June from 7-8pm.
Veronica Donnelly is a partner at Azets and head of the aesthetics sector team. She has been a VAT advisor for over 30 years, working in HMRC and accountancy firms. Her work includes strategic planning for aesthetic businesses as well as providing advice to deal with compliance issues and disputes with HMRC. She has recently instructed on three VAT tribunals relating to the sector with a fourth in progress. Veronica has also assisted 15 clients through Alternative Dispute Resolution meetings with HMRC, as well as numerous VAT compliance checks over the past 10 years.
Veronica is a Chartered Tax Advisor and Associate of the Institute of Indirect Taxation, speaks regularly at aesthetic conferences and writes articles for industry journals. Her clients are based across the UK.
Sophie Shotter is a Aesthetic Doctor, Dr Sophie Shotter's mission is to help her clients feel comfortable and confident in their own skin.
Based in Kings Hill, Kent, her award-winning clinic Illuminate has built a reputation for excellence, discretion and outstanding customer service.
She is regularly featured in the press for her opinions on new product developments and improving industry standards.
Aesthetic medicine is a relatively new industry, great deal is needed to improve regulation and standards to safeguard patients. Including how to treat patients when things go wrong.
Dr Sophie Shotter is an active advocate in this arena, committed to lobbying government and raising awareness through the press. she also hosting workshops within the NHS aiming at improving care.
Dr Bessam Farjo has been exclusively dedicated to practicing hair restoration surgery and medicine since 1993.
He is a Fellow, Past President and Past Lead Ambassador of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS), Past President and co-founder of the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgery, Diplomate and Past Board Director of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery, Fellow and Past Board Governor of the Institute of Trichologists, and Director and Co-Founder of the International Trichology Congress.
Since 2000, he has been involved with on-going hair research collaborations with Universities of Manchester, Birmingham, London (Quenn Mary & Imperial), Bradford and Durham as well as Unilever, Proctor & Gamble, Intercytex plc and HairClone Ltd (co-founder).
He is widely published in peer reviewed journals and has contributed numerous textbook chapters in the hair restoration and research field. In 2012, he jointly received one of the highest awards in hair restoration surgery, the ISHRS Platinum Follicle, for his work in hair loss and hair biology research.
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This event is approved for CPD with 2 points awarded