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North East Business Executive of the Year: Stewart Smith

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:59:00 GMT

STEWART Smith has transformed Ramsdens Financial since taking over the 60-year-old business in 1994. The firm was opened by his father in 1950 as a cheque-trading business but has since grown into the UK’s largest independent pawnbroker.

Putting judges and winners in the spotlight

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:59:00 GMT

THERE is a good reason why the final of the North East Business Executive of the Year is one of the absolute highlights of the region’s business calendar.

Durham and Wearside Business Executive of the Year: Tony Cleary

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:57:00 GMT

IN its 30th anniversary year, the company Tony founded with his wife Veronica is now the UK’s fourth biggest wine bottler. Its environmental green footprint betters those of European rivals and its plant, filling 30,000 bottles an hour, is one of the most modern of its kind.

Tyneside and Northumberland Business Executive of the Year: Andrew Esson

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:55:00 GMT

UNDER new ownership and Andrew’s leadership, a business once endangered is now instead a market- leading provider to the oil and gas sector, specialising in hoses and hose assemblies, couplings and other systems.

Teesside Business Executive of the Year: Stewart Smith

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:51:00 GMT

STEWART has had full charge since 1994 of the firm his father set up in 1950, and for 20 years before ran it in partnership with his brother.

Young Business Person of the Year: Darren Williams

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:40:00 GMT

DARREN always had extraordinary ambitions in business and despite a hearing difficulty decided to make his first successful enterprise a music-based website.

Lifetime achievement award: Dr Herbert Loebl

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:30:00 GMT

ACADEMIC, engineer, entrepreneur and an inspiration for hundreds of business men and women -Dr Herbert Loebl has had an extraordinary influence over the business community in the North East.

The Non-Executive Director of the Year: Stewart Vaughan

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:10:00 GMT

STEWART Vaughan's three decades of experience in the engineering sector and pragmatic approach to improving business made him a very worthy winner.