Midlands Business Awards 2019 – finalists revealed

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Nicky Godding

Ahead of the Midlands Business Awards final for 2019, being held on March 8 at the Leicester Arena, the finalists have been announced.

The Midlands Business Awards celebrates the region’s business success stories.

Businesses of all sizes, industries and sectors from across the whole of the Midlands region come together and celebrate their successes and have the opportunity to meet new contacts and enjoy a gala evening of celebration.

Midlands Entrepreneur of the Year

Sarah Squire – Parcelink Logistics – Riddings , Derbyshire

Tom Davenport – H2O Hygiene Limited – Walsall

Ashley Cooper – Edward Cooper Young Chartered Surveyors

(ECY) – Mountsorrel, Leicestershire

Matt Jones – Oxbridge Home Learning – Birmingham

Gerry Moxham – Click Dealer Ltd – Stoke-on-Trent

Ian Smith – VisionDrive – Lincoln

Midlands Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Rebecca Dean – JRD Admin Aid Limited – Walsall

Chloe Avon – Dream Street Models – Cannock

Midlands Family Business of the Year

Wilsons Auctions – Telford

Woodland DBM – Derby

Travelworld Motorhomes – Telford

Click Dealer Ltd – Stoke-on-Trent

Fashion UK – Leicester

Chambers Pencils Limited – Stapleford

Midlands Service Provider of the Year - (£1m+)

H2O Hygiene Limited – Walsall

Nant Ltd – Bilston

APT Training and Consultancy Ltd – Thurnby, Leicestershire

Close Brothers Asset Finance and Leasing – Burton-upon-

Trent

StadiumTM – Coventry

Banner Jones Solicitors – Chesterfield

Midlands Service Provider of the Year (up to £1m)

Michele Walsh Ltd – Derby

Oxbridge Home Learning – Birmingham

JRD Admin Aid Limited – Walsall

Moore Security Systems Ltd – Lutterworth

Midlands Innovation of the Year

Clifton Packaging Group Ltd – Leicester

Click Dealer Ltd – Stoke-on-Trent

StadiumTM – Coventry

Flotec Industrial Limited – Loughborough

Blue Whale Spa – Nottingham

Sage Qualifications – Newtown Linford, Leicester

Midlands University of the Year

The University of Wolverhampton – Wolverhampton

University of Leicester – Leicester

Midlands Manufacturer of the Year

HL Plastics – Denby, Derbyshire

Blue Whale Spa – Nottingham

Chambers Pencils Limited – Stapleford

Midlands Exporter of the Year

Clifton Packaging Group Ltd – Leicester

TecQuipment Limited – Nottingham

Fashion UK Ltd – Leicester

Midlands Business Person of the Year

Tom Davenport – H2O Hygiene Limited – Walsall

Shahid Sheikh, OBE – Clifton Packaging Group Ltd – Leicester

Ashley Cooper – Edward Cooper Young Chartered Surveyors

(ECY) – Mountsorrel, Leicestershire

Alex Vit – UK Power Reserve – Solihull

Peter Allbutt – HJ Enthoven & Sons – Matlock, Derbyshire

Craig Bunting – BEAR – Derby

Midlands Corporate Commitment to the Community Award

Intouch Games Ltd – Halesowen

Close Brothers Asset Finance and Leasing – Burton-on-Trent

The DM Lab – Hereford

Advance your Wellbeing – Birmingham

Midlands Digital Communication Company of the Year

Freestyle – Ashorne, Warwickshire

Areca Design Ltd – Evesham

Distract Ltd – Lincoln

Crosscut Media LLP – Leicester

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Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe. After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts. She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.