FINANCE and accounting professionals from across the North-East will soon be celebrating their success for the second year running.

Organisers of the Nigel Wright North-East Accountancy Awards are calling for nominations from individuals, teams, branches and companies.

The event will again be sponsored by the Nigel Wright recruitment consultancy and will take place on June 5 at the Hilton hotel, in Gateshead.

Last year, winners included individuals from P&G, Pricewaterhouse- Coopers, Cleveland Police and KPMG.

Organisers have added some categories to this year's awards, to encourage more nominations from smaller, independent firms in the region.

David Bowman, managing consultant of Nigel Wright's finance division, said: "Last year's awards were a huge success and it was great to see a room full of such enthusiastic and talented people.

"The excitement was built around the awards being the first event of its kind, as well as the general feeling of rewarding winning nominees for their highly commendable work.

"We were very proud to be part of such a great event and we are looking at plans for this year and beyond."

Benchmark Communications is organising the awards, with +catalyst.

The categories

● Accountant of the year;

● Young accountant of the year;

● Part-qualified accountant of the year;

● Branch of the year;

● Independent firm of the year;

● Employer of the year;

● Corporate finance deal of the year;

● Business finance team of the year;

● Public sector finance team of the year;

● Outstanding achievement of the year;

● For more information on nominations and criteria, visit accountancyawards.co.uk