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Northern Society of Chartered Accountants

At the heart of northern business since 1882

Northern students celebrate awards success at annual dinner 18 October 2019

Top performing ICAEW trainee Chartered Accountants picked up prizes at this year’s Northern Society of Chartered Accountants’ Business and Awards Dinner at Newcastle’s Civic Centre on 11 October 2019.

Presidents’ Awards

This year’s Presidents’ Awards were won by:

Sam Bell of Carlisle based accountancy firm Dodd & Co, who won the Professional Stage Presidents’ Award; and

Andrew Jacott of Deloitte who won the Advanced Stage Presidents’ Award.

The Presidents’ Awards are awarded to students who have demonstrated both Academic excellence, by finishing in the top 20 of highest overall marks in the Northern Society Order of Merit; and who have also made an exceptional contribution to their firm/organisation by their professionalism, business acumen, teamwork or to the Northern Society or wider general community.

Order of Merit Awards

Order of Merit Awards were also presented during the event.

The Northern Society Order of Merit Award (Advanced Stage) is awarded to the student who scored the highest mark in the ICAEW Advanced Stage exams in the Northern Society area in calendar year 2018. This year’s winner is Laura Atherton from the National Audit Office.

The Northern Society Order of Merit Award (Professional Stage) is awarded to the student who scored the highest mark in the ICAEW Professional Stage exams in the Northern Society area in calendar year 2018. This year’s winner is Stephen Twaddle from Deloitte.

Two Presidents

“It was really uplifting to see the quality of the next generation of ICAEW members in the north and great to read about the diverse routes that they’re taking as they work towards their ACA qualification”

All of the awards were presented by ICAEW President Fiona Wilkinson and Northern Society of Chartered Accountants (NorSCA) President, Keith Proudfoot.

Head judge, NorSCA President, Keith Proudfoot, and fellow judges Alan Johnston, (NorSCA Immediate-past President), and Chris Hugill (President of the Law Society of Newcastle), spent many hours reading about the long-listed students and, as Keith explains, they were impressed by what they saw:

“It was really uplifting to see the quality of the next generation of ICAEW members in the north and great to read about the diverse routes that they’re taking as they work towards their ACA qualification”

The dinner, which was attended by around 170 NorSCA members and guests, raised almost £3,000 for MacMillian Cancer Support, the guest speaker was award-winning comedian, Jo Caulfield.

About Northern Society of Chartered Accountants

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.

About ICAEW

There are over 1.7m chartered accountants around the world – talented, ethical and committed professionals who use their expertise to ensure we have a successful and sustainable future.

Over 149,000 of these are ICAEW Chartered Accountants. We train, develop and support each one of them so that they have the knowledge and values to help build local and global economies that are sustainable, accountable and fair.

We’ve been at the heart of the accountancy profession since we were founded in 1880 to ensure trust in business. We share our knowledge and insight with governments, regulators and business leaders worldwide as we believe accountancy is a force for positive economic change across the world.

ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) is a founder member of Chartered Accountants Worldwide and the Global Accounting Alliance.

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