Some of the UK’s best accountancy firms gathered in London on Thursday evening to learn which of them had won AccountingWEB’s coveted Practice Excellence Awards, presented in association with ACCA and Sage.
In a bumper ceremony hosted by Countdown’s very own number-cruncher Rachel Riley, winners included newcomers to the Practice Excellence scene such as The Accountancy Cloud and Fitzgerald & Law, as well as previous victors including Milsted Langdon and Crunch.
The awards are now in their seventh year, and speaking at the ceremony AccountingWEB global editor John Stokdyk commented: “As a community publisher, the views and experiences of the people on the ground hold real importance for us. The Practice Excellence Awards have now seen hundreds of firms enter and share the secrets to their success with us, and we showcase their best practice for the betterment of the profession as a whole.”
The evening also saw the return of our revamped Software Excellence Awards – with full details of the winners revealed in a companion article.
Look out for further coverage in the weeks and months ahead as the winners share the secrets of their success and AccountingWEB presents more detailed findings on trends within the profession.
The award winners announced were:
Headline sponsor: Sage
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Small Practice of the Year
Supported by ICPA
Winner: Evans & Partners
Shortlisted: Purpose, Inform Accounting, Ad Valorem Accountancy Services, Inca Financial Services (trading as Inca Caring Accounting)
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Medium Practice of the Year
Supported by PracticeWEB
Winner: Dunkley's Chartered Accountants
Shortlisted: Ramsay Brown and Partners, Seymour Taylor, Mitchell Meredith, Grunberg & Co, Fish Partnership
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Large Practice of the Year
Supported by Clark Wood
Winner: Bishop Fleming
Shortlisted: Whitley Stimpson, Nixon Williams, Mercer & Hole
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Specialist Team of the Year
Winner: Fitzgerald & Law LLP
Shortlisted: Performance Accountancy, Forrester Boyd, Ramsay Brown and Partners, Davis Grant
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Innovative Firm of the Year
Supported by FreeAgent
Winner: Crunch
Shortlisted: The Accountancy Cloud, Farnell Clarke, SRK Accounting, inniAccounts
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Practice Growth of the Year
Winner: Seymour Taylor
Shortlisted: DNS Associates, Crunch, Fish Partnership, The Peloton
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National Tax Practice of the Year
Supported by Clark Wood
Winner: Milsted Langdon
Shortlisted: Rouse Partners, Ad Valorem Accountancy Services
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New Firm of the Year
Winner: The Accountancy Cloud
Shortlisted: Adrian Markey, Cone Accounting, Soaring Falcon, Hive Business
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Client Service Firm of the Year
Winner: Kinder Pocock
Shortlisted: Kreston Reeves, Inspire Professional Services, Mazuma, Tayabali & White
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Practice Excellence Pioneer
Supported by Thomson Reuters
Winner: inniAccounts
Shortlisted: Warren Munson (Inspire Professional Services), Hannah Xu (Xceptional Consultancy), Paul Donno (1 Accounts Online), Will Farnell (Farnell Clarke)
