The PRTC table had a great night out at the 2014 ‘TAXATION AWARDS’ which was held at The HIlton On Park Lane Hotel, London.

The enjoyment of the evening was enhanced by me picking up the ‘Tax Writer Of The Year’ award (see post below).  I was especially touched to receive this email (extract) afterwards from one of our guests:

“Thank you so much for inviting me and allowing me to share with you what was a wonderful evening.
To be honest, when they announced you as winner I felt an overwhelming gush of emotion and found myself dabbing my eyes!”

We were also proud to sponsor the after-show Jazz Lounge (featured in photos below) and the award for ‘Regional Tax Practice Of The Year’ (which was won by Lamont Pridmore).

As a table host, it was lovely to see all our guests getting on so well (with two even touching tongues – but I won’t go there!).

The food was great and, once again, we had some great entertainment.  The main celebrity host was Stephen Mangan (best known for his TV roles as Guy Secretan in Green Wing and Sean Lincoln in Episodes), pictured below:

We also had an hilarious ventriloquist act mid-away between the award ceremony.  This was the superb Nina Conti, who had us all in stitches, with her sinister monkey ‘Monk’.  Even funnier was when Nina asked a female member of the audience to try on a dummy-mask (who had no control of what was she was saying) – as shown below:

The after-show party provided various entertainments to suit all tastes.  We were proud to have supported Rachael Henshaw and her Jazz Band – see photo below:

Rachael and her band played out many great jazz classics until 1.30am – and then it was time for bed…

Here are some other photos from a truly memorable night:

Joey and Patricia

Patricia, Frankie and Roy

Bennie

The PRTC Table

Peter and Jazz Band (singer – Rachael Henshaw)

Proud sponsor of the Jazz Lounge

Me With ‘Tax Writer Of The Year’ Award

Patricia presenting the ‘Regional Tax Practice’ Of      The Year Award

Patricia & Peter all dressed-up

Details of all the winners from the official TAXATION website are as follows:

Winners 2014
BIG FOUR TAX TEAM
Deloitte Global Employer Services Energy & Resources Tax Team
HIGH NET WORTH TEAM
Mazars London Private Client Team

IN-HOUSE TAX TEAM
British Sky Broadcasting Group
(Highly commended: TfL Tax Team)

INTERNATIONAL TAX TEAM
Deloitte Global Employer Services Energy & Resources Tax Team

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
John Avery Jones
TAX PERSONALITY
Margaret Hodge MP
RISING STAR
Ximena Montes Manzano, Atlas Tax Chambers
SINGLE OFFICE TAX PRACTICE
Goodman Jones
(Highly commended: Berg Kaprow Lewis)
TAX CHAMBERS
Temple Tax Chambers
(Highly commended: Atlas Tax Chambers)
TAX CONSULTANCY FIRM
Gabelle

TAX INVESTIGATIONS TEAM
Crowe Clark Whitehill

TAX PRACTICE IN A REGIONAL FIRM
Lamont Pridmore

TAX TEAM IN A LAW FIRM
PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal

TAX TEAM IN A NATIONAL FIRM
Grant Thornton Corporate & International Tax Team

TAX WRITER
Peter Rayney, Peter Rayney Tax Consulting

VAT TEAM
Francis Clark