Award bosses aim to celebrate diversity
September 21, 2006
Award bosses aim to celebrate diversity. Check it out:(Leicester Mercury Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Organisers of Leicestershire's annual celebration of business success say they hope to see diverse entries.
The Leicestershire Business Awards 2007, in association with the Leicester Mercury, was launched at Walkers Stadium yesterday in front of 170 people.
Awards chairman Chris Corbin called on companies of all sizes, sectors and backgrounds to enter. "Leicestershire is a diverse county, in geography, population and type of businesses," he said.
"This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase as many of these businesses as possible. I'd ask you not to be intimidated." Jeff Kindleysides is co-founder of Cossington design firm Checkland Kindleysides, which was named Leicestershire Business of the Year 2006 in April. At the launch, he said winning had been a boost to the company and helped it grow.
"It was important that we got that togetherness and drive in our businesses," he said.
Jeff Court, managing director of electronic display manufacturer Infotec, of Ashby, which won this year's Enterprise Through Innovation award, said the prize had brought a lot of positive publicity.
"After winning the award, we ran an open day for recruits," he said. "It was more successful because we won, and people thought we were the best." Leicester Mercury editor Nick Carter said finalists would be featured in the newspaper's business pages, which are read by 150,000 people each day.
The categories are: New Business, sponsored by Harvey Ingram; Sales and Marketing, sponsored by De Montfort University; Investing in Leicestershire, sponsored by Leicestershire County Council; Success Through People, sponsored by Oval; Enterprise Through Innovation, sponsored by KPMG; Contribution to the Community, sponsored by Ashfield, Entrepreneur of the Year, sponsored by Vantis and Leicestershire Business of the Year, sponsored by Alliance & Leicester.
The sponsors are Tenon, RBS and Leicester Shire Economic Partnership.
The event is supported by Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce, the Leicester Mercury and Business Link.
Annette Fitzgerald, commerce and marketing manager, at Twycross Zoo, near Ashby, said it was considering entering the Sales and Marketing category.
"We have lots of exciting things happening," she said.
The deadline for entries is November 24. The 24 finalists (three in each category) will be announced on January 24. The awards ceremony takes place at De Montfort Hall on April 20. For more details and help with entries call 0845 130 2866. To enter online go to:
Copyright 2006 Northcliffe Newspapers Group Ltd
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