OTTAWA, Nov. 21, 2014 /CNW/ - Congratulations to Collins Barrow Ottawa LLP for being named a finalist in the Ottawa Better Business Bureau's prestigious 2014 Torch Awards for Marketplace Trust. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner on November 27, 2014 at the Brookstreet Hotel in Kanata, Ontario.

Now in their eighteenth year, the Torch Awards for Marketplace Trust recognize local businesses in Eastern and Northern Ontario and the Outaouais region deemed outstanding based on their integrity in performing and promoting trustworthy business practices. Their efforts to ensure the marketplace remains fair and honorable reflects the bureau's mandate to promote and foster the highest ethical relationship between business and consumer.

Ken Tammadge, FCPA, CA, the firm's managing partner, says Collins Barrow Ottawa is especially honoured to be singled out as a finalist for an award that explicitly recognizes the importance of upholding the confidence and trust of the public. "As an audit, tax and advisory firm, we are governed by a profession whose ethical standards we do our utmost to embody."            

SOURCE Collins Barrow National Cooperative Incorporated