Local firm shortlisted for national award

We are pleased to announce that we are the only Welsh company to have been shortlisted for the 2011 National Taxation Awards.

Centurion VAT Specialists will be competing against, among others, international finance firm Deloitte for the title of Best VAT Team.

Liz Maher, Director of Centurion VAT Specialists said, “At Centurion, our philosophy is simple; offer individually tailored independent advice to achieve positive, cost-effective results wherever possible and we’re thrilled that the judges have recognised us for this.

“I think that part of what made us stand out is that when we set up the company, freed from the constraints that came with working within the ‘Big Four’, we aimed to manage our client relationships in a much less pressured way, allowing them to flourish, something that we are proud to have achieved.”

Established in 1998, by the University of Wales, Newport, in order to help the higher education sector handle the complexities of VAT, Centurion VAT Specialists has gone on to become the largest independent VAT consultancy in Wales. Their top calibre VAT service has helped a whole spectrum of organisations across Wales and the West Country to consolidate their businesses.

The Taxation Awards were launched in 2000 and have since become the gold standard by which excellence in the tax industry is recognised.

This year's awards will be presented by a celebrity host at a lavish black-tie ceremony at London's Hilton hotel on Thursday 26 May.