''It's the team that matters. Where would The Beatles be without Ringo? If John got Yoko to play drums the history of music would be completely different.'' David Brent
Blowing your own trumpet is one thing; being recognised by the outside world for your achievements is something else. At Rabjohns, we strongly believe in benchmarking ourselves against other excellent businesses (and not just in our industry). This is a summary of we have achieved to date.
2005
Winners – Best Tax Team in a Smaller Practice LexisNexis Taxation UK Awards 2005.
Runner up – Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year.
2004
Short listed in Orange small is beautiful awards 2004 for Best Customer Service category.
Voted one of the top three Tax Teams in a Small Sized Firm in the LexisNexis UK Tax Awards.
2003
Voted one of the top three Tax Teams in a Small Sized Firm in the Butterworths Tolley UK Tax Awards.
Winners in Best Service Company Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Awards.
Finalist in the Small Firm of the Year, Birmingham and West Midlands Society of the Institute of Chartered Accountants In England and Wales (ICAEW).
Ian Smith one of three finalists in the "Everybody Counts" Award for ICAEW; an award recognising contributions to the community beyond the workplace.
Shortlisted in the Accountancy Age Excellence Awards as one of the top medium sized firms in the UK (for the fourth year running). Boringly consistent or consistently excellent? You decide.
2002
Runners up and voted one of the best four firms in the country in the Accountancy Age Excellence Awards Medium Firm of the Year.
Finalist in Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year.
2001
Runners up in DTI Midlands Employer of the Year (Small Firm).
Runners up and voted one of the best four firms in the country in the Accountancy Age Excellence Awards Small Firm of the Year.
2000
Runners up and voted one of the best four firms in the country in the Accountancy Age Excellence Awards Small Firm of the Year.
Our own awards
We also make awards. At the moment we have two annual awards:
The Rabjohns Young Enterprise Finance Director of the Year (awarded to the best finance director in the Y.E. competition for the South Worcestershire Area).
The Rabjohns Art Award at the Alice Ottley School. You will find a display of the students' award winning art throughout the public rooms at our College Yard offices.