Award Winners - French Duncan Chartered Accountants – Kevin Booth, Associate

AIB Electrical Wholesale (Glasgow) Ltd – Lesley-Jean Shaw, DirectorFrench Duncan is one of Scotland’s largest independent firms of Chartered Accountants, with 14 partners and over 100 staff in offices located across Scotland. With a wide diversity of clients across various business sectors, the firm pride themselves in delivering a professional service where the needs of the customer are key to establishing a successful long term business relationship. This approach, coupled with having dedicated, well trained and motivated staff has been fundamental to the continuing success of French Duncan in an increasingly competitive sector.

With this in mind, The Partners at French Duncan wanted to identify a management development programme that would not only equip their key staff with the right blend of practical business skills and knowledge but would also motivate and inspire them to bring fresh ideas to the Partners and encourage them to play their part in the firm’s future success.

The Business Map was put to the staff partner for consideration as the route to enable this to happen. An initial meeting led to two senior managers participating in The Business Map, with outstanding results. Kevin Booth and Margaret Sinclair, senior managers with the firm in the Audit and Tax departments, were both eager to develop their business management skills so that they could progress within the company and also help move the firm forward strategically.

“I have not only developed a whole host of new skills and knowledge that will equip me to improve how I manage my department and ultimately benefit the firm as a whole, but the programme has highlighted to me aspects of my personality that I can work on to achieve even greater success”.

Since attending The Business Map, both Margaret and Kevin have taken up the position of Associates within French Duncan and are playing a key role in moving the firm forward. As a direct result of The Business Map, French Duncan has undertaken a number of initiatives to maintain their competitiveness and professionalism including working towards attaining the Investors in People accreditation.
Kevin went on to win the Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence along with Consultancy and Training for the business worth £3,000.

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