Accountancy Age Awards 2009 shortlist announced

The shortlist for this year’s Accountancy Age Award has been announced. The gala event takes place on 18 November at Battersea Park Arena in London.

The full shortlist is below. To book your place at the event, go to the Accountancy Age Awards website.

Voting is still open for Personality of the Year and Employer of the Year, to cast your vote click here.

Accountancy Age Awards 2009 shortlist

Practice Awards

Audit Team of the Year:

KPMG
Grant Thornton
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Tax Team of the Year:

BDO Stoy Hayward
Ernst & Young Human Capital
KPMG
Sagars
Smith & Williamson
Tenon

Business Recovery Project of the Year:

Ernst & Young for Oilexco
KPMG for JJB

Sole Practitioner of the Year:

Dunkleys
Khan & Co
Solvers Accountant
Woods Squared

Small Firm of the Year:

Elman Wall Ltd
Danbro
Inspire Professional Services
Isosceles Finance
The Wow Company

Medium Firm of the Year:

Burgess Hodgson
Chadwick LLP
CK Chartered Accountants
Sagars
Sobell Rhodes

Large firm of the Year:

Campbell Dallas
HW Fisher
Reeves+ Neylan

Global Firm of the Year:

Deloitte
Ernst & Young
PricewaterhouseCoopers
KPMG

Business Awards

Annual Report and Accounts - Public and Voluntary Sector:

Buying Solutions
Channel 4
CIMA
Companies House
DCMS
Highways Agency

Annual Report and Accounts - Business:

Costain Group
HSBC
Marks & Spencer
Morrisons
National Grid
PartyGaming

Finance Team of the Year - Public and Voluntary:

Ealing Council
Environment Agency
Home Office
Learning Trust
RCT Homes

Finance Team of the Year - Business:

EMC UK Ltd
Innocent Ltd
GL Hearn Ltd
Gold Medal Travel Group
Sony UK

Individual Awards

Financial Director - Public Services & Voluntary Sector:

Stephen Fitzgerald, London Borough of Hounslow
Peter Kane, Home Office
Stuart McCreadie, Moat Homes

Financial Director of the Year - Growing Business:

Winnie Armah – Steps Drama Learning Development
Melissa Foux – Gü Chocolate Puds
Russel McBurnie – Tenon
Nick Tiley – Grant Instruments
Chris Mills – Hall Fire Protection

Financial Director of the Year - Blue Chip:

Richard Meddings, Standard Chartered
Andrew Jenner, Serco
Colin Day, Reckitt Benckiser
Nigel Wilson, UBM
Andrew Martin, Compass Group
Warren Tucker, Cobham

Accountant of the Year:

Joe O'Connor - Ernst & Young
John Watkins – PKF

Young Accountant of the Year:

James Childs-Clark, KPMG
Faye Connelly, St Ives Direct
Sam Fuschillo, Deloitte
Ross Hamilton, Alliance Trust plc
Jess McDarren, Tamar.com
Marco Quirico, Ernst & Young
Sarah Restall, Deloitte

AAT Accounting Technician:

Sonja Ashbarry, Eagle Education and Training
Paul Donno, Paul Donno & Co
Mohamed Maqsud Khan, Khan & Co/Staines & Co
Sheena McCartney, Care UK Plc
Lesley Sureshkumar, SIRVA Relocation
Tom Wilcox, Whitechapel Gallery

Software Awards

Small Software Package of the Year:

Invu – Invu for Accountants
Mamut – Mamut One
Pastel – Pastel Partner

Mid-tier Software Package of the Year:

Access - Dimensions
CODA - Dream
Hansaworld - Enterprise
IRIS - Exchequer
nFlow – Version 5.0
WebExpenses – WebExpenses

Best Use of Internet - Practice:

Danbro
Grant Thornton
SJD Accountancy

Enterprise Software Package of the Year:

COA Solutions - OpenAccounts
CODA - Financials
Netsuite - Netsuite
Oracle - eBusiness Suite
SAP - Business Suite
TechnologyOne - Financials