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Berdon celebrates 100 years with NY history radio campaign; BKD, Anders CPA and EisnerAmper pick up awards; and a collection of other news from across the country.
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ARIZONA

Henry+Horne employees and family members helped with the evening meal service and served as personal shoppers to assist children in the monthly Dream Center Store at St. Vincent de Paul, Phoenix. The children earn stickers doing homework, reading and helping others, which are converted into spending dollars in the story once a month they can use to purchase items for family members or friends. Read the full story.
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CALIFORNIA

The Pun Group, Orange County, has joined worldwide association Allinial Global.

CANADA

AGN International announced that 20 firms from EPR Canada joined the North American membership. Firms with the EPR naming convention will continue to use the brand but the association operations and organization will blend into AGN’s North America region. The member firms joining AGN include: Concert CPA (Vancouver and Richmond, B.C.); David Pel & Company Inc. (Surrey, B.C.); Denis G. Fillion CMA Ltd. (St Pierre Jolys, Man.); Dougan Irwin & Associates (Nanaimo, B.C.); EPR Bathurst / Péninsule (Bathurst and Caraquet, N.B.); EPR Coquitlam (Coquitlam, B.C.); EPR Daye Kelly & Associates (Fredericton, NB); EPR Kirby & Company (Mount Pearl, N.F.); EPR Maple Ridge/Langley (Maple Ridge and Langley, B.C.); EPR North Vancouver (Vancouver, B.C.); EPR Rieger Bray Hohl (Chatham and Tilbury, Ont.); EPR Robichaud & Associates Inc. (Dieppe, N.B.); EPR Saskatoon (Saskatoon, SK); EPR Stonewall (Stonewall, Man.) ; EPR Trillium LLP (London, Dorchster and Aylmer, Ont.); EPR Yellowknife Accounting Professional Corporation (Yellowknife, N.W.T.); Feltham & Associates (Mount Pearl, N.F.); Hendricks & Associates (Toronto, Ont.); Rumley Holmes LLP (Barrie, Ont.); and Tierney Simpson & Prytula (Kingston and Gananoque, Ont.).

TaxChambers, Toronto, is joining Andersen Global as a collaborating firm.
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LONDON

Grant Thornton International has expanded member firm operations in Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia, adding 76 professionals and four new offices. Confida Banja Luka joins Grant Thornton Bosnia and Herzegovina, adding one partner and 24 staff and a new office located in Banja Luka. Interbilanz Croatia (IB Interbilanz Savjetovanje d.o.o. and IB Interbilanz Revizija d.o.o.) adds four partners, 26 staff and a new office in Zagreb to Grant Thornton Croatia d.o.o. Interbilanz Slovenia (IB Interbilanz Consulting d.o.o. and IB Interbilanz Audit d.o.o.) will join Grant Thornton Slovenia d.o.o and bring four additional partners, 17 additional staff and new offices in Ljubljana and Cejle.

AGN International released a global survey discussing the World Economic Forum in Davos and seeking views of the AGN Global Business Voice panel on the themes of economic and corporate globalization.

MISSOURI

BKD, Springfield, was named, for the fourth consecutive year, to Training magazine’s 17th annual Top 125 list, ranking companies by the effectiveness of their employee development programs. Companies completed a detailed application to be considered for the Top 125 and judges selected finalists by assessing qualitative and quantitative factors, including financial investment in employee development, development programs, and how closely programs relate to business goals and objectives.

Anders CPAs + Advisors was named a 2017 Best Places to Work finalist by the St. Louis Business Journal, joining 46 other companies recognized after employees completed surveys administered and measured by Quantum Workplace.
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EisnerAmper office building in Metropark/Iselin, N.J.

NEW YORK

EisnerAmper LLP, New York, won 10 awards in the Best of 2016 New Jersey Law Journal Awards, sweeping the Forensic Accounting, Litigation & Valuation categories, placing first in seven and Top 3 in the others. The firm won EisnerAmper won first place in the categories of: Best Bankruptcy Valuation Provider, Best Business Accounting Provider, Best Economic Damages Valuation Provider, Best Forensic Accounting Provider, Best Litigation Valuation Provider, Best Matrimonial Valuation Provider and Best Corporate Investigations Provider. The firm placed in the Top 3 in: Best End-to-End Litigation Consulting Firm, Best Overall Expert Witness Provider and Best Wealth Management Advisor. EisnerAmper also won the Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year (Over $25MM to $100MM) category recognizing the firm’s engagement for the Chapter 11 Reorganization of EZ Mailing Services, Inc., et al., to be presented by M&A Advisors at a black tie gala March 23, 2017 in Palm Beach, Fla.

Berdon is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a campaign that highlights the most memorable moments in New York history. Airing on both iHeartMedia’s Q104.3, New York’s Classic Rock station, and Bloomberg Radio 1130 AM, the campaign will focus on how Berdon’s accounting, tax and advisory professionals have been serving New Yorkers and local businesses since 1917. The advertisements are available online here.
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