Accounting and Financial Services Company needs a Professional Logo Design

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Logo Design Brief
We need a logo design for our existing company, "Carey Group".
We are a firm that have offered financial services (accounting, superannuation, loans, financial planning, business coaching) in North Queensland, Australia for over 50 years. We have an existing logo that we like but feel like it might be time for a fresh new design. We are also changing our name from 'Carey Group of Companies' to 'Carey Group'.
We want to keep our existing colours of blue and silver (Blue (CMYK) Blue - 100% Magenta 50% Yellow - 0% Black - 0%)
Grey (Pantone 877C - Metallic Silver)
or
Grey (CMYK) Black - 40%
We currently have our Carey name in black, but we would consider it being in the blue - whichever will look best.
We will require the final design in colour, black and white, transparent and with a white background.
We would appreciate large JPEG, small JPEG and an EPS file of the final design.
The logo will be used on business cards, letterhead, brochures, a banner, website and embroidered onto shirts. Once the logo is finalised we will be interested to start working on these designs and would be interested to discuss this with the successful designer if they are interested.
If you would like to see our existing logo it is on our website (www.careygroup.com.au). I didn't include it here in case you would prefer to design without seeing it first. It is located in the top right corner of the home page. If you prefer I can email you a copy of the existing design.
Many thanks for your input to our logo.
Updates
Many thanks to all designers for your submissions.
I have forwarded a poll to the CEO for him to determine the initial shortlist. I hope to receive his response this weekend.
The shortlist will then be put to all the Directors and a winner will be determined.
As soon as I have the shortlist I will eliminate the designs not being considered.
Many thanks for your time and creativity. I hope to have an answer soon.
Regards, Jo
Added Friday, September 19, 2014
Target Market(s)
Clients and other businesses
Clients range from agriculture, business, professional services, retirees
Industry/Entity Type
Financial
Logo Text
Carey Group
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