Shropshire accountant vying for top spot in national business awards

Carrie Stokes, founder and director of Spotlight Accounting Ltd in Shifnal is a finalist in the Woman Who Achieves Award in the Company Expansion group.

In all there were more than 200 entries into the 2022 Awards and Carrie is up versus 4 other finalists from throughout the British isles in 1 of the most fiercely fought groups. Getting a finalist in the Company Growth category has occur in the yr that employees have developed from 1 to 6 in the space of 3 years whilst turnover has grown by 36%, revenue by 26% and the consumer foundation by 33% in the last yr.

Commenting on achieving the finals, Carrie explained:

“I am specially delighted to have been nominated as a finalist subsequent a tough two several years, exactly where other accountants battened down the hatches, for the duration of Covid we evidently portrayed that we were being open for company. We encouraged our purchasers on furlough statements and grant apps as properly as offering typical funds move forecasts as firms altered.

“We completely embraced the challenges of on the internet doing the job and created Betty the Bot Facebook Chat and shared our experience outside of existing clientele as a result of many movies webinars intended to assistance firms in the course of the pandemic.

This award is a recognition of how the growth of Spotlight has been a team work. All the group have been supportive, responsive and promptly disseminated info to our customers so they could make the right decisions at the ideal time.”

Spotlight Accounting Ltd is a cloud dependent chartered accountancy apply encouraging shoppers from a variety of sectors to use technological innovation in the form of automation, apps and program to operate their organizations effectively. Decreasing expenditures and escalating effectiveness.

The Girl Who Achieves Awards were being established up by Sandra Garlick MBE to rejoice the achievements of ladies in organization. The effects will be uncovered on July 1^st at a gala awards lunch at Coombe Abbey Resort in Coventry. Sandra said”

“I am unquestionably blown absent this calendar year by the quantity and common of entries received for the Lady Who Achieves Awards, and in distinct the Business enterprise Development category. Congratulations to all the Finalists.

As Female Who will get prepared to host its 7th Annual Awards, I find myself imagining about all the amazing and inspirational gals in business who simply just wanted a very little encouragement to share their story.”

Carrie is no stranger to awards she was shortlisted for the Most effective Rural Experienced Products and services Business enterprise in 2019/20 and in 2020 was nominated for the World wide Top rated 50 Ladies in Accounting List.