YOUR TIME TO SHINE

January 2021

The search is on for nominations to the PQ magazine awards 2021. It’s time to cheer yourself up, or maybe someone you know, by getting on our awards longlist.

We are living in strange times. What’s needed is something to put a smile on your face. And yes, we have something for that – the 18th PQ magazine awards!

Come on, who wouldn’t like a shiny ‘PQ’ trophy, and the opportunity to spend the night celebrating the accountancy profession.

We have pushed the next awards night back into April 2021, from our usual February date, in the hope that we can all come together to celebrate the nominees and winners. We are also planning for virtual awards, too.

We will still give you some great entertainment, and if you are longlisted we will be sending you a goodie bag. Who knows, there might be a trophy in it for you, too. But, as we always say, you have to be in it to win it!

You can get a flavour of last year’s awards by viewing our video page. HTFT won big on the night, and became our Accountancy College of the Year (private sector), with Winchester University taking the College of the Year, public sector prize. Study Resource of the Year was won by Premier Training’s MyPTA mobile app, and Innovation of the Year went to ACCA’s student wellbeing hub. Bethany Duffy is the reigning PQ of the Year. The Grant Thornton AAT was on a holiday of a lifetime with her mum on awards night, but still sent us a thank you all the way from Australia.

That was last year, which to be truthful seems a lifetime ago; all those people in one room! But moving on, now is the time to get nominating for 2021. All you need to do is download the nomination form from our website. Just go our awards page.

Alternatively, you can just email us your entry direct, making it clear which category you are entering. It is also vital that we have all your details too, because we may need to invite you to the awards night.

There are lots of PQs up for grabs, 19 in all, so there are plenty of chances to be a PQ magazine award winner. As always, we are looking for a college and lecturer of from both the private and public sector.

We have also introduced a new award this year, too – Accountancy Graduate of the Year. This is for university accountancy and finance degree students, who we thought might need cheering up more than most after that first term back.

How can you win one of these awards? Well, we keep it sweet and simple: all we need is you to write 250 words on why you or your nominee should win. If you want to provide supporting evidence just attach it to the nomination. Don’t be shy about nominating yourself, we know people aren’t always appreciated as they should be. Once you have everything ready send it to awards@pqmagazine.com or post to: The Editor, PQ magazine, PO Box 75983. London E11 9GS.

We have independent judges who will read everything you send in and create the longlist for each category. Deadline for nominations is Friday 19 March – but please don’t leave it to the last minute!