medium-sized firm of the year, as judged through the magazine's reader nominations.

Bermuda chartered accountancy firm of Douglas J. Hillen is the local satellite office of the UK firm.

Accountancy Age is a British trade magazine. The areas on which readers were asked to exercise judgement were the firm's auditing and tax services, their general and consultancy advice, quality of client service, development of staff, their marketing and information technology innovation and value for money.

Neville Russell secured the best result from their customers over runner up, Streets & Co. The winning firm has just enjoyed its best two years and has 90 partners and a total staff of 900.

It specialises in auditing, accounting, special reviews and consulting for insurance companies in the London market.

Neville Russell, and by association, Douglas J. Hillen, is a member of NEXIA International, a network of independent accounting firms around the world. The Bermuda firm has grown from a staff of three in 1988 to 26 today.

Those connected to the NEXIA network are generating $400 million worth of fee income and total 7,400 staff in 275 offices in 67 countries.