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Looking for talented Scottish apprentices

Nominations are now open for the 2012 Scottish Modern Apprenticeship Awards which will be held in November.

This event celebrates the stories of inspirational trainees who are earning and learning on the Scottish modern apprenticeship framework, and it would be great to see some AAT faces being recognised for all their hard work.

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Congratulations to Scotland’s top accountants

Congratulations to all the winners at last week’s Scottish Accountancy Awards.

AAT sponsored the new category of Training Manager of the Year, which was won by Iain Abernethy from Johnston Carmichael.  The firm also picked up Accountancy Firm of the Year. You can read about Iain’s experiences of delivering AAT training in our case study section and on AAT Comment.

Don’t forget to nominate for the 2012 Scottish Accountancy Awards

Nominate the stars of your organisation now!

AAT are pleased to be supporting the 2012 Scottish Accountancy Awards. The deadline for applications is Friday 6th April, so it’s not too late to get your nominations in for the stars in your organisation. Now in their fifth year, the awards are getting a fresh new look with revised categories for both the private and public sector:

  • Accountant of the year
  • Accountancy firm of the year
  • Small accountancy firm of the year
  • Private sector finance team of the Year
  • Public sector finance team of the year
  • Young accountant of the year
  • Insolvency team of the year
  • Tax team of the year
  • Advisory team of the year
  • Training Manager of the year
  • Outstanding Contribution

The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony and dinner at the Glasgow Hilton on Thursday 21st June which will be hosted by Stephen Jardine, with after dinner entertainment from comedienne Jo Caulfield. To nominate and book your tickets for this event, please visit the Scottish Accountancy Awards.

 

 

AAT sponsor Scotland’s best

AAT were delighted to sponsor the recent 2011 Scottish Accountancy Awards. Held at the Hilton Glasgow, the glittering awards ceremony was hosted by BBC Scotland news legend, Jackie Bird, and featured an entertaining after dinner speech from Ken Livingstone.

It was great to see the AAT accredited training employer, Johnston Carmichael, picking up the award for best medium firm for the 4th year running.

Congratulations to all the winners. The full list of these can be found here.

AAT will be looking to continue their support of the event in 2012, to be held on the 17th May, and will be posting more details of the nomination process and award categories when they become available.