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HPG Sponsoring CED Companies to Watch Awards Program
HPG is sponsoring the North Carolina Companies to Watch Awards Program presented by CED
RALEIGH, NC, May 07, 2010 /Accounting PR News/ -- Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP (www.hpg.com), the largest CPA firm headquartered and staffed in the Research Triangle Park region of North Carolina, is sponsoring the North Carolina Companies to Watch Awards Program. Presented by CED, the awards honor second-stage companies that demonstrate high performance in the marketplace, exhibit innovative products or processes, or contribute significantly in the community.
"These companies play an integral role in the growth of the North Carolina economy," says Brooks Malone, HPG partner and CED board member since 2004. "We are proud to support this program and honor these companies."
Second-stage companies are leading the way in North Carolina job growth. From 2005 to 2007, North Carolina has averaged more than 47,000 second-stage businesses, which have employed more than one million workers, according to YourEconomy.com.
The application deadline for the North Carolina Companies to Watch is May 14, 2010. Eligibility criteria are available at http://companiestowatch.org/index.ctw?page=statement&part=whatis&-&aff=NorthCarolina. The awards ceremony is being held September 23, 2010 at the Raleigh Marriott City Center. Event information is available at www.cednc.org/ctw.
HPG's sponsorship expands on a long history of active CED involvement including sponsorships and committee participation. Highlights include HPG partner Tim Gupton being the former chairperson of the CED board of directors and co-founder of the FastTrac Tech program, as well as both Gupton and Malone being recipients of the Outstanding Service to Entrepreneurs Award.
About Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP (HPG):
HPG is the largest CPA firm headquartered and staffed in the Research Triangle Park region of North Carolina, as ranked by the Triangle Business Journal. Furthermore, Business Leader magazine ranked HPG as the fifth most successful small business in North Carolina in 2008. HPG is able to provide national and global accounting resources to its clients through the CPAmerica firm network of 701 offices worldwide. HPG offers a wide array of business accounting, auditing, corporate tax, and management advisory services. Specialties include serving owner-managed, investor-backed technology and life science, healthcare services, real estate development, manufacturing and distribution businesses, and providing ERISA audits, family wealthcare services and Sarbanes-Oxley internal audit services. More than just an accounting firm, HPG assists clients in looking beyond the bottom linesm by being the right people, right value and right firm to achieve each client's definition of success. Visit www.hpg.com.
About CED:
CED (formerly The Council for Entrepreneurial Development) is a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1984 to identify, enable and promote high-growth, high-impact companies and accelerate the region's entrepreneurial culture. Headquartered in the Research Triangle Park, CED is the oldest and largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 5,500 active members. CED provides know-how, networking, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, programs and web-based resources. CED has helped entrepreneurs, investors, service partners, researchers and public policy makers in diverse emerging industries and at all stages of development - from high-tech, production-based organizations to service companies, from one-person start-ups to 1000-person businesses. Visit www.cednc.org for more information.
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