Norfolk Accountancy Student Wins Prestigious Award

Accountant trainee Matthew King has won the Pure Resourcing Solutions (Pure) sponsored Kaplan Financial Student of the Sitting Award for the Norwich area.

The annual award, which is run by the financial and accountancy training company Kaplan Financial, has been sponsored by professional recruitment specialists Pure for five years and is given to trainee accountants from the East of England who have shown outstanding qualities in the financial field during the previous year.

Matthew King has worked in the Wisbech office of accountancy firm Bulley Davey for two years and is currently in the middle of completing his Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) qualification.

Matthew, who was selected from 300 Kaplan Financial students to receive the accolade said; “I was surprised and really happy to receive the award. The tutors have been great at Kaplan Financial because they help us to understand the subjects in a fun and interesting way. Thanks to Pure for sponsoring the prize!”

In recognition of the award, Matthew was presented with an iPod Nano courtesy of Pure. Joseph O’Sullivan, Recruitment Manager of the Norwich Branch of Pure, commented: “We are really pleased to support the new and upcoming accountancy talent in the region and the awards are an excellent way of rewarding the hard work necessary to achieve professional qualifications.”

Caron Betts, operations manager for the Norwich and Ipswich offices of Kaplan Financial, explained; “Matt has been a great student, studying with us for the past two years. He always makes a positive contribution to classroom discussion and activities. He worked incredibly hard and has achieved first time passes throughout. A well deserved winner of this prize.”

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Pictures: Student Sitting 011: Left to right: Caron Betts (Kaplan Financial) Matthew King (winning student) Joseph O’Sullivan (Pure Resourcing Solutions)

About Pure Resourcing Solutions

Pure Resourcing Solutions (Pure) was established in Cambridge in September 2002. Since then the company has flourished and now employs over 50 staff across four regional offices in Cambridge, Ipswich, Norwich and Chelmsford.

Pure has developed from being specialist accountancy recruitment business to providing temporary and permanent recruitment services for accountancy, executive, financial services, human resources, marketing and professional office support.

The company provides end-to-end recruitment and retention solutions that include additional services such as assessment centres, proficiency testing, psychometric testing, training, salary benchmarking and coaching. We also run a series of business seminars and workshops for clients throughout the year, as well as an annual diary of charity events raising funds for a number of chosen charities including EACH and J’s Hospice.

Pure’s clients range from FTSE 100 companies, venture capital-backed businesses, private businesses, professional firms and the public sector; we have built a reputation as the recruitment consultants of choice in all chosen markets. www.prs.uk.com