Thames Valley: Companies in PLC Awards finals

The shortlist of companies nominated for this year’s PLC Awards taking place on March 12 have been announced and feature a number of Thames Valley-based companies such as Galliford Try plc, RM plc, Oxford Instruments plc and Business Post plc.

Founded in 1987 to reward excellence in the smaller quoted company sector, PricewaterhouseCoopers is sponsoring this year’s awards, which introduce a new award category, The Achievement in

Sustainability Award, which recognises accomplishments in key areas of economic, environmental and social sustainability.

The winners of each of the eight award categories will be presented with their awards at the annual PLC Awards Dinner, which will be held on Thursday March 12 at Grosvenor House, London. The dinner is a high-profile City event and is attended by 1,500 guests, including quoted companies, investment banks, fund managers, investment analysts, and corporate advisers to reward excellence in the smaller quoted company sector.

Nigel Hopes, partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Thames Valley commented: “At PricewaterhouseCoopers we aim to deliver outstanding services to our clients by putting quality, integrity and relationships at the heart of our approach. We are committed to working with PLC companies to help build trust and enhance value - whatever the size of the organisation.“

The shortlist of companies nominated for this year’s awards are:

Best investor communication award

Sponsored by: Redleaf Communications

• BTG plc

• Galliford Try plc

• Holidaybreak plc

• Smiths News plc

Best performing share award

Sponsored by: Winterflood Securities

Best performing smaller company fund award

Sponsored by: KBC Peel Hunt

Achievement in sustainability award

Sponsored by: PricewaterhouseCoopers

• British Polythene Industries plc

• Communisis plc

• Marshalls plc

• RM plc

New company of the year award

Sponsored by: Singer Capital Markets

• Domino’s Pizza UK & IRL plc

• Mears Group plc

• Spice plc

Best technology award

Sponsored by:SJ Berwin LLP

• BATM Advanced Communications Ltd

• Fidessa Group plc

• Oxford Instruments plc

• Ricardo plc

Entrepreneur of the year award

Sponsored by: Evolution Securities

• Alastair Beardsall - Emerald Energy plc

• Chris Aspinwall – Fidessa Group plc

• Robert Watson - Hilton Food Group plc

• Simon Rigby – Spice plc

Company of the year award

Sponsored by: College Hill Associates

• Bloomsbury Publishing plc

• Business Post Group plc

• Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

• Telecom plus plc

To vote for a company on the shortlist go to http://www.plc-awards.co.uk/shortlist.php