Celebrating business success in N-E England

Oct 7 2008 by Karen McLauchlan, Evening Gazette

The Evening Gazette, The Journal and Business Link are passionate about business in our region and we want you to be too. The nebusiness awards are now in their ninth year of the regional format and at their heart are the aims of recognising achievement, encouraging excellence and celebrating success.

These aims are shared by the Passionate people. Passionate places campaign which promotes our region as a great place to live, study, work and invest. Part of the success of the campaign has been down to businesses ‘talking up’ North- east England and we need this to continue. To get involved in Passionate people. Passionate places visit www.northeastengland.co.uk/ambassadors.

The next phase will focus on the region’s business strengths and letting the world know about our success stories. Entering these awards is a fantastic way to play your part, see below for details.

The aim of the awards

The awards aim to recognise achievement, to encourage excellence and to celebrate success.

The sponsors

The awards are sponsored by a whole host of companies and organisations. The sheer quality and the blue-chip nature of the sponsors adds to the prestige and gravitas of the awards.

The judging

Each award has a separate judging panel with an appropriate chairman, nominated by the award sponsor. The decision of each judging panel is final and, while every effort will be made to give feedback to entrants, no specific correspondence will be entered into.

The dinners

Durham and Wearside - March 12, 2009

Tyneside and Northumberland - March 19, 2009

Tees Valley - March 26, 2009

Regional Final - April 30, 2009

The categories

Small Business Award

Export Award

Innovation Award

Internet & ICT Award

Environment Award

Services Award

Manufacturing Award

Newcomer of the Year

Employer of the Year

Public Sector Organisation of the Year

Company of the Year

Best Creative Business Award

How to enter

Companies and organisations can enter a maximum of three separate categories. Entries must relate to activity during 2008. Awards are open to companies of all sizes and organisations with a significant presence in any of the sub-regions. The closing date for entries is 5pm on January 9, 2009.

Nominations can be made online at: www.nebusinessawards.co.uk

Queries can be answered by Kirsty Tarn, Events Department, ncjMedia, Groat Market, Newcastle, NE1 1ED. Tel 0191 201 6072 or email: kirsty.tarn@ncjmedia.co.uk