The 13th Annual LUCA Awards took place at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel on Monday 7th November 2022.
Companionships were awarded to Brain McVean (Ideal Schools), Sobi Hariharan (ICB), Jo Wood FICB PM.Dip, David Watson (Sage) and Ian Holloway
2022 LUCA Award Winners
Apprentice of the Year 2022
PPaulina Kleczar, trained with Crosby Management Training Ltd; employed by Sainsbury's
Shortlisted:
Tayla Fenn, trained with MBKB
Kirsten Lee, trained with Smart Training and Recruitment
Rbeyah Yassir, trained with MBKB Training
Thomas Worral, trained with MBKB Training
Student of the Year 2022
Helen Brooks, studied independently
Shortlisted:
Lillian Okolie MICB; studied with Training Link
Siobhan Ife MICB PM.Dip; studied with Training Link
Saema Man, studied with Ideal Schools
Kathryn Vincent MICB; studied independently
Tutor of the Year 2022
Michele Baker; Training Link
Shortlisted:
Louise Woodhouse; Ideal Schools
Emma Millward, MBKB Training
Employer of the Year 2022
Adder Bookkeeping, Helen Bower MICB PM.Dip
Shortlisted:
Safe Hands; Jason Dalton MICB PM.Dip
Arden Bookkeeping; Claire Bartlett MICB PM.Dip
Team 4 Solutions LLP; Claire Allen C.FICB
Cashtrak, Carol Webb FICB PM.Dip
Employed Bookkeeper/Team of the Year 2022
Jo Carro AICB; Cashtrak
Shortlisted:
Keith Elliot MICB PM.Dip; of Stephen Milne
Lisa Lavery of Adder Bookkeeping
The team at Team 4 Solutions LLP
Apprenticeship Training Provider of the Year 2022
MBKB Training
Shortlisted:
Crosby Management Training Ltd
Smart Training and Recruitment
Walsall College
West Suffolk College
Small Training Provider of the Year 2022
Synergy Bahamas
( Andrew Scantlebury receives this award on behalf of Synergy Bahamas)
Shortlisted:
MBKB Training
National Extension College
New Practice of the Year 2022
Wild Bookkeeping, Penelope Allard FICB PM.Dip
Shortlisted:
ABCS UK, Stephanie Marhsall MICB PM.Dip
Top Bookkeeping Services, Linda Turner MICB PM.Dip
Virtual Accounts and Taxes, Nicola Fallon MICB PM.Dip
Small Practice of the Year 2022
CLK Books; Clare Kendall MICB
Shortlisted:
Adds Up Bookkeeping & Accounts Services, Louise Woodhouse MICB PM.Dip
Busby's Bookkeeping Services; Steph Busby MICB PM.Dip
Champion Bookkeeping Services, Tracey Champion MICB PM.Dip
IDE Bookkeeping, Laura Murphy MICB PM.Dip
Kirsty's Counting Services, Kirsty St John MICB PM.Dip
Large Practice of the Year 2022
Team 4 Solutions, Claire Allen C.FICB
Shortlisted:
Cashtrak Ltd; Carol Webb FICB PM.Dip
Adder Bookkeeping, Helen Bower MICB PM.Dip
Another Answer, Sylvia Bourhill C.FICB
Branch of the Year 2022
Lincolnshire, Laura Murphy MICB PM.Dip & Clare Kendall MICB
Shortlisted:
Aberdeenshire
Cambridgeshire
Large Training Provider of the Year 2022
Ideal Schools
Shortlisted:
Training Link
Open Study College
Social Media Influencer of the Year 2022
Penelope Allard FICB PM.Dip
Shortlisted:
Lara Manton MICB
Lisa Phipps FICB
Rebecca Williams MICB
Luca Awards for Bookkeeping Products and Providers
As voted for by ICB students and members in an online ballot
Data and Expenses App of the Year 2022
AutoEntry
Shortlisted:
Dext
Hubdoc
Intuit QuickBooks
Xero Expenses
Payroll and HR Software of the Year 2022
Brightpay
Shortlisted:
Moneysoft
Quickbooks Payroll
Sage Payroll
Xero Payroll
Business Bank of the Year 2022
Starling Bank
Shortlisted:
Barclays
Metro Bank
Mettle
Natwest
Practice Management App of the Year 2022
Sage for Accountants
Shortlisted:
AccountancyManager
Go Proposal
Senta & IRIS Elements Practice Manager
Xero Practice Manager
Financial Services Provider of the Year 2022
Wise
Shortlisted:
Crezco
Funding Circle
GoCardless
Natwest RapidCash
Reporting and Analysis App of the Year 2022
Intuit QuickBooks
Shortlisted:
Dext Precision
Float
Fluidly
TaxCalc
Client App of the Year 2022
Zettle
Shortlisted:
FreeAgent
Intuit Quickbooks
Nomisma
Pleo
Tax and Accounts Production Software of the Year 2022
Xero Tax
Shortlisted:
Nomisma
Sage Final Accounts and Tax
TaxFiler & IRIS Elements Tax and Accounts
Friendliest Software of the Year 2022
FreeAgent
Shortlisted:
BrightPay
Intuit QuickBooks
Sage
Xero
Bookkeeping Software of the Year 2022
Xero
Shortlisted:
FreeAgent
Intuit QuickBooks
Nomisma
Sage
Bookkeeping Personality of the Year 2022
Chris Downing, Sage
Shortlisted:
Ian Holloway
Jacquie Mount C.FICB PM.Dip
Joanne Wood FICB PM.Dip
Lucy Brown MICB PM.Dip
Friendliest Training Provider
Ideal Schools
