Armstrong Watson has been named the Xero cloud accounting software provider’s ‘UK Accounting Partner of the Year’.

The firm, which has offices in Carlisle, Kendal, Penrith, Wigton and Workington, was presented with the prize at the Xerocon International Conference, held in London.

This came about after they helped move several thousand clients onto the cloud accounting platform ahead of HMRC’s ‘Making Tax Digital’ rollout.

It trained more than 200 members of staff and the firm is Xero's largest UK accounting partner and one of the UK’s most digitally progressive firms.

Richard Andrew, partner and head of accounting at Armstrong Watson said:

“We took the decision in early 2016 that we needed to be more innovative in our approach and embarked on an ambitious plan to overhaul the way in which we worked. Xero accounting software was the platform in which we chose to build our process around.

"Winning this award is fantastic recognition for all the hard work from the team at Armstrong Watson in helping deliver this ambitious plan.”

Lead partner Paul Dickson added: “It is fantastic that Armstrong Watson have been recognised by Xero as the ‘Accounting Partner of the Year’.

"I am really proud of everyone in our Accounting service line as they do a great job and have embraced our move to provide a forward thinking technology-based accounting concept that will help our clients run more successful and profitable businesses."