Northern Society of Chartered Accountants

Northern Society presents Independent Firm of the Year award 16 July 2014

Northern Society of Chartered Accountants and ICAEW were delighted to again be category sponsors of Independent Firm of the Year at the North East Accountancy Awards.

Andrew Jackson, President of Northern Society of Chartered Accountants, presented the Independent Firm of the Year 2014 award to Andrew Moorby, managing partner of Tait Walker. Now in their 8th year over 400 people attended the awards dinner at the Hilton NewcastleGateshead to celebrate the success of the accounting and finance profession across North East England.

The awards were hosted by BBC Breakfast News presenter Colin Briggs. TV personality, explorer and marine biologist Monty Halls delivered the after dinner keynote speech.

ICAEW and Northern Society of Chartered Accountants support these awards as we believe that to encourage organisations to strive for rigour and excellence, we must recognise and reward those who currently provide the highest quality of service, adding significant competitive advantage. We congratulate all of the individuals and organisations that were shortlisted for the awards this year.

Andrew Jackson, Monty Hall with Andrew Moorby and colleagues from Tait Walker

Tait Walker were the winners of Independent Firm of the Year and Harlands Accountants were announced as the runners-up.  The judges’ view was that both the winners and runners-up “were both outward looking and had talked about their clients and their services during the panel interviews”.

The winner of the category was, in judges’ opinion, “clearly a Firm with a solid foundation and a depth of experience and expertise. They demonstrated good evidence of innovation, energy, enthusiasm and fresh thinking with an impressive focus on team building. The judges were also impressed with their great use of technology including their ‘home-grown’ software.”

The North East Accountancy Awards recognise excellence within the fields of finance, accounting and tax from all industry sectors operating within the North East. They are supported by all the major accountancy institutes, and Northern Society of Chartered Accountants and ICAEW have been pleased to support the awards since their inception and by being category sponsor of Independent Firm of the Year. You can read more at accountancyawards.co.uk

Northern Society of Chartered Accountants (NorSCA) represents 4,000 ICAEW members and ACA students working in business and the finance profession across the North East of England, Teesside, Northern Yorkshire and Cumbria. We have been assisting businesses in the north of England and producing chartered accountants for over 130 years. More information is available at norsca.co.uk