Event Edition 2016 Scottish Asian Business Awards

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The Scottish Asian Business Awards 2016 The Scottish Asian Business Awards aim to acknowledge and honour the determination, hard work and personal achievements of the Scottish Asian business men and women at the forefront of their industries. We are coming together again to celebrate and honour the best and the brightest who have shone through the intense competition. This year will be extra special as we have opened up our nominations process to engage more with individuals and community based organisations who are enhancing the Asian community spirit in Scotland.

The awards are organised by Oceanic Consulting although we started life in Glasgow we now deliver events all over the UK promoting diversity and celebrating success. The other awards we now organise include: • • • • • •

The British Muslim Awards – Leicester The British Indian Awards – Leicester The English Asian Business Awards – Manchester The London Asian Business Awards The English Curry Awards – Manchester The Scottish Curry Awards – Glasgow

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Event Programme 6:00pm

Drinks Reception

7:00pm

The evening commences with a welcome from your hosts, Atta Yaqub and Rupa Mooker for the 11th annual Scottish Asian Business Awards.

7:10pm

Key note speeches & an introduction from CEO Irfan Younis and to our Official Charity Partners, The Well Foundation.

7:20pm

The Awards begin

8:00pm

Starters are served by our Official Caterers for the event, Saffron Events UK

8:30pm

The Awards continue...

9:15pm

Dinner is served by our Official Caterers for the event, Saffron Events UK

9:40pm

Fundraising for The Well Foundation

10:00pm

Desserts are served by our Official Caterers for the event, Saffron Events UK

10:30pm

Evening comes to an end

Hosts: Atta Yaqub and Rupa Mooker Speakers: Irfan Younis (Founder of The Scottish Asian Business Awards & CEO of Oceanic Consulting) Farah Bradford (The Well Foundation)

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Finalist 2016 New Business of the Year

Deesserts (Glasgow) Pepe’s Peri Peri (Glasgow) House of Glamour (Glasgow) The Mortgage Warehouse (Glasgow) Cafe Coco Italian Coffee House (Glasgow) Decrypt IT Consultants (Glasgow) Glasgow Gateau (Glasgow)

Food Establishment of the Year Kebabish Grill (Glasgow) Village Curry House (Glasgow) Kebab Mahal (Edinburgh) Kebabish Original (Edinburgh) Red Pepper (Glasgow) Rajas (Glasgow) Chillies West End (Glasgow)

Small Business of the Year

Mint Pharmacy (Coatbridge) The Chicken Place (Glasgow) Cookiez n Creamz (Glasgow) Rabab Boutique (Glasgow) Scottish Energy Services (Glasgow) Urban Dental (Glasgow) 1st Lets (Glasgow) Palladium Executive Hire (Glasgow) EVENT EDITION 2016 WWW.THEASIANBUSINESSAWARDS.INFO

Finalist 2016 Retail Business of the Year

Delicious Too (Glasgow) Kirkwood of Scotland (Glasgow) Strawberry & Spice Garden Limited (Glasgow) Ataa Jewellers (Glasgow) Cartridge Connect (Glasgow) Food Asia Supermarket at the House of Sher (Glasgow) MA Sports (Glasgow)

Best Professional in Business

Arshad Khan (Central Accountancy Services, Glasgow) Atif Bashir (Ocean Drive Dental Care, Glasgow/Edinburgh) Jawad Khursheed (Vitality Dental & Optical Care, Edinburgh) Sohaib Shafiq (Eyes Optical, Glasgow) Aisha Shafi (Dental Care by Claire Tierney, Glasgow) Usman Tariq (Ampersand, Glasgow) Dr Imran Z Inam (Beautox Clinic, Glasgow) Mohammed Sabir (MBS Solicitors, Edinburgh) Dr Attiq Rahman (Visage, Glasgow) Wajid Ali Bashir (Abacus Accounting, Glasgow)

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Finalist 2016 Family Run Business

Nisha’s Enterprises Ltd (Livingston) Apollo Foods (Glasgow) Price Kracker (Dundee) Blue Canyon Ltd (Livingston) Harveys Dry Cleaning Ltd (Glasgow) Etc Supplies (Glasgow) Khan Autos (Glasgow)

Business of the Year

Cook & Indi’s (Glasgow) Garvies Soft Drinks Ltd (Glasgow) Scotfresh (Glasgow) Nisha’s Enterprises Ltd (Livingston) Thistle Healthcare Ltd (East Kilbride) Ventura One T/A Subway (Glasgow) Adventure Planet (Cumbernauld)

The Abid Bashir Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Usman Khushi (Trespass, Glasgow) Naveed Raja (The Green Group, Glasgow) Suhail Ahmad (Exolta Capital Partners, Edinburgh) Shaun Marwaha (Scotfresh, Glasgow) Amina Nabi (Kinnect 2, Glasgow) Rukhsana Akbar (Rxy Cosmetics, Edinburgh) Zishan Ashraf (Jinn/Humans of Edinburgh/iamhungover.co.uk, Edinburgh)

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Finalist 2016 Convenience Retailer of the Year

Family Shopper Blantyre (Blantyre) Spar Leven Street (Motherwell) Spar & Post Office (Motherwell) One Stop Blackburn (Blackburn) Premier KK Stores (Kilwinning) Lifestyle Express New House Mini Market (Kilbirnie) Cranhill Premier Store (Glasgow)

Online Presence of the Year MA Sports (Glasgow) Nero Label Apparel (Glasgow) IKRUSH (Glasgow) Majestic by Eliza (Edinburgh)

Best Micro Enterprise

SoniqueSounds (Glasgow) Z1 Fitness (Glasgow) KA-Media (Glasgow) Arrested Metal (Glasgow) Zainab & Noor (Glasgow) Amour des Fleurs (Glasgow) ZA Photography and Film (Glasgow) Heavenly Treats (Glasgow)

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Finalist 2016 Best Marketing Strategy

Ricky Singh Personal Training (Glasgow) The Chicken Place (Glasgow) Ballantrae Hotel Group (Edinburgh) Kohli Travel (Glasgow) iCafe(Glasgow) Nadim Saleem (Glasgow)

SME Businessman of the Year

Peter Sharma (Ballantrae Hotel Group, Edinburgh) Amir Hussain (The Chicken Place, Glasgow) Faisal Choudhry (Travel & Co, Glasgow) Aslam Wali (Eurasia, Glasgow) Gurmeet Bassi (Alexander Thomson Hotel, Glasgow)

SME Businesswoman of the Year

Asia Dhesi (Miss Bartons, Glasgow) Sofia Mir (Le Dermex, Edinburgh) Ranjit Anderson (Scoot, Edinburgh) Saima Ahmed (Safe Lettings/House of Glamour, Glasgow) Aisha Farook (Al-Aishas, Glasgow)

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Finalist 2016 Young Achiever of the Year

Aqib Afzal (AqMedia, Glasgow) Usman Ali (Scottish Police Muslim Association) Zara Mohammed (Fosis, Glasgow) Junaid Ashraf (Scottish Youth Parliament, Cumbernauld) Aminah Din (Football, Glasgow) Hafsa Siddiqui (Police Youth Volunteer, Glasgow)

Rising Star of the Year

Jahan Zabe Ali (Airbus, Glasgow) Nadhia Ahmad-Ali (Cigna, Glasgow) Mobeen Akram (First Mortgage, Edinburgh) Omar Ali (Harper MacLeod, Glasgow) Sabrina Baig (Bready & Co, Glasgow) Manjit Mooker (Kestros Health, Glasgow) Geetha Wilson (JP Morgan Chase Bank, Edinburgh)

Professional of the Year

Dr Nazir Lone (University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh) Prof Mona Siddiqui OBE (University of Edinburgh, Glasgow) Prof Naveed Sattar (University of Glasgow, Glasgow) Prof Faisal Ahmed (University of Glasgow, Glasgow) Dr Jacob George (NHS Tayside, Dundee) Prof Keshav Dahal (University of the West of Scotland, Glasgow)

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Finalist 2016 The Spirit of Scotland

Saheliya (Edinburgh) Boots & Beards (Glasgow) Soul Riders (Glasgow) Muhammed Sultan (Charcoals, Glasgow) Dixon Community Centre (Glasgow)

Diversity Champion

NHS Health Scotland (Glasgow/Edinburgh) Police Scotland (Fife) SPT (Glasgow) Sky (Livingston) Glasgow City Council (Glasgow) RNIB (Edinburgh) SecuriGroup (Glasgow)

Best in Civil/Third Sector

Faroque Hussain (Police Scotland, Kilmarnock) Asif Ishaq (Scottish Government, Glasgow) Najimee Parveen (PATH Scotland, Glasgow) Aisha Yaqoob Anwar (Sherriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, Glasgow) Mohammed Ajmal (Scottish Prison Services, Glasgow) Kaliani Lyle (Scottish Charity Regulator, Edinburgh) Dr Rowena Arshad OBE (University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh)

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Established in 2006, Oceanic Consulting has maintained its position as the UK’s leading Black and Ethnic promotions and consulting company. We to your public of interest through strategically promoting the BME community to the mainstream and vice versa. Oceanic Consulting have built a national reputation based on results and are recognised for their strategic approach towards public relations, event management, and marketing.

As an experienced communications partner Oceanic Consulting prides itself on possessing the abilities to realise your goals and the focus to creatively take you from concept to results all within your budget. The success of Oceanic Consulting is due to the focus on

relations and media planning, scheduling and placement. Oceanic Consulting have been responsible for delivering a substantial list of events with a reputation for quality such as: The Scottish and English Curry Awards, Diwali at the Square, The Hungama Festival, The English Asian Business Awards and The Scottish Asian Business Awards.

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SOME OF OUR FORTHCOMING EVENTS THE ENGLISH ASIAN BUSINESS AWARDS 30th September 2013 Salford City Stadium, Manchester ——————————————————— ASIAN ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS November 2013 Birmingham ——————————————————— THE SCOTTISH ASIAN BUSINESS AWARDS PRESENTED BY BANK OF SCOTLAND 11th December 2013 Thistle Hotel, Glasgow ——————————————————— THE BRITISH MUSLIM AWARDS January 2014 Manchester ———————————————————

The Scottish Asian Business Awards The English Asian Business Awards The Scottish Curry Awards The English Curry Awards The British Muslim Awards The British Indian Awards and many more...

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