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Jade Fernandes with Stephen Foulkes.

Surprise Award for Jade after Excellent Exam Results

A trainee chartered accountant at Duncan & Toplis is celebrating after being awarded a prestigious prize by achieving the highest exam results in the East Midlands.

Jade Fernandes (25), who works at Duncan & Toplis’ Grantham office, received the John Beere Prize from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) at the Nottingham Chartered Accountants’ Student Society (NCASS) annual dinner at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham.

The prize recognises the achievement of the highest exam results of 2015 in the completion of the professional stage of the ACA qualification in accounting.

“I had six exams to complete in order to finish the professional stage of the qualification,” said Jade.

“I was so surprised to have won the prize. I was very nervous on the night but really enjoyed myself in the end.”

Jade, who lives in Grantham, joined Duncan & Toplis in 2013 and hopes to progress at the firm.

“I’m excited to have won, it’s a fantastic feeling after so much hard work,” she added.

The professional stage of the ACA qualification is the second of three stages in becoming a qualified accountant and Jade looks to become fully qualified by the end of the year, after completing three more exams.

“We are all delighted,” said Mike Argyle a Director at Duncan & Toplis based in Grantham.

“This is a great achievement for Jade and we’re proud to have her as part of the team. Last year one of our trainees Amber Haresign won the same prize, so it would appear we are on a bit of a roll!

“To achieve these kind of results you have to work hard across the board. Some candidates might excel in some areas, but not others, so to succeed in this way is impressive.”

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Notes to editors:

Duncan & Toplis was established in 1925 and has since grown into one of the largest independent firms of chartered accountants in the Midlands.
• The company appears in the top 40 UK accountancy practices list published by Accountancy Age.
• Duncan & Toplis was named ICAEW East Midlands Medium Accountancy Firm of the Year in March 2014 and 2015.
• The company has 11 offices throughout the East Midlands: in Boston, Grantham, Lincoln, Loughborough, Louth, Melton Mowbray, Newark, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding and Stamford.
• Duncan & Toplis offers a wide range of services to small and large-sized family businesses, from accountancy, audit and tax to payroll, human resources and computer services.
• The business employs around 370 staff, of whom 85 are currently engaged in professional training.

For media information please contact:
Jonny Hall
Shooting Star
01522 528540
jonny@weareshootingstar.co.uk
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