Celebrating business success in North-east

Jan 20 2009 by Sue Scott, Evening Gazette

THE Evening Gazette, The Journal and Business Link want to make this year’s nebusiness awards the best yet and we need your help to do it.

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.

Business Link is actively championing these aims and can provide practical, impartial advice on how you can build an award winning enterprise.

Go to businesslink.gov.uk/northeast for more information or call 0845 600 9 006 to speak to a Business Link broker.

The entry process has now finished and it is down to the judges to decide who emerges as winners from the 12 highly competitive categories.

Book your table now to make sure you have a front row seat at some of the most prestigious events in North-east England’s business calendar.

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 sponsored by HSBC

Export Award sponsored by UKTI

Innovation Award sponsored by Newcastle Science City, County Durham Development Company, University of Teesside, Nomad Digital

Internet & ICT Award sponsored by Hay & Kilner

Corporate Responsibility & Environment Award, sponsored by eaga, Middlesbrough College, Northumbrian Water

Services Award sponsored by Knight Frank, Eastern Airways, Sunderland City Council

Manufacturing Award sponsored by ABB, EEF

Newcomer of the Year sponsored by NorthStar Equity Investors

Employer of the Year sponsored by Public Health North East

Public Sector Organisation of the Year

Company of the Year sponsored by Deloitte, Darchem Engineering, KPMG, One NorthEast

Best Creative Business Award sponsored by Arts Council England

To book your table

Log onto www.nebusinessawards.co.uk or contact Kirsty Tarn, events manager on 0191 201 6072 or email kirsty.tarn@ncjmedia.co.uk