South East: Women in Business 2015 is launched

This year’s Women in Business (WiB) Awards has taken off – the website is now open for nominations and the special guest speaker, Liz Jackson MBE, confirmed.

A top entrepreneur and inspirational speaker, Jackson is managing director of Great Guns Marketing, a B2B sales and marketing agency which she launched in 1998, the year she lost her eyesight.

The company continues to boast an impressive portfolio of clients and Jackson has proved inspirational to many business leaders.  She was featured in Channel 4‘s Secret Millionaire series, and in 2007 was honoured by the Queen and awarded an MBE for services to business.

Sponsors have also been confirmed for this year’s WiB, which is organised and presented by The Business Magazine.

Barclays, Deloitte and law firm Blake Morgan have renewed their support of the Awards for another year – and for 2015 they are joined by Clarify, whose founder and CEO Claire Edmunds was the winner of an award at last year‘s event.

Nominations will close on June 30, and judges will then meet to interview candidates and draw up shortlists in each category.

The awards night will be one of the highlights of the business calendar in the south.  The high-profile dinner, which takes place at Oakley Hall near Basingstoke on September 10, will be attended by many of the top businesswomen from throughout the region.

Women in Business categories

- Woman of the Year (Large business)
- Woman of the Year (SME – below £15m turnover)
- Rising Star (aged 30 and under)
- Enlightened Employer

The Enlightened Employer category is new this year.  Judges are specifically seeking nominations from businesses that have shown a proactive, forward-thinking and creative approach to enabling women to realise their full potential in the workplace.

This may include taking action in areas such as recruitment, employee recognition and development, flexible working, or any other ways of creating a positive and inclusive workplace culture which enables women to excel.

The category is only open to companies that either have their headquarters or principal trading office in the Thames Valley or Solent region.

Table bookings

Demand for tickets for the Women in Business finals is expected to be high.  To secure your table of 10 at £1,500 ex VAT or individual places at £160 each ex VAT, email:
Linda Morse - linda@elcot.co.uk

Details and to enter

For more details of awards categories, and for nomination forms, go to: www.womeninbusiness.biz