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Online gaming firm aims to let you play at trading


A Newport-born businessman has launched an online social gaming business providing fantasy and simulated financial trading games. TraderPeople is the brainchild of IT and finance


expert Jonathan Rose and his business partner Chris Hobcroft. The pair have worked together for ten years in London’s financial district at investment company Blenheim Chalcot. The company creates unique, online virtual


trading games aimed at a variety of gamers, from inquisitive novices through to experienced traders. The first two games to be launched are Traderversity (www.traderversity.com), a trading game designed specifically for students, and TraderPlay (www.traderplay.com), a similar game but accessible to all. Jonathan was born at Coldra House (now


the Celtic Manor Hotel), spent his early years in Rogerstone, and went on to study at Imperial College London. Traderversity is the world’s first free-to-play


financial trading game with real-time prices, aimed exclusively at the UK student sector, bringing a whole new interactive dimension to online trading games. Jonathan said: “From our own experiences


we identified a need in the market for a new dimension to trading games. There are some similar offerings out there but we wanted to create a more interactive gaming system, which was as life-like and dynamic as possible. Other trading games can be slow and bit unresponsive based but ours is different in that it shows the players real-time dynamic prices and shows the value of their virtual portfolios to the nearest second. “We’re also looking at developing an in-game


chat function to make our games fully interactive as well as international versions for global gamers,” he said.


Claire joins team


A talented young accountant from Gwent, who has been awarded the highest score in the UK for one of her industry accreditation exam papers, has taken her place in the highly-qualified charities team of professional advisors Broomfield & Alexander, which has a base in Newport. Claire Thompson, aged 22, (right) from


Pontypool, has been with the firm since 2007 undertaking work including accounts preparation, audit, and VAT returns. Following her recent success in the


Association of Chartered Certified Accountants final exams – in which she was the highest scoring individual in the UK on her business analysis paper, achieving a score of 91 per cent – she is bolstering the strength of the Newport-based specialist team. Led by equity partner Sarah Case, one


of the first charted accountants in Wales to hold a Diploma in Charity Accounting, and supported by director Ian Thomas, who also holds the prestigious qualification, and manager Joanne Bartlett, Broomfield & Alexander has more qualified individuals practicing in the charities sector than any other firm in Wales.


Conveyancing specialist is looking to expand


Conveyancing company Convey Law is planning to expand to help it build on its past success. Newport-based Convey Law, a specialist


conveyancing practice, completed more than of 5,000 property transactions in 2011, putting it among the top ten conveyancing practices in the country, in accordance with Land Registry figures, for providing legal property services for residential transactions. This growth comes despite the housing


market being hit hard by the recession and the number of property transactions nationwide falling by 50 per cent since their record high of 2007. Lloyd Davies, managing director of


Convey Law, said: “While many businesses have struggled in the recession we have continued to build on our traditional relationships with estate agents and


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mortgage consultants as well as diversifying our marketing and increasing our internet presence. “Thanks to the success of this approach,


we now find ourselves in the unique position of looking for additional team members.” Convey Law is looking for both


conveyancers and paralegals to join its conveyancing practice with a view to continuing to meet the high standards expected by clients. Mr Davies said: “We have a long track


record of promoting people from within and every person within our team is given the upmost support to succeed. “Our ultimate goal is to make Convey


Law a great company that both our staff and clients are proud to be associated with.” Convey Law is an Investors in People


accredited company.


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