Last night Endless held its sixth Yorkshire Saint Nick Awards. The purpose of the Saint Nick Awards is to recognize the excellent work carried out by professionals in the turnaround and restructuring community in Yorkshire, as well as raising money for local charities. Since launching in 2006, the St Nick Awards have raised over £55,000 for charity. It is expected that last night’s event will raise up to £10,000 for The Turnaround Foundation, which is this year supporting the Create Foundation and Lineham Farm.
Two of the big awards of the evening were the Accountant of the Year, won by Howard Smith of KPMG, and the Living Legend which went to Roger Marsh of PwC. Garry Wilson of Endless commented "There was a huge amount of support for both Howard and Roger, two very popular guys that have done a lot for the restructuring community in Leeds."
White Young Green won the coveted Turnaround of the Year Award, voted for on the night, and the award was collected by Steve Ellis (PwC), Martin Barron (Deloitte) and Peter Cranston (Eversheds). Darren Forshaw, Partner at Endless, commented “WYG was the runaway winner on the night. It was a highly complex rescue restructuring of a local plc and demonstrates the strength in depth of the Yorkshire restructuring community.” Martin Barron had earlier been on stage to collect the Big Firm Accountant of the Year Award on behalf of the Deloitte team.
The event was once again held at Aspire and was attended by 400 of the professional community in Leeds.
The full list of winners is as follows;
Big Firm Accountants - Deloitte
Mid Tier Restructuring Firm - BDO
Boutique Restructuring Firm - Armstrong Watson
Large Law Firm - Walker Morris
Mid Tier / Boutique Law Firm - Clarion
Most Supportive ABL - Aldermore
Most Supportive Bank – Lloyds Banking Group
Best Agency - GVA
Debt Collection Agency - Largo
Recruitment Firm – Sharp Consultancy
Accountant of the Year – Howard Smith, KPMG
Lawyer of the Year – Andrew Smith, Addleshaw Goddard
Banker of the Year – Andrew Morton, RBS
ABL Professional of the Year – David Jones, Aldermore
PA of the Year – Emma Perez, Squire Sanders Hammonds
Rising Star – James Kershaw – PKF, Jo Bull, Ernst & Young
Interim Director/CRO – Julian Cooper
Turnaround of the Year, the Phil Tate Award – White Young Green
Living Legend – Roger Marsh, PricewaterhouseCoopers