Hundreds of finance directors cast their vote for the 2008 Real FD/CBI Supplier Excellence Awards. Those votes have been counted and now it's time to announce the shortlists.
Big Four auditor
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
KPMG
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Non-Big Four auditor
Baker Tilly
BDO Stoy Hayward
Grant Thornton
Horwath
Mazars
PKF
Tenon
Business bank
Barclays
HSBC
Lloyds TSB
Natwest
RBS
Financial software
Access Accounting
Exchequer
Great Plains
Iris
Open Accounts
Pegasus Opera II
Sage (various products)
Sun Systems (Systems Union)
Most improved government agency
Companies House
Health and Safety Executive
HM Revenue & Customs (Corp tax)
HM Revenue & Customs (VAT)
Recruitment agency
Hays
Michael Page
Reed
Robert Half
Advisor
BDO Stoy Hayward
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
Grant Thornton
Iris
KPMG
PwC
The nominees for the FD categories will be announced later this week.