Northamptonshire Business Excellence Awards
Welcome to the Annual Northamptonshire Business Excellence Awards 2011, organised in partnership by Northamptonshire Newspapers Limited, in association with the Northamptonshire Chamber and sponsored by the Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership.
Firmly established as a highlight of the Northamptonshire business calendar, the Awards, now in their 21st year will once again celebrate successful Northamptonshire companies and individuals, and offer an excellent opportunity for all business sectors to meet, be inspired and showcase their achievements to their peers.
This year sees 12 category awards on offer, each celebrating and recognising business success across Northamptonshire. All short listed companies will attend the Gala Dinner and Awards presentation with celebrity host Tom O'Connor on Thursday 17th November at the Barceló Hotel, where the winners will be revealed and each receive a crystal trophy of the finest quality and certificate.
Without sponsors, this very special event would not be possible. So we would like to thank the companies that have come on board already, in support of this prestigious and highly profiled business event. Click on the logos below to visit their websites.
The Venue
We are delighted to be holding this year’s Business Excellence Awards presentation evening at the delightful 4star plus Barceló Hotel in Daventry for the 4th year running.
This venue offers comfort and luxury in elegant surroundings with 156 rooms. Swimming pool and spa area plus an on-site beauty and hair salon.
As an event sponsor, finalist or guest, the hotel is offering exclusively to you:
- Reduced overnight stay rates and free use of the swimming pool and spa area.
Barceló Hotel
Sedgemoor Way, Daventry Northamptonshire NN11 0SG Tel: 01327 307000
Click here to visit website
Click here to view map
The Host
Tom O'Connor
Tom O’Connor has become a household name through the realms of television, hosting his own shows "Tom O’ Connor", "Wednesday At Eight", "Night Out At The London Casino", " London Night Out", "The Tom O’Connor Show", and " The Tom O’Connor Roadshow". He has emerged as one of the most popular entertainers in the country and one of Britain’ s funniest comedians.
Not only that, Tom has carved a fine reputation for himself as a most accomplished quiz and game show host with no less than eight successful series to his credit – "Name That Tune", "Gambit", "Zodiac", "Password", "I’ve Got A Secrets", "A Question Of Entertainment", "That’s News To Me" and the ever popular "Cross Wits".
Tom was born in Bootle, Merseyside. His father was a docker and it was in Liverpool that Tom became a schoolmaster. Whilst working as a maths teacher and assistant headmaster at St Joan of Arc School in Bootle he developed his unique comedy routines.
In actual fact, the school’s headmaster had a lot to do with the progress of Tom’s career in comedy. When his pupils showed very little interest in the academic side of mathematics, the headmaster told him, ‘Never mind the algebra and logarithms – just remember you are saving souls’
It had a great effect, for Tom found a distinctive way of teaching his subject and communicating with his charges. ‘The only way I could think of getting through to them was to tell jokes’, says Tom. ‘It worked a treat…and that’s really how the comedy all started. I actually started my showbusiness career as a singer and would have been quite happy doing that but I soon found out that comedians got paid more money than singers so I gradually introduced comedy into my act and concentrated on talking to the audience about people, and observing life. Real life can be very funny. It really took off from there’.
For several years Tom O’Connor lived a double life – teaching his pupils by day and entertaining club audiences by night. His reputation spread throughout showbusiness and it soon became obvious that he would have to make a decision about his future career.
Presentation Ceremony
7pm-1am, Thursday 17th NovemberBarceló Hotel in Daventry
Tickets £72+Vat each (Tables of 12 available)
The evening includes:
- Chocolate Fountain & Champagne reception
- Three course Meal followed by coffee and mints
- After Dinner Speaker
- Awards Ceremony
- Charity auction and raffle in aid of Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance
- Disco until 1am
- Carriages
Tickets
Click here for the ticket form.
Please print off the form and send to:
Gillian PolitisNorthamptonshire Business Excellence AwardsEvents and Exhibitions Team, Northamptonshire Newspapers LtdNewspaper House, Ise ParkRothwell Road, KetteringNorthants, NN16 8GA
Categories and Entry Forms
Select an awards category from the dropdown menu below, to view the criteria that the judges will be looking for, and also download the entry form and criteria sheet for all categories
Download the entry form document above. Complete as per the instructions contained in the form, and using the Critera sheet as a guide.
For further tips and hints on preparation and application read our online 'Power Tips' pack.
Once completed please email form to NBEA2011@northantsnews.co.uk no later than 7th Oct 2011.
If you have any questions please call contact the Event Team on 01536 506123/356902
or email et.exhibitions@northantsnews.co.uk
Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership
The Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership, launched in May 2011, has a straightforward purpose: to develop the Northamptonshire economy for the benefit of the county’s communities, businesses and visitors.
Thanks to a solid track record of delivery, the Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership hit the ground running from day one, delivering activities that make a measurable difference to the local economy - securing more and better quality private sector jobs and wealth - maintaining Northamptonshire’s momentum as one of the fastest growing counties in the UK.
The Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership will take direct action to support the economy, business and the individual. This will include:
- Helping existing businesses to grow and innovate
- Bringing new businesses into the county
- Ensuring the right infrastructure is in place
- Improving Northamptonshire’s skills base and education
- Supporting social enterprise
- Promoting Northamptonshire as a place of prosperity to business and visitor audiences
The Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership is committed to delivering an exciting and ambitious prosperity agenda which addresses economic challenges and is capable of delivering significant growth in private sector led jobs. Public / private sector collaboration such as this represents a bold move in the current economic climate, and demonstrates our clear local leadership and commitment to realise the full economic potential of Northamptonshire.
For further information please visit www.northamptonshireep.co.uk
Entry Pack
Contains general information about the awards, how to enter and all the categories.
Click here to view the entry pack online.
Sponsorship Pack
Contains information about the Awards Ceremony, guest host and charity, as well as details of our sponsorship package, benefits and booking form.
Click here to view the sponsorship pack online.
Power Tips Pack
Contains Includes tips and hints on preparation and application, what makes a winning entry, what happens if you win and post awards promotion.
Entry Guidelines
Main Sponsor and Category sponsors are not eligible to enter any categories. Your organisation or individuals within your company may enter all relevant categories, however if we feel your application is unsuitable, you will be contacted to discuss the eligibility of your application.
If you are nominating a company or an individual, please check they are happy about your nomination first, as this will prevent misunderstandings at a later date.
You may send a maximum of 4 sets of documentation to support your written submission. This can be combinations of: accounts, press cuttings, survey results, images or brochures.
Supporting documentation must be relevant to the 12 months preceeeding September 2011 and any financial evidence should be solely based on the most recent published 'Set of accounts'.
All finalists must agree to take part in the publicity, and must be available for a photograph and video filming at your place of work and give all consents necessary for the reproduction, exhibition, transmission, broadcast and exploitation of the material without a time limit worldwide and by all means and media without liability or acknowledgement to you. You agree that Northamptonshire Newspapers and Business Awards partners (those involved in the judging and filming processes) shall be entitled to cut and edit recordings as deemed fit and necessary. Video filming is scheduled to commence w/c 24th October 2011.
All entrants must agree to appear within the 'Good luck' supplement published prior to the event.
Winner's will be featured in the post-event supplement.
A minimum of two representatives will need to attend the presentation evening, and you will need to purchase a minimum of two tickets. Ticket price £72+vat. Additional tickets may be purchased. Maximum of 12 guests per table.
Northamptonshire Newspapers are not involved in the selection process for finalists or winners. The judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into with unsuccesful applicants.
Winners will be announced at the presentation evening on Thursday 17th November 2011 at the Barcelo Hotel Daventry.
Charity
Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) was established in 2003 and exists to provide a HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) to the counties of Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and the Milton Keynes area. Our service does not simply transport patients to the nearest hospital. Our service routinely carries senior Doctors and Consultants to the scene of incidents in just minutes, providing lifesaving treatment and medication at the scene and en-route to hospital. Our Air Ambulance takes the hospital to the patient, providing the best possible chance of a full recovery.
WNAA is one of very few services outside London to routinely carry a Doctor on board. Our primary response area is the 2000 square miles of Coventry, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes and some of the key border areas like Market Harborough, Banbury and Solihull. We also help out our neighbours under a mutual aid agreement in Birmingham, the West Midlands, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.
The service has 15 Doctors, 15 Paramedics & 6 Pilots who service a population of around 1.2 million people. Based at Coventry Airport, in the five years it has been operating, it has flown over 7000 missions. With an ever-increasing callout rate of between 120 and 150 per month, WNAA is the busiest air ambulance in the UK.
No Government or National Lottery Funding!
WNAA is a registered charity and relies totally on public donations, fundraising activities and sponsorship. The average cost per mission is around £1400 and the annual basic running cost of the service is over £1.7 million. Currently only able to operate in daylight hours due to the restrictive leasing costs of flying at night, WNAA aims to become the first service in the UK to operate 24 hours per day.
It is your local air ambulance, please support it. Visit www.wnaa.co.uk for more details.
Business Excellence Awards 2010
Last years Northamptonshire Business Awards were hosted by Simon Evans and as usual was a glittering affair. Sponsors, finalists and organisers were treated to a champagne and chocolate fountain reception, followed by a fantastic three-course meal with wine and entertained by the urbane comedian before the awards presentation. This was then followed by a charity auction and raffle for Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance. Those with energy to burn enjoyed a disco to polish off a great evening of excellence.
- New Business of the Year - The Pickled Village
- Training and Development Award - Novacroft
- Creative Business of the Year - The Creative Rooms
- International Trader of the Year - Pluswipes
- Environmental Award - Think3e
- Apprenticeship Business of the Year - Sainsburys Bakery College
- Enterprising Business of the Year - Swan COC Enterprises
- Unsung Employee of the Year - Andrew Hornby, NAR Group
- Community Investment Award - Wellingborough Homes
- Customer Service Award - Working Links Northampton
- Business of the Year (Under 50 employees) - NAR Group
- Business of the Year (Over 50 employees) - B&V Water Treatment
- Business Choice Award - NAR Group
Awards Ceremony 2010 Gallery
Click here to view a photo gallery of last year's awards evening.
