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Trudie Howman

Trudie Howman

Director and founder of Halo Bookkeeping & Accounting Ltd (UK), providing outsourced finance for growing SMEs, and winner of the 2025 Bookkeeper of the Year Award.

Aug 20, 2026

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the RSA
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bookkeeping years ago so I was probably 16 when I dabbled in it a little bit and then I went to work for HMRC for a little bit in the insolvency department then I went to work for the local council in the purchase ledger so it's kind of always been there and then I moved from Norfolk to the Midlands and went to work for an accountancy practice then I'd started my AAT and then got made redundant and didn't go to the exam for the AAT which is another story And so, yeah, I've always kind of been there.
2:51
And then I went to college, did GCSE accounting, and then I did my ICB qualifications in 2007 after I quit my job.
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I
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didn't fall out with him.
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He just said, if you don't like it, I'll get somebody else.
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So I said, OK, get somebody else.
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And I trained them for three months to do the role, left, and they lasted a couple of weeks.

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