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A time to celebrate the best in business

IT is the night when the North East business community comes together to celebrate the achievements of those individuals who make our companies tick.Read

North East Business Executive of the Year 2012: Winner

THE man who has reinvented the fortunes of what is now one of the North East's most successful engineering companies has spoken of his delight at being named this year's North East Business Executive of the Year.Read

Durham & Wearside Winner: Wayne Edy

OUR winner for Durham and Wearside was an entrepreneur with global clout whose footwear company has championed rural industry in the North East.Read

Tyneside and Northumberland Winner: Andrew Hodgson

ANDREW is taking SMD upwards in a big way, his most recent success being the £90m sale of three massive undersea mining machines the size of buildings to unearth diamonds, gold and copper from Far Eastern seabeds.Read

Teesside Winner: Steve Pearson

STEVE'S firm combines engineering abilities with IT skills and claims to be the world’s fastest-growing provider of services and solutions in the management of engineering information.Read

Young Business Person Winner: Jules Quinn

JULES has run a business since she was 17 to pay off her student debts. A business plan developed in her final year at Northumbria University enabled her, on graduating with a BA (Hons) in fashion marketing, to launch her tea and teaware enterprise – though she at one time was not a tea drinker.Read

Non-Executive Director of the Year

THE leaders of two successful North East businesses led the tributes on the night to the winner of the Non-executive Director of the Year Award.Read

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: John Squires OBE

THE winner of the lifetime achievement award was described as "a gentleman with huge integrity who, besides commanding recognition and respect in the motor retailing sector nationally, is also recognised widely for his extensive service to the community".Read

North East Business Executive title contenders are revealed

TODAY, we reveal the contenders who will be battling it out to be named the North East's business executive of the year for 2012.Read

North East Business Executive of the Year 2012: The Finalists

HERE is the full list of finalists for the North East Business Executive of the Year 2012 awards.Read

North East Business Executive 2012 Awards

DRIVE, dynamism and leadership - these are just some of the qualities the judges will be looking for in the 2012 North East Business Executive of the Year Awards.Read

A message from associate sponsor Brewin Dolphin + VIDEO

FOR a second year running, The Journal and evening Gazette are proud to have Brewin Dolphin as our associate sponsors for the North East Business Executive of the Year Awards.Read

The Judging Panel + VIDEO

OUR panel of judges is made up of key professionals from the North East business community.Read

Roll of Honour: Past winners of the award

THE North East Businessman of the Year Award, now known as the North East Business Executive of the Year, has been presented since the 1980's. View the past winners here.Read

Business Executive

THIS is your opportunity to nominate outstanding executives who are making their presence felt in the North East.Read

Non Executive Director

THIS is your opportunity to nominate a Non Executive Director. The business teams at The Journal and the Evening Gazette are already putting together a list of potential names for the judging panel to consider and would like to hear your suggestions too.Read

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