Insolvency sector gather to celebrate St Nick Awards
MORE than 300 of the region’s insolvency, business recovery and finance professionals gathered for the third annual St Nick Awards last night to celebrate the most successful firms and individuals in the industry.
The awards, organised by buyout and turnaround fund Endless, were held at OK Karaoke in Leeds and saw Stuart Atkinson of Lloyds TSB voted Living Legend after more than 40 years with the bank, while Ernst & Young and Fox Lloyd Jones both won two awards.
This year’s awards saw all funds raised donated to the British Heart Foundation, a charity chosen by the family of Phil Tate of Endless, who died in a snowboarding accident earlier this year.
The St Nick Awards were sponsored by performance improvement and coaching business JWC Associates and presented by David Parkin of TheBusinessDesk.com
To view photographs from last night’s awards, click here.
The photography was provided free of charge by Steve Cockram from One Photography.
The Categories:
PA of the Year, sponored by GVA Grimley and presented by Andrew Rodger
Winner: Emma Buckley, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Nominess: Jackie Giddings, Cobbetts; Polly Bertola, Ernst & Young; Julie Kirk, HSBC Angela Redman, BDO Stoy Hayward.
Agent of the Year, sponsored by OK Karaoke and presented by Stephen Hawkins
Winner: Stephen Jones, Fox Lloyd Jones
Nominees: Ian Naylor, Sanderson Weatherall; Andrew Rodger, GVA Grimley; Richard Roe, Eddisons; Anthony Spencer, Eddisons; Mark Weston, Sanderson Weatherall
ABL of the Year, sponsored by Cobbetts and presented by William Ballmann
Winner: Andy Grantham, Barclays SF
Nominees: Richard Ackers, GE; Paul Goodchild, Venture SF; Alistair Hood, KBC; Adam Simpson, RBS IF; Andy Ward, GE.
Banker of the Year, sponored by Sanderson Weatherall and presented by Mark Weston
Winner: Stuart Atkinson, Lloyds TSB
Nominees: Steve Hopkins, Barclays; Nick Middleton, HSBC; Angus Smith, Yorkshire Bank; Peter Whittle, HSBC.
Lawyer of the Year, sponsored by Endless and presented by Darren Forshaw
Winner: Peter Cranston, Eversheds
Nominees: John Alderton, Hammonds; William Ballmann, Cobbetts; Graham Briggs, Addleshaw Goddard; Simon Clark, Walker Morris; Mark Jackson, DLA Piper; Jonathan Jeffries, Pinsent Masons; Rebecca Ling, Hammonds; Philip Mudd, Walker Morris; Andy Smith, Addleshaw Goddard
Accountant of the Year, sponsored by Hilco Appraisal Europe and presented by Jason Hall
Winner: Hunter Kelly, Ernst & Young
Nominees: Richard Fleming, KPMG, Howard Smith, KPMG; Toby Underwood, BDO Stoy Hayward
Rising Star of the Year, sponsored by The P&A Partnership
Winner: Peter Batchelor, Ernst & Young
Nominees: Matthew Callaghan, PwC: Joel Edwards, BDO Stoy Hayward; Lukshimi Selvarjah, PwC; Jenny Taylor,Cobbetts
Mid Tier/Boutique Restructuring Firm of the Year, sponsored by Addleshaw Goddard and presented by Andrew Smith
Winner: BDO Stoy Hayward
Nominees: Begbies Traynor; BWC; Grant Thornton; Zolfo Cooper; Mazars; Sterling CF; Vincere
Large Law Firm of the Year, sponsored by KPMG and presented by Richard Fleming
Winner: Joint winners Walker Morris and DLA Piper after a dead heat in the voting
Nominees: Addleshaw Goddard; Eversheds; Hammonds; Pinsent Masons
Best Agency, sponsored by Hammonds and presented by John Alderton
Winner: Fox Lloyd Jones
Nominees: Eddisons; GVA Grimley; Sanderson Weatherall;
Mid Tier/Boutique Law Firm of the Year, sponsored by JWC Associates and presented by Nigel Clark
Winner: Cobbetts
Nominees: Clarion; DWF; HLW McCombie; Irwin Mitchell; JB Law; Lee & Priestley; Lupton Fawcett; Keeble Hawson; Schofield Sweeney; Ward Hadaway
Most Supportive ABL, sponsored by Ernst & Young and presented by Charles King
Winner: Lloyds CF
Nominees: Barclays SF; Bibby Factors; Davenham; GE; GMAC; RBS IF
Most Supportive Bank, sponsored by Fox Lloyd Jones and presented by Steve Jones
Winner: Barclays
Nominees: Bank of Ireland; HBOS; Lloyds TSB; RBS; Yorkshire Bank
Big Firm Accountants of the Year, sponsored by Allerton Communications and presented by Peter Curtain
Winner: KPMG
Nominees: Deloitte; Ernst & Young: PwC
Living Legend Award, sponsored by Walker Morris and presented by Simon Clark
Winner: Stuart Atkinson, Lloyds TSB
Nominees: Tom Angus, ex HBoS; William Ballmann, Cobbetts; Gary Blackburn, BWC; Brendan Guilfoyle, P&A Partnership; Roger Marsh, PwC; Ian Schofield, PKF
