Steve Flory receives lifetime achievement award at Suffolk awards

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 27 Oct, 13:32 · Archive

Steve Flory received a lifetime achievement award at the Suffolk FIPS Awards ceremony in Ipswich.

The Financial, Insurance and Professional Services Group (FIPS) Awards ceremony was held at Chef's Whites, Suffolk New College, Ipswich, on Thursday, October 22. More than 100 people gathered to celebrate Suffolk's leading financial and insurance professionals. Steve Flory received a lifetime achievement award at the event.

Other major awards included Business Leader of the Year, won by chartered accountant Mitchell Gooderham, a director at Affinia. The Community Contribution Award went to Josh Wilding, Allan Wong, Matthew Pescott Frost and Alice Pescott Frost of Matthew Douglas for their community programmes. Birketts won the Developing the Workforce award for its social mobility programme, which helps disadvantaged young people enter the profession.

Charlotte Wilson of Becketts was named Employee of the Year. Business loans firm Fleximize won the Innovation award, with FIPS chairman Peter Basford describing the entry as 'outstanding'. 'The application actually blew the judges away,' he said.

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• Steve Flory honoured with lifetime achievement award at Suffolk FIPS AwardsMore than 100 people gathered at Chef's Whites, Ipswich, last week to celebrate Suffolk’s leading financial and insurance professionals.East Anglian Daily Times · 27 Oct, 13:00
• Steve Flory honoured with lifetime achievement award at Suffolk FIPS AwardsMore than 100 people gathered at Chef's Whites, Ipswich, last week to celebrate Suffolk’s leading financial and insurance professionals.Ipswich Star · 27 Oct, 13:00

In this story: Steve Flory · Mitchell Gooderham · Affinia · Matthew Douglas · Birketts · Fleximize · Ipswich · Suffolk

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