awards

The Greater Manchester Business Awards announce their shortlist For the second year GM Business Connect are proud to be media sponsors of the Greater Manchester Business Awards which take place on 9 February 2018 at the Radisson Blu Edwardian Manchester Hotel in the heart of Manchester City Centre. Organised by innov8 Conference Services, the awards once again attracted a massive influx of nominations. This year there is a total of 12 categories - here is the shortlist featuring the finalists:

Business of the Year

(under 10 Employees) Catalyst Claims Management Flow Creative France Line International Transport Ltd Beaumont Organic

Business of the Year

(between 10 - 50 Employees) D-ENERGi Active Flooring Strategic Analytics Team Ltd Matthews Environmental Solution

Business of the Year

(over 50 Employees) The Flava People Involvement Packaging Ltd Shield Safety Group OneFile

Start-up Business of the Year

(under 2 years since formation) Flow Creative JG After Build Limited Bee Industrious

Corporate Social Responsibility

Tropical Palms EMERGE 3Rs Stockport Homes Group

Employer of the Year

Equilibrium Enterprise Holdings Jobwise

Entrepreneur of the Year

Paul Jorgensen Wayne Coyle

Customer Service Excellence

(under 10 Employees) Hey There Little Princess Florence & Amelia’s

Customer Service Excellence

(between 10 - 50 Employees) Woodbank Office Solutions D-ENERGi Contact

Customer Service Excellence

(of over 50 Employees) Involvement Packaging Ltd Stockport Homes Group OneFile

Business Person of the Year

Edward Greenhough Janet Bowden Paul Jorgensen Amy Whitehead Richard Jordan

Young Business Person of

the Year (under 25 Years of Age) Shortlist available online. The choice of shortlisted businesses, and indeed eventual winners, were as a result of 8 judges who were brought in from many different businesses, organisations and backgrounds. Out of the many submissions, the process of choosing the finalists was incredibly difficult due to the very high calibre of nominees. Event organiser James Caldwell from innov8 Conference Services commented: “When planning our first Greater Manchester Business Awards last year, we had a vision for creating Greater Manchester’s fairest and most transparent Business Awards. “We put together a panel of leading business experts from across the Greater Manchester Industry, Technology, Manufacturing, Legal and many more sectors. The Panel was also from different backgrounds, with some being based in micro-businesses for 25+ years, whilst others had worked their way up their respective companies to be sector leaders over many years. Therefore in order to get onto the Shortlist the entrants had to impress a wide range of different Panel Members. “We implemented a scoring method which prevented panel members unfairly skewing the process. We (innov8) had no input into the Shortlisting for the awards, we left that entirely to the Panel and they spent an awful lot of time deliberating the entries. “I cannot stress how important it is to get a Panel of Business Leaders together like the ones we have, who make the process impartial and ensure that the awards goes to those who truly deserve it. We were truly thankful for the Panel in sharing their years of business experience and also for the time and effort they put into the whole process. “The quality of the entries we had for this year were of the same level as our inaugural event, which made for a tough process in the judging system. We wanted this to be an award that companies wanted to genuinely win and from the interest in the entries we received, we certainly created this. “The Greater Manchester Business Awards has now cemented itself as a yearly awards process and we are looking forward to another fantastic evening on the 9 February celebrating the very best from businesses across Greater Manchester.” Once again the glittering black tie final will take place at the Radisson Blu Edwardian Manchester Hotel, celebrating Manchester’s vibrant, innovative and growing business community. For tickets to the event visit

www.greatermanchesterawards.co.uk

or call innov8 on 0161 300 6396

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