Top quality sponsor for leading business awards

Oct 11 2007 by Graeme King, The Journal

THE most prestigious prizes recognising business success in the North-East have gained a high quality new sponsor.

Business Link North-East has signed up as the associate sponsor for the North-East Business Awards with the organisation’s name set to join an already impressive roster of supporters.

With chief executive Alastair MacColl at the helm, Business Link North-East has never been so high profile and the organisation is making impressive efforts to assert itself as the region’s number one provider of business support.

That positive outlook complements the ideals of the North East Business Awards and its backers in The Journal and Evening Gazette – to highlight all that is best in the world of business, and to promote the region’s economy both here and further afield.

Hundreds of businesses enter the awards every year and the profile of Business Link will help to take our message even further.

Mr MacColl said: “Business Link North East is delighted to be associate sponsor of the North East Business Awards 2007.

“The business community in the North-East of England has never been more ambitious and as successful businesses are crucial to the prospects and prosperity of the North-East, it is vital to promote their achievements to inspire others to aim high.

“Businesses from all sectors and of all sizes are making an enormously positive impact on our region and its economy and we acknowledge the importance of celebrating the success of the region’s best businesses – demonstrating the talent, energy and passion that increasingly characterises our business community – and recognising the invaluable contribution that they make to the area’s economy.

“Our sponsorship of these awards aims to raise awareness of the value that effective help can add to every business in order to create a competitive and entrepreneurial economy for the North-East.”

Iain Laing, business editor of The Journal, welcomed the announcement of Business Link’s sponsorship.

For more information on the awards, including how to enter and how to book a table, please contact Claire Evans on (0191) 201-6089 or visit www.northeastbusinessawards.co.uk