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Shortlist revealed for the excellence awards
THE Yorkshire Post today announces the eagerly-awaited shortlist for this year's Excellence in Business Awards.
This year, the awards are more hotly-contested than ever before, with a record 205 entries received before deadline.
The shortlist features some of Yorkshire's biggest companies, with multi-million pound turnovers and thousands of employees, as well as some of the region's most innovative small firms, which employ the latest technology and gadgetry.
Tickets are now on sale for the prestigious awards ceremony, which takes place at Queens Hotel in Leeds on October 16.
Ed Balls, the schools secretary, is the keynote speaker, while Jon Culshaw, the acclaimed impressionist, is master of ceremonies.
The main sponsors for this year's awards are DLA Piper, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Yorkshire Bank and Yorkshire Forward. To find out about attending the awards, please visit www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/excellence
The shortlisted companies and individuals are:
YP Entrepreneur of the Year, sponsored by O2:
Louisa Harrison-Walker of Benchmark Recruitment; Simon Long of Xing Smoothies; Tom Pybus of TJ Pybus.
University Spin-out of the Year:
Creode; Image Analysis.
Innovation of the Year:
Brandon Medical; C Spencer; Harvard Engineering.
SME Manufacturer of the Year, sponsored by the Manufacturing Advisory Service:
Surgical Innovations; The Topping Pie Company; Ulrick and Short.
Exporter of the Year:
AES Engineering; Pace; Sheffield Forgemasters.
Young Business of the Year, sponsored by Yorkshire Forward:
Anabas; Benchmark Recruitment; Camberwell.
Companies with a turn-over up to 10m, spon-sored by Yorkshire Bank:
Boost Drinks; Keelham Hall Farm Shop; Red Embedded.
Companies with a turnover between 10m-50m, sponsored by Pricewaterhouse Coopers:
The bigwordGroup; Deep Sea Electronics; Seabrook Crisps.
Companies with a turn-over of more than 50m:
AES; Pace; R&R Ice Cream.
Best Company to Work For, sponsored by the Bradford University School of Management:
Asda; the bigwordGroup; Leeds Building Society; Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Co; World Events.
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