Blackpool Tower Circus and Ballroom played host to more than 1,000 Lancashire business delegates tonight for the Be Inspired Business Awards (BIBAs) 2014.
Trophies were awarded across 19 categories including honouring excellence in customer service, export and e-business, as well as Lancastrian of the year.
Winners:
Business of the Year
Winner: Chemical Innovations
Finalists:
Bleep UK PLC
I C G Brandbuilders
Inspired Energy
Lailas Fine foods
New Call Telecom
The Stocks Hall Nursing & Care Group
White Moss Horticulture Ltd
Small Business of the Year
Winner: Suresite Group
Finalists:
Ainscough Training
Services Ltd
CM Oxendale
Connect 2 Cleanrooms Ltd
Direct365
Inteb Sustainablity
Lantei
Peter Jackson the Jeweller
Service Business of the Year
Winner: Springhill Care and Preston Bus
Finalists:
Assured Cleaning Services Ltd
Businesswise Solutions
Granby Marketing Services
I C G Brandbuilders
Pakawaste Engineering Services Ltd
Fairbanks Environmental Ltd
Micro Business of the Year
Winner: The Little Big Voice
Finalists:
Colossal Training
Gconnect
Group55
Pennine Events Ltd
Silverwoods Waste Management Ltd
Training Station
WJF Technical Support Ltd
Entrepreneur of the Year
Winner: Steve Pearson - Remvox Ltd
Finalists:
Claire Fryer - The Mosaic Care Group
Jim Elliot - Hangerworld
Joe Govier - Connect 2 Cleanrooms Ltd
Julian Silverwood - Silverwoods Waste Management
Nigel Eastwood - New Call Telecom
Laila and Nazir Remtulla - Lailas Fine Foods
Mohammed Patel - Lance Mason
New Business of the Year
Winner: The Networking People
Finalists:
All You Knead
Choc Amor
Colossal Training
Contrado Digital Ltd
forward2me Limited
love My Limited
Remvox LTD
Excellence in Customer Service
Winner: Springhill Care
Finalists:
Ainscough Training Services Ltd
Chestnut Business Solutions
Hesketh Press
New Call Telecom
NuBlue
Parbold Equestrian Centre
Via Partnership
Employer of the Year
Winner: Magma Digital Ltd
Finalists:
Connect 2 Cleanrooms Ltd
Fairbanks Environmental Ltd
Inspired Energy
Springhill Care
Taylor Patterson Group
The Stocks Hall Nursing & Care Group
True Bearing Chartered
Business Woman of the Year
Winner: Janet Thornton - Inspired Energy
Finalists:
Karen O’Donoghue - Via
Michelle Cuffe & Felicity Lacey - Excel Fostering
Rose Watkins - Centaur Training Services (North West) Ltd
Exporter of the Year
Winner: Chelsom Limited
Finalists:
Chemical Innovations
Pakawaste Ltd
Scorpion Automotive
Tangerine Holdings
Tetrad
TISS Ltd
Trelleborg Offshore UK Ltd
E-Business of the Year
Winner: Connect 2 Cleanrooms Ltd
Finalists:
Direct365
Hanger World
Suntana Spray Tan Ltd
Talent Dynamics
The Ink Squid
WebsiteUK Ltd
Creative Business of the Year
Winner: Chelsom Lighting
Finalists:
Bespoke Internet Ltd
I C G Brandbuilders
Knight Time Creations
Marmalade Toast
SPS EU Ltd
Stone Create
YouMeSign
Medium Business of the Year
Winner: Scorpion Automotive
Finalists:
Ascentis
Blackpool Zoo
Granby Marketing Services
Lance Mason
Promenade Hotels Ltd
SPS EU Ltd
Tangerine Holdings Limited
Construction Business of the Year
Winner: Conlon Construction
Finalists:
Building Careers
Cassidy + Ashton
CM Oxendale
Homestead CSL
Jones Melling Ltd
Pinington Ltd
Story Homes
Leisure Business of the Year
Winner: Blackpool Zoo
Finalists:
Crow Wood Leisure Ltd
Fylde Executive Cars Ltd
Longthorne Gunmakers Ltd
Promenade Hotels Ltd
Starboard Hotels Group
The Wellbeing Farm
Winter Gardens Blackpool
Manufacturer of the Year
Winner: Tangerine Holdings Limited
Finalists:
Chemical Innovations
Lailas Fine foods
Longthorne Gunmakers Ltd
Scorpion Automotive
SPS EU Ltd
Tetrad
White Moss Horticulture
Professional Business of the Year
Winner: Magma Digital Ltd
Finalists:
Astute Wealth Management
Cassidy + Ashton
Clayton Recruitment
Jones Melling Ltd
Lance Mason
Taylor Patterson Group
True Bearing Chartered
The Most Inspiring Business of the Year
Winner: The Foxton Centre
Lancastrian of the Year
Winner: Eric Wright, Eric Wright Group
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