Who's going to win the Accounting Excellence Awards?
Hundreds of hopefuls have been whittled down to a shortlist of outstanding contenders for the accounting and finance Oscars - the Accounting Excellence Awards 2018.
Joining the tried, tested and trusted categories from the previous seven years are a couple of newcomers for Year 8, the Specialist Team of the Year and the Finance Team of the Year. As ever there will be gongs for practices and software groups.
The awards are being organised by the team at AccountingWEB. Tom Herbert, editor, says the shortlist reflects "a subtle change" in the world of accounting. The sector, he adds, has seen a growth in niche firms that deal with specific clients, say from farming, medicine or the 'creative'.
A new accolade
Tom says the awards also mirror the rising influence of the "pathfinder audience" that is willing to embrace change and technology. On the software section, for instance, there is a new accolade for the practitioners' choice.
The winners will be announced at a glitzy black-tie ceremony in London's Intercontinental Hotel on September 20. The shorlist is below ... we will be taking a closer look at who's on it next week.
But, for now, congratulations to all!
PRACTICE AWARDS
Large Practice of the Year
- Duncan & Toplis
- Grunberg & Co Chartered Accountants
- Kreston Reeves
- Whitley Stimpson Ltd
Specialist Team of the Year
- Jeffreys Henry LLP
- Nordens
- Rouse Partners
- Rowleys Medical Accountants
Medium Practice of the Year
- Dunkley’s Chartered Accountants
- Green & Co Accountants and Tax Advisors
- Nordens
- Seymour Taylor
Small Practice of the Year
- The Accountancy Cloud
- Fitton and Co.
- Inca Caring Accounting
- Infinity Partnership
- the numbercruncher
- Spicer & Co UK Limited
Innovative Firm of the Year
- The Accountancy Cloud
- flinder
- Mazuma Money
- Nordens
- Soaring Falcon Accountancy
New Firm of the Year
- flinder
- Giffords Chartered Accountants
- Hoffman & Cohen
- J WIlliams & Co Ltd
- PayKeeper
- SIAL Healthcare Accountants
Client Service Firm of the Year
- The Accountancy Office
- Avery Martin Accountants
- Green & Co Chartered Accountants and Tax Advisors
- Kingsway
Practice Growth Firm of the Year
- DNS Associates
- Mercer & Hole
- Monahans
- Nordens
Finance Team of the Year
- Creative England
- Dr Will’s
- Perkbox
Practice Accountancy Pioneer of the Year
- Adrian Markey – Adrian Markey Ltd
- Darren Fell – Crunch
- Nigel Adams – Ad Valorem Accountancy Services Ltd.
- Warren Munson – Inspire
SOFTWARE AWARDS
Small Business Accounting Software of the Year
- FreeAgent
- Kashflow
- QuickBooks Online
- Xero
Small Business Accounting of the Year, Practitioners' Choice
- Capium
- VT Transaction+
- QuickBooks Desktop
- QuickBooks Online
- Sage 50 Accounts
- Xero
Enterprise Accounting/ERP Software of the Year
- Accounts IQ
- Exact Online
- Pegasus
- Sage 50
- Sage 200
- SAP Business One
Payroll Software of the Year
- BrightPay
- Capium
- Moneysoft
- The Payroll Site
- Xero Payroll
Data & Expenses Management Software of the Year
- AutoEntry (Ocrex)
- FreeAgent mobile agent
- QuickBooks
- Receipt Bank
- Xero Expenses
Professional Tax Software of the Year
- BTCSoftware
- Capium
- Keytime
- TaxCalc
- Taxfiler
Practice Management & CRM Software of the Year
- Accountancy Manager
- BTCSoftware
- Capium
- Practice Ignition
- Senta
- TaxCalc
Accounts Production Software of the Year
- BTCSoftware
- Capium
- TaxCalc
- Taxfiler
- VT Final Accounts
Practice Suite of the Year
- BTCSoftware
- Capium
- CCH
- IRIS
- TaxCalc
- Thomson Reuters
Forecasting, Planning & Analysis Software
of the Year
- Adaptive Insights for Finance
- Float
- Fluidly
- Futrli
- Spotlight Reporting
Cloud App of the Year
- Capitalise
- Chaser
- GoCardless
- Satago
- Stripe
- TSheets
Innovation of the Year
- AccountancyManager
- CCH OneClick – Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting Software
- Countingup
- Fluidly
- Sage Tax – Sage Group
- Tax Cloud – Myriad Associates
Software & Technology Pioneer of the Year
- Gary Turner – Xero
- Nathan Keeley – MHA Carpenter Box
- Steve Cox – IRIS Software Group
