AN ACCOUNTANCY firm is celebrating after winning a prestigious national award.

Gary Sargeant + Company, which is based in White Oak Square in London Road, Swanley, won the Practice of the Year title at the Sage Accounting Awards.

The firm, which was founded 21 years ago, was nominated by its clients and collected the prize at an awards ceremony at the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London.

Managing partner Gary Sargeant said: “We have grown from a small business to a large organisation servicing largely local and Kent based businesses.

“To have our clients endorse us like this and to receive national recognition makes us all extremely proud.”