Time to enter the PQ Magazine Awards 2025

PQ AWARDS ARE HERE!

We launch the search for our PQ magazine 2025 winners this month! So get nominating for the awards that matter most in accountancy…

Our search begins to find the winners of the 2025 awards, and we will have 20 new shiny PQs to give away next year! All we need for now is your nominations. And, as we always say, now is not the time to be shy! We are more than happy for you to nominate yourself, as well as your colleagues or students. It really is a chance to shine a light on a PQ who never gets the plaudits, and we have plenty of mums and partners who have successful got their loved ones on our shortlist, too.

So, do you know a trainee who should be nominated, or do you have a mentor that has made all the difference and seen you though the hard times?

Our 21st awards night at Lio earlier this year certainly went with a bang. But don’t take our word for it – check out the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEuTg5t5FFs

The star-studded event saw Grazia Maria Pia Salcuni pick up the PQ of the Year award. Distance Learning Student of the Year went to

Training Link’s Katie Robinson. The NQ of the Year award went to a former PQ of the Year, Bethany Duffy, of Grant Thornton (she won it in 2020). Personality of the Year was Sarah Ghosh, and ACCA won Accountancy Body of the Year.

You can download the nomination form from our website – or go to https://tinyurl.com/4bdxnzwz. You then have to make your case in 500 words. If you feel you need to add supporting material, please provide this separately, but your entry will be judged on those 500 words!

Once you have your entry all sorted send it off to us at awards@pqmagazine.com

Our awards are about quality, not quantity, so the total number of nominations per person/ institution doesn’t ensure a shortlisting.

Our independent judges see every entry before deciding on the shortlist and winners. And, if you make it onto their shortlist, you get to come to our awards night (for free) in London. And we can promise you it will be a night to remember, win or lose.

Deadline for entries is Friday 7 March 2025, but please don’t leave it to the last minute, because invariably the last minute comes and you are too busy to enter!

THE 2025 AWARD CATEGORIES

PQ OF THE YEAR

NQ OF THE YEAR

DISTANCE LEARNING STUDENT OF THE YEAR

ACCOUNTANCY GRADUATE OF THE YEAR

ACCOUNTANCY APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR

STUDENT BODY OF THE YEAR

ACCOUNTANCY BODY OF THE YEAR

ACCOUNTANCY COLLEGE OF THE YEAR –PUBLIC SECTOR

ACCOUNTANCY COLLEGE OF THE YEAR –PRIVATE SECTOR

ONLINE COLLEGE OF THE YEAR

LECTURER OF THE YEAR –PUBLIC SECTOR

LECTURER OF THE YEAR –PRIVATE SECTOR

STUDY RESOURCE OF THE YEAR

ACCOUNTANCY PODCAST OF THE YEAR

INNOVATION IN ACCOUNTANCY

BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

TRAINING MANAGER/MENTOR OF THE YEAR

GRADUATE/APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR

ACCOUNTANCY TEAM OF THE YEAR

ACCOUNTANCY PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR