Deloitte stormed to success in the 2008 Accountancy Age Awards this week, taking prizes for Global Firm and Employer of the Year, while UK chief John Connolly was voted Personality of the Year by readers.
BDO Stoy Hayward had an equally successful awards, taking all three service line prizes for Tax and Audit Team plus the Corporate Finance Deal of the Year.
The firms scooped the awards at a gala dinner at the Battersea Park Arena on Wednesday night, hosted by comedian and Mock the Week presenter Dara O’Briain.
Another big winner was Peter Wyman, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ global leader, public policy and regulatory matters, who was given the Outstanding Industry Contribution award for his services to the profession.
The judges handed the Blue Chip FD of the Year award to Morrisons’ Richard Pennycook, for his work rescuing the supermarket chain from financial turmoil.
The public sector FD award went to Mike Suarez who turned around the fortunes of Lambeth Borough Council.
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AWARD WINNERS
Practice
Winner: Deloitte
Shortlist: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, KPMG, BDO Stoy Hayward, Grant Thornton
Winner: Mazars
Shortlist: RSM Bentley Jennison, Smith Cooper, Smith & Williamson, Tenon
Winner: Shelley Stock Hutter
Shortlist: Chadwick, Goodman Jones, Jeffreys Henry, Sagars, Shelley Stock Hutter
Winner: FD Solutions
Shortlist: Elman Wall, Danbro, GreenStones, Inspire
Winner: BDO Stoy Hayward
Shortlist: KPMG, Sagars, Smith Cooper, Tenon
Winner: BDO Stoy Hayward
Shortlist: Ernst & Young, KPMG, Smith Cooper
Corporate Finance Deal of the Year
Winner: BDO Stoy Hayward
Shortlist: KPMG, Deloitte
Business Awards
Annual Report and Accounts: Business
Winner: National Grid
Shortlist: Bakkavör Group, Game, National Grid, Provident Financial, WPP
Annual Report and Accounts: Public and Voluntary
Winner: British Library,
Shortlist: The Audit Commission, Bedford College, Cabinet Office, Home Grown Cereals Authority
Finance Team of the Year: Business
Winner: Cairn Energy
Shortlist: Abbott, ASDA Stores
Finance Team of the Year: Public and Voluntary
Winner: Essex County Council
Shortlist: Great Places Housing Group, JobCentre Plus, London Borough of Lambeth, Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, University of Oxford
Sustainability Initiative of the year
Winner: Royal Liver
Shortlist: Deloitte, KPMG
Software Awards
Enterprise Software Package of the Yea r
Winner: CODA: Financials
Shortlist: COA solutions: OPENACCOUNTS v6, Interwoven: WorkSite, Version One: Document management and imaging suite
Mid-tier Software Package of the Year
Winner: Access Accounting: Dimensions
Shortlist: CODA: Dream, Iris: Exchequer, Sage: Sage 200
Small Software Package of the Year
Winner: PKF: P11D
Shortlist: Sage: Sage Instant Accounts; Sage: Sage 50 Accounts; Mamut: Enterprise v12
Practice Management Software of the Year
Winner: Advanced Professional Solutions: Practice Management
Shortlist: Iris: Practice Management; CCH: Practice Management
Individual Achievement Awards
Winner: Dawn Calvert, Ealing Council
Shortlist: Richard Ackland, KPMG; Kirsty Nutton, Peterborough City Council; Kate Owen, PwC
Winner: Clare Webster, KPMG
Shortlist: Stewart Baker, Deloitte; Mark Bishop, Grant Thornton; Kate Owen, PwC; Natasha de Soysa, Deloitte
Winner: Elaine McCulloch, Proctor & Gamble
Shortlist: Lucy Cohen, Mazuma; Khoo Peng Hong, Sony EMCS; Paula Talbot, Neat Books; Samantha Samuel, Forward Logistics
Winner: Richard Pennycook, Morrisons
Shortlist: Rick Medlock, Inmarsat; Dr Stephen Billingham, British Energy; C hris Rogers, Whitbread
Financial Director: Growing Business
Winner: Mandy Gradden, Detica
Shortlist: Simon Walters, AFC Energy; Jim Buckle, LoveFilm; Jill Delve, Smith Cooper; Ronald Smith, Spiritel
Financial Director: Public and Voluntary
Winner: Mike Suarez, Lambeth Council
Shortlist: Pav Ramewal, Sevenoaks District Council; Ken Sutherland, NFU; Peter Kane, The Home Office
Online Awards
Best Use of Internet: Practice
Winner: Baker Tilly
Shortlist: Danbro, Goodman Jones, SJD Accountancy
Best Use of Internet: Business
Winner: Validis
Shortlist: Isosceles Finance, ICAEW
Annual Reader Awards
Accountancy Age Personality of the Year
Winner: John Connolly, Deloitte
Shortlist: Kieran Poynter, PwC; Helen Weir, LloydsTSB; David Viniar, Goldman Sachs; George Osborne, Conservative Party; Angus Russell, Shire Pharmaceuticals
Winner: Deloitte
Shortlist: PwC, Roffe Swayne
Oustanding Industry Contribution
Winner: Peter Wyman, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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