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Bookkeeping and Payroll Firm of the Year Award
Keeping the numbers and the payroll right, every time.
About this category
This award recognises a bookkeeping, payroll or outsourced finance business that delivers accurate, reliable services and genuine support to its clients. Judges look for service quality, systems and client outcomes.
Eligibility
- Open to bookkeeping
- Payroll and outsourced finance businesses of any size
Judging criteria
- Accuracy and reliability
- Systems
- Client support
- Growth
- Client outcomes
Qualitative criteria
- Dependable
- Proactive service clients can forget about
Metrics
- Clients served
- Error rates
- Deadlines met
- Retention
- Growth and feedback
Additional criteria
Entries should include a concise case study, supporting figures and, where possible, client or colleague evidence. Client names and commercially sensitive numbers may be anonymised or given as percentages and ranges, and nothing in an entry is ever shared beyond the judging panel. Judges consider the size of the practice or team, so sole practitioners and smaller firms compete on equal terms.
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