MANALAPAN, N.J., Nov. 17, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- AccountAbilities, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ACBT), a provider of financial personnel staffing services, professional marketing services and management consulting services to CPA and other professional firms, reported today that it has recently signed a contract with Urish Popeck & Co., LLC, a CPA firm in AccountAbilities' Partner on Premise Program for an Accounting/Financial Staffing office in Pittsburgh, PA.
Allan Hartley, President, stated, "We had the opportunity to bring on board experienced professionals with Accounting/Financial Staffing backgrounds, who had established business relationships in the Pittsburgh business community. We intend to grow this practice by partnering with a regional CPA firm in our Partner on Premise program. Our expansion into the Pittsburgh area reflects our strategy of extending our reach into partnerships with major and mid-level accounting and other professional firms across the United States."
Urish Popeck & Co., LLC, currently services clients through five offices in Pennsylvania and Florida. To leverage their local heritage in SW Florida, their Naples operations are known as Urish Popeck Bass LLC. They were formerly known as Licastro Reidy Urish Popeck in Central Pennsylvania. Their website (www.urishpopeck.com) refers to the collective capabilities of their entire firm, along with those of their alliance partner BDO Seidman, LLP, whose resources they seamlessly deliver through their various offices. In legal structure, Urish Popeck & Co., LLC, BDO Seidman, LLP and BDO International are separate, independent entities.
About AccountAbilities, Inc.
AccountAbilities is engaged in the Professional Staffing Industry providing accounting through its Accounting/Finance Division, and IT, Engineering and Scientific through its Technical Services Division. Accountabilities, through its Partner on Premise Program, provides accounting (CPA) firms and professional firms and companies the opportunity to partner in AccountAbilities staffing network. The Company also offers productivity-based staffing solutions through its Workforce Solutions Program. http://www.aabilities.com.
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