Awards round-up: who’s won what and where?

Astute Recruitment has been awarded the top accolade of East Midlands Business of the Year, at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Chartered Accountant of the Year Awards 2016.

Mary Maguire director at Astute Recruitment said: “We are delighted to have been awarded this accolade by the ICAEW, our whole team works hard to ensure that we provide a fantastic service to all of our clients, who are looking for bespoke recruitment support across the accountancy sector.

Adrian Reynolds, Jade Fernandes and Ian Phillips of Duncan & Toplis

“Astute Recruitment has continued to grow and we are so proud of all we have achieved since 2009, when we first set up. We work closely with SMEs and large accountancies to offer the very best advice and service we can and we are proud to have been recognised for this.

Meanwhile, the team at Duncan & Toplis is celebrating after being named as the leading medium accountancy firm in the East Midlands for the third year running.

Duncan & Toplis won the Medium Accountancy Firm of the Year award at the same event.

Paragon Interiors, the Nottingham-based commercial interiors specialist, has picked up two major awards in the space of seven days, featuring in the 1,000 Companies To Inspire report published by the London Stock Exchange and winning at The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For 2016 awards.