Conversations with Sponsors: LBH Accountants

CONVERSATION #7: LBH ACCOUNTANTS, PAYNEHAM, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

LBH Accountants is an accounting firm based in the wealthy suburb of Payneham—5 minutes east of the Adelaide CBD—in South Australia.

On March 5, the accounting firm sponsored a dog race held by Greyhound Racing South Australia at the Angle Park racetrack.

At that race meet, a dog broke its leg and was suspended from racing for 270 days.

Last week, I spoke with a staff member at LBH Accountants about the firm’s decision to sponsor greyhound racing.

The staff member asserted that despite the company’s name being attached to the greyhound race, LBH Accountants had not had anything to do with the decision.

“We don’t sponsor greyhounds,” they told me.

“It wasn’t us, we don’t pay anything to sponsor, it would have been through the Kenilworth footy club,” they continued.

When it was pointed out that the company’s name was listed on a race, they went on: “He [Ric, the LBH company director] might have aligned it with us, but it was through the footy club. It’s the first I’ve heard of it, to be honest.”