HUNDREDS of nominations have been whittled down to a shortlist for the South West Business & Community Awards 2019 and Arctic Direct has been nominated in two categories: The SME of The Year (Sponsored by Hillswaste Solutions) and Female Entrepreneur of The Year (Sponsored by Fiona Scott) for business Director, Charlotte Marshall-Reynolds.
The awards scheme, organised by Great British Expos, recognises the region’s most ambitious, inspirational and exciting businesses, charities and individuals.
A record number of entries meant it was the toughest year to create its shortlist, however the shortlisted nominees have been released.
Among the current shortlisted nominations are entrepreneurs who had innovated unique solutions to the problems they faced, put their heart and soul into making their industry better, overcome personal and professional hardship to triumph in business, and more.
Charlotte Marshall-Reynolds, Director of Travelbee LTD (Arctic Direct | Arctic Education) who has been personally nominated in the Female Entrepreneur of The Year category said;
“It is an honour to be nominated in this category and it is thanks to the team that we’ve been nominated across two categories. I’m hugely proud that we are nominees in the South West Business & Community Awards!”
This year, the standard of entrants is already very high that we are might exceed last year’s shortlisted record of 165 for the awards across the award categories. While we cannot give all nominees an award, each winner is truly deserving of recognition for their achievements.
The South West Business and Community Awards judging process will see a range of esteemed entrepreneurs come together to scrutinise and select our finalists from the short-listed nominees and choose the winners among them.
James Phipps (Renowned South West Entrepreneur) is again part of the judging panel and said:
“Judging this year’s awards will be tough. Every entry is of a very high standard and each one is unique which makes the decision harder. I’m very proud of the quality of businesses that we have in this region and these awards give them the true recognition that they deserve.”
Alec Jones-Hall, Director of South West Business and Community Award’s said
“We are proud and excited to be celebrating outstanding achievement across the region and rewarding those who are making a huge impact throughout the South West.”
The winners from the 14 categories will be announced at the award ceremony in The DoubleTree by Hilton, at Swindon, on Thursday January 23rd with one being hailed The Business of the Year. The stars of the ceremony will undoubtedly be the Awards winners.
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Female Entrepreneur of The Year (Sponsored by Fiona Scott)
Shortlisted Nominees
Amy Benhan (Secret Garden Exeter)
Amy Morse
Andrea Sexton (Admire PR Ltd)
Anne Marie Mcilwraith (Just for Men Ltd)
Charlotte Marshall-Reyonlds (Travel Bee / Arctic Direct)
Emma Boatman (Boatman Admin Services)
Hadi Brooks (Rays Icecream Ltd)
Kayla Williams (KJ Accounts Ltd)
Kelly Maire Giles (SDS Drinks Ltd)
Liz McDermott
Natasha Penny (Busy Books ‘Westbury’ Ltd)
Sophia Ali (Amma Life)
Sophie Slavin (SAS Consultancy Services)
Yola O’Hara (Visually Explained Ltd)
The SME of The Year (Sponsored by Hillswaste Solutions)
Shortlisted Nominees
H5 Adventure Ltd
Accelerate Agency Ltd
Amdrais Ltd
Amma Life
Associated Dental Products Ltd
BookingLive
Clothing Your Way Ltd
Dentons Digital Ltd
Excalibur Communications Ltd
Finish Electrical
Gel Studios Ltd
Green Gourmet
Green Machine Computers
Hire Standards Ltd
No Added Sugar
Optimum Proffessional Services Ltd
Poppys Picnic Ltd
Priority IT
Rays Icecream Ltd
Rocketmakers Ltd
SAS Consultancy Services Ltd
SMD (Structural Metal Decks Ltd)
Solutions IP
Spint Education
Squarebird LLP
Talkwire Ltd
Travel Bee / Arctic Direct
Trident Maintenance Services Ltd
Visually Explained Ltd
