Glittering awards night on the horizon

The finalists have been announced for this year’s Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards, which celebrate outstanding expertise, achievements and contributions to business life in our county.

The glittering awards, sponsored by Viatris and SA Law, allow Hertfordshire businesses to showcase their performance and achievements to clients, customers, suppliers, stakeholders and other businesses.

The winners across the 20 fiercely contested categories will be announced at the Awards Gala Dinner at the fabulous Tewinbury Farm Hotel in Welwyn on Thursday June 27.

Chamber Managing Director Donna Schultz said:

“I’d like to extend a massive thank you for all the sponsors, entrants, finalists and judges for being involved and making this year’s awards the best yet.

“We’ve got so many fantastic entries across the various categories, and I know the judges are going to have a really tough time picking winners from such a strong field.

“Best of luck to everyone, and I really look forward to seeing you all at our gala dinner. It’s going to be a really special evening. I can’t wait.”

The Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards were launched back in 2012 and have gone from strength to strength since then.

The judges include representatives of the awards’ sponsors and third-party experts.

The category sponsors are Ashbourne Insurance, Barclays, Borough of Broxbourne Council, CAE, Chapman Ventilation, D5 Design, DUA, East Herts Council, Green Building Design, HB Accountants, Hertfordshire Growth Board, Longmores Solicitors, Menzies, Minerva, NFU Mutual, Oventrop, RDT Architects, Redwood Bank, Stevenage Borough Council, Welwyn Hatfield Council and Willmott Dixon.

Associate sponsors include Pearldrop, Hatfield Park, Hertsmere Borough Council, Oaklands College and KGK Genix.

This year’s awards form part of the Chamber’s centenary celebrations, and will see £5 from the cost of each ticket sold donated to the Herts Community Foundation, which is the Chamber’s charity partner for the year.

Twenty-two awards will be handed out, including the Inspiring Business of the Year and Outstanding Contribution to Business trophies.

The categories for which businesses were able to submit entries are:

• Apprenticeship Champion

• Best Use of Technology

• Business of the Year: East Herts

• Business of the Year: North Herts

• Business of the Year: South Herts

• Business of the Year: West Herts

• Business of the Year: Medium to Large

• Business of the Year: Small to Medium

• Community Champion

• Diversity and Inclusion Award

• Entrepreneur of the Year

• Excellence in Business Diversification

• Excellence in Customer Commitment

• Excellence in People Development

• Excellence in International Trade

• Family Business of the Year

• Green Award

• Most Promising New Business

• Property & Construction Project of the Year

• Workplace Wellbeing Award