• Celebrating success at EMC’s 2017 Derbyshire business awards including some great videos of the winners!!

    Sarah Stevenson MD of Astute with her husband Robert and the rest of the team at Astute at EMCs Business Awards Evening
    Sarah Stevenson MD of Astute with her husband Robert and the rest of the team at Astute at EMCs Business Awards Evening

    EMC’s 2017 Derbyshire Business awards were a huge success!  We brought our team down for the awards dinner and had a great time!

    Our very own Sarah Stevenson, MD, did not win but we are all really proud of her for making it to the final 5 in this tough category. We managed to capture a video snippet of her being announced as one of the finalists which you can watch HERE.

    Everyone was delighted for Mo Suleyman of Derby Museums to receive the award for Entrepreneur of the Year. You can watch Mo receiving his award on a video we took by clicking HERE. His work for Derby Museums has been tireless and this accolade is well deserved.

    Ashley Sowerby of Chevin Fleet Management was delighted with both of his company’s awards on the night. Firstly for Excellence in International Trade which was sponsored by Greenbank. Runners up included Global Brands and Picsolve International. Chevin’s second award was for Business of the Year sponsored by Mazars. Again we managed to capture a video clip of Ashley Sowerby and his team receiving their award and you can watch this HERE.

     

    Chevin Fleet Management on stage with their award for Business of the Year at EMC's Derbyshire Business Awards 2017
    Chevin Fleet Management on stage with their award for Business of the Year at EMC’s Derbyshire Business Awards 2017

     

    You can watch a video of Matt Wheatcroft, MD of Purpose Media and his team receiving their award for Marketing Campaign of the Year HERE. Commiserations to DrivenMedia, Koobr and Tidyco who came valiant runners up.

    Thank you to all the Sponsors this year and of course to the EMC themselves for showcasing the top talent across Derbyshire once again!

     

    A full list of all the finalists and winners is below: –

     

    Business Improvement through Technology:
    Sponsor: Greendog
    Winner: Hardy Signs
    Runners-up: Chevin Fleet Solutions, Picsolve International

    Community Impact Award:
    Sponsor: Futures Housing Group
    Winner: Cosy Direct
    Runners-up: Derby Museums, Hodgkinson Builders, Sarah Gatford

    Outstanding Growth Award:
    Sponsor: East Midlands Airport
    Winner: Fifteen Design
    Runners-up: ChargedEV, Chevin Fleet Solutions, DG Light Haulage, Purpose Media

    Marketing Campaign of the Year Award:
    Sponsor: Kemps Publishing
    Winner: Purpose Media
    Runners-up: DrivenMedia, Koobr, Tidyco

    Commitment to People development Award:
    Sponsor: PKF Cooper Parry
    Winner: Talk Staff Group
    Runners-up: Fujichem Sonneborn, Sky Recruitment Solutions

    Apprentice of the Year:
    Sponsor: Babington Group
    Winner: Zachary Beer – Hodgkinson Bricklaying Contractors
    Runners-up: Bria Kiely – Buxton and Leek College, Tom Lacey – Mercia Image Print, George Faulkner – Peak Sensors, Ollie Henderson – Purpose Media

    Entrepreneur of the Year:
    Sponsor: Shredall SDS Group
    Winner: Mohammed Suleman – Derby Museums
    Highly commended: Caroline Hopkinson – Emerald Accountancy
    Runners-up: Sarah Stevenson – Astute Recruitment, Mark Pymm – ChargedEV, Matt Wheatcroft – Purpose Media

    Education and Business Partnership Award:
    Sponsor: Blueprint Interiors
    Winner: R.E.A.L Education
    Highly commended: Derby College
    Runner-up: Skills for Careers

    Excellence in Customer Service:
    Sponsor: The Money Shop
    Winner: Bright Side Vets
    Runners-up: Banner Jones Solicitors, Fujichem Sonneborn, Geldards’ Family Team, trentbarton

    Excellence in International Trade:
    Sponsor: Greenbank
    Winner: Chevin Fleet Solutions
    Runners-up: Global Brands, Picsolve International

    Small Business of the Year:
    Sponsor: Geldards
    Winner: Bright Side Vets
    Runners-up: Bowers Electricals, DG Light Haulage, Frame Fast UK, Tidyco

    Manufacturer of the Year:
    Sponsor: Rolls-Royce
    Winner: Frame Fast UK
    Runners-up: Bowers Electricals, Mercia Image Print

    Business of the Year:
    Sponsor: Mazars
    Winner: Chevin Fleet Solutions