What does it mean to be an award-winning accountancy firm?

AccountingWEB's editor in chief John Stokdyk quizzes two Accounting Excellence giants to uncover the secret of an award-winning entry.

Entries are now open for the 2021 Accounting Excellence Awards. Firms across the country are crafting entries to impress the award judges. 

To help firms submit an effective entry, John Stokdyk assembled a group of award-winners and judges to share what they think are the fundemental qualities of a practice that deserves to lift an Accounting Excellence gong. 

The panellists include Chris Downing from Sage, whose Accounting Excellence history goes back to the origins of the awards, when he picked up the 2013 Technology Champion of the Year prize. Chris discusses his experience as an entrant with the multi-award winning team at Milstead Langdon and also from his perspective as a judge of the awards. 

Also on the panel is Avery Martin's Glenn Martin. The AccountingWEB legend was pipped to the post in last year's Covid Hero award, but his story is one that everyone can learn from. His award entry told the story of how he worked around the clock to support his clients. Martin takes us behind the scenes of how he put together the entry and how reflecting on his past year has helped his firm grow. 

And finally, AccountingWEB's editor Richard Hattersley shares some of the insights he's picked up from monitoring the Accounting Excellence trends over the past five years. 

Now you've listened to the podcast and picked up some tips, don't forget to enter the Accounting Excellence awards: https://www.accountingexcellence.co.uk/