Unsung heroes Honoured by the Enterprise Awards
People who have succeeded against all odds to run a small business or have been supporting a business with important functions such as book-keeping or the pay roll were honoured at the prestigious National Business Enterprise Awards Ceremony held at the House of Commons on 13th June 2007
The Business Enterprise Awards are organised by IAB Qualifications for Business and backed by leading organisations such as Lloyds TSB, HM Revenue & Customs, FA Simms, SFEDI, Online 50 and Reed Accountancy.
Now in its ninth year, the prestigious award ceremony gives national recognition, across a variety of sectors, to the outstanding achievements of men and women within small regional businesses. It has proved incredibly popular within the business world and this year attracted a record number of nominations.
Organisations and business people from all sectors of the education community and small business communities were invited to apply or nominate an individual for the awards.
"The continued success of the awards has shown how important it is to recognise the efforts of key people working within the small business sector. The IAB is totally devoted to understanding and rewarding the needs of the small business," said IAB's chief executive, Malcolm Trotter.
"These awards are tremendously important for everyone involved in the bookkeeping profession as they help recognise the present and future faces and successes of the industry and we're delighted to be supporting them” said Lloyds TSB Manager of External Affairs, Anthony Thomas.
Michael O’Brien, Chairman of the IAB Council commented, “The award categories judge an area of work that is not often given a high profile, yet all businesses need these skills to succeed. What is also encouraging is the quality of applications, where some of the candidates have achieved so much against all odds i.e. No qualifications, Single parents, Disability or English isn’t their first language.”
Results of the 2007 Business Enterprise Awards are:
Paul Shearman (Winner) |
Business of the Year |
Fiona Sidwell (Winner) |
Business Entrepreneur |
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Darryl Gould (Finalist) |
Business Entrepreneur |
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Andy Bevan (Finalist) |
Young Entrepreneur |
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Tony Robinson OBE (Special Award for Championing Entrepreneurship in the UK) |
SPECIAL AWARD |
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Christopher Peers (Winner) |
Young Entrepreneur |
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Vijay Dayalji (Highly Commended) |
Young Entrepreneur |
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Jack Butler (Highly Commended) |
Young Entrepreneur |
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Emma Mosley (Finalist) |
Young Entrepreneur |
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Kristina Havenhand (Finalist) |
Young Entrepreneur |
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Julie Grant (Winner) |
Book keeper |
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Janet Jack (Finalist) |
Book keeper |
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Christie Jolliffe (Finalist) |
Book keeper |
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Andy Page (Winner) |
Social Entrepreneur |
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Keith Madeley (Finalist) |
Social Entrepreneur |
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Paul Baron (Finalist) |
Social Entrepreneur |
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Truro College (Winner) |
College of the Year |
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South Downs College (Highly Commended) |
College of the Year |
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City of Bristol College (Finalist) |
College of the Year |
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Carole Mathieson (Winner) |
Student of the Year |
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Jonathan White (Highly Commended) |
Student of the Year |
Raymond Gray (Finalist) |
Student of the Year |
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Jackie Petherbridge (Winner) |
Payroll Professional |
Heather Dobson (Highly Commended) |
Payroll Professional |
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Chief Officer Paul Phillips (Winner) |
Armed Forces |
Sgt, Shona Forse (Highly Commended) |
Armed Forces |
W.O. Peter Burdett (Finalist) |
Armed Forces |
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Yvonne Strawbridge (Winner) |
Lecturer of the Year |
Carolyn Holmes (Finalist) |
Lecturer of the Year |
John Malamatenios (Finalist) |
Lecturer of the Year |
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