A BOOKKEEPING business in Pershore has been shortlisted for an international award.

Adder Bookkeepers, recently expanded into a new premises and has now been shortlisted for an award by the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers.

They are one of four shortlisted for the New Practice of the Year LUCA award, in the name of a 16th Century Monk, who is said to have created the ‘double-entry’ bookkeeping system

The business were classified as new, as director Helen Bower only converted from being a sole partner, to a limited company in April, and took on two new employees in July and August.