AN OSWESTRY businesswoman has received a prestigious award, only a few years after launching her own company.

Angela Aston, who runs the Accountancy and Bookkeeping Consultancy, has been presented with a trophy in the 2020 Innovation and Excellence awards.

Her work with the company has earned the Boutique Accounting Firm of the Year title in the 2020 awards organised by Corporate LiveWire.

With an office in Oswestry and Llanymynech, the business specialises in working in Shropshire and mid Wales with individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises.

It offers a range of services such as payroll advice, accounting, bookkeeping, vat, self-assessment and tax returns.

Angela set up the business in 2017, after spending 20 years working in the accountancy sector.

She joined other budding entrepreneurs to enrol on a support programme funded by The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership and delivered by specialist business start-up consultancy Good2Great.

Angela said she was absolutely delighted to win the award.

She added: “Working with Good2Great at their Shrewsbury Start-up Workshop gave me the confidence I needed to launch my own business.

“It provided me with the right tools to set out on my own and I decided to go for it and haven’t looked back.

“Receiving this award is the icing on the cake and I can’t thank Good2Great enough for encouraging me to branch out and giving me so much advice about a range of issues, including marketing, social media and forward planning.”

Since starting her business, Angela has grown from three clients to around 70, and is getting new enquiries every day.

She has ambitions to employ additional part-time accountants to allow her to service more clients and expand her business.