The PQ magazine 22nd awards night went off with a bang, rapturous applause, and the sounds of trumpets!
The audience were entertained by Mariachi Las Adelitas, and the much-loved ‘singing accountant’ Jean-Paul Noel-Cephise, and 23 PQs were handed out!
The big winner on the night was Grace Hardy, who won both Personality of the Year and Podcast of the Year.
Accountancy Body of the Year went to ICAS, The Net Zero Accountancy Initiative walked off with Innovation of the Year
Online College was awarded to Premier Training, and Chesterfield College’s Faye Hill won the Public Sector Lecturer of the Year, to add to her AAT Training Provider award which she won earlier this year.
For the first time PQ magazine also created the PQ Hall of Fame, and the first person to be inducted was HTFT’s Clare Finch. June and Garry Carter who founded the ICB, were also jointly awarded the Editor’s Special Award on the night.
Sunny Yang became the PQ of the Year, and Katy Hickey the Distance Learning Student of the Year.
Check out the next issue of PQ magazine for all the pictures, and see who becomes a cover star!
The PQ magazine awards 2025 winners in full were:
STUDENT BODY OF THE YEAR
University of Chichester Business Society
ACCOUNTANCY BODY OF THE YEAR
ICAS
ACCOUNTANCY COLLEGE OF THE YEAR
PUBLIC SECTOR
University of Chichester Business School
ACCOUNTANCY COLLEGE OF THE YEAR
PUBLIC SECTOR
AccountancySchool.ie
ONLINE COLLEGE OF THE YEAR
Premier Training
ACCOUNTANCY LECTURER OF THE YEAR
PUBLIC SECTOR
Faye Hill, Chesterfield College
ACCOUNTANCY LECTURER OF THE YEAR
PRIVATE SECTOR
Anum Hassan, FC Training
STUDY RESOURCE OF THE YEAR
Kaplan’s Enrichment and Inclusion Weeks
INNOVATION IN ACCOUNTANCY
The Net Zero Accountancy Initiative
BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
TCS Guernsey
PODCAST OF THE YEAR
The Unconventional Podcast, Grace Hardy
TRAINING MANAGER/MENTOR OF THE YEAR
Lauren Healy, Buzzacott LLP
ACCOUNTANCY TEAM OF THE YEAR
Wildstar Films, Finance Department
GRADUATE/APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR
Flying Start, Queen Mary University of London
ACCOUNTANCY PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Grace Hardy
EDITOR’S SPECIAL AWARD
Martin Jomes, LSBF
EDITOR’S SPECIAL AWARD
June & Garry Carter, ICB
PQ HALL OF FAME
Clare Finch, HTFT
ACCOUNTANCY APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR
Malachi Swen, Morrisons
DISTANCE LEARNING STUDENT OF THE YEAR
Katy Hickey
ACCOUNTANCY GRADUATE OF THE YEAR
Avneet Chopra, Queen Mary University, London
NQ OF THE YEAR
Katarina Collins
PQ OF THE YEAR
Sunny Yang