Excellence in Business Awards honour great leaders

GREAT leaders can turn any company into a world-beater and transform the fortunes of its staff and stakeholders.
Leadership Award. Peter Hill of the Leeds Building Society with Michael Portillo.
Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards 2016.  New Dock Hall.  4 November 2016.  Picture Bruce RollinsonLeadership Award. Peter Hill of the Leeds Building Society with Michael Portillo.
Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards 2016.  New Dock Hall.  4 November 2016.  Picture Bruce Rollinson
Leadership Award. Peter Hill of the Leeds Building Society with Michael Portillo. Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards 2016. New Dock Hall. 4 November 2016. Picture Bruce Rollinson

The perfect leader must combine clarity of thought with an unflinching attachment to their convictions.

The Yorkshire Post’s Excellence in Business Awards will honour a leader who helps to make Yorkshire the best place to do business in the country.

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This year’s winner will be hoping to emulate the success of Peter Hill, the chief executive of Leeds Building Society, who triumphed in this category in 2016.

Mr Hill, who has more than 37 years experience in retail financial services, has helped the mutual to deliver record pre-tax profits for the fourth consecutive year. We welcome entries from leaders who aim to follow in his footsteps.

This year sees us welcome back global law firm DLA Piper as sponsor. We also welcome new sponsors Doncaster Sheffield Airport and Leeds Beckett University who will back the categories of Commercial Space and Entrepreneur respectively. CNG are also confirmed as table sponsors. Over the last decade the awards have attracted a host of high profile speakers, including David Cameron, who attended when he was leader of the opposition, and the former Chancellor George Osborne.

Other senior figures who have spoken at the awards include Nick Clegg, the former Deputy Prime Minister. Apart from leadership, entries are being welcomed in the following categories:

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Companies with a turnover over £50m. Sponsored by DLA Piper: This category honours the commercial giants which conduct business on a vast scale.

Companies with a turnover between £10m and £50m: This award focuses on mid-tier firms which are the real powerhouse of the region’s economy.

Companies with a turnover up to £10m: Our region has a world class collection of SMEs and it is here we honour them.

Commercial space. Sponsored by Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Seeking inspiring uses of commercial space which showcase the real value of world class architects and designers. It can be a new build or an existing project.

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Entrepreneur. Sponsored by Leeds Beckett: This award honours a rare individual who inspires others to greatness.

Young Business: Focusing on rapidly growing businesses in our region.

Outstanding Employer: This award recognises those employers that truly value their staff, and reward them in a sustainable way that nurtures the comp- any.

Exporter: The winner of this award is really helping to drive the export-led recovery.

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Technology: In this category, we are seeking a winner who harnesses technology to give their firm the edge. They are leaders, and not followers, in the technological arena.

Turnaround: This award honours a business that is flourishing after coming back from the brink.

Diversity: This honours companies that value every employee, and have gone beyond the call of duty to ensure they attract and retain a workforce that reflects the diversity of British society.

Leadership: Nobody forgets a great leader, and this award honours an individual who has displayed courage, tenacity and wisdom in a tough role.

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Apprenticeship: The winner of this award will have placed apprenticeships at the heart of its growth plans.

To enter this year’s awards visit: http://www.jpeventsnorth.co.uk/yp/events/excellence-in-business/index.php