Leaders of local businesses large and small united at the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne for the town’s most prestigious business awards event to celebrate the winners whilst raising money for a world leading cancer charity on Friday, 4th November 2016.
During the exciting Eastbourne Business Awards, Mike Walker our Managing Director, went on stage to thank all those involved in making the awards ceremony such a memorable one as well as congratulating all nominees, “we are very impressed at the quality of the businesses and individuals that have been nominated this year! It really does illustrate that this town has some seriously talented, hardworking and entrepreneurial people and I’m so pleased to be up here helping to recognise you all. Every single one of the nominees is a winner in my book.”
After an introduction to the company’s history and plans for the future, Mike encouraged everyone in the room to dig deep for a charity very close to his heart, Cancer Research UK, for which the events’ attendees raised a wonderfully generous £855.
The fundraising collection was conducted by Amy Woods, Shop Manager for the Eastbourne branch of Cancer Research UK, who adds “we are very grateful indeed to Mike and CountyClean Group for choosing our charity for this year’s Eastbourne Business Awards and wish them all the best for the future. It was really lovely to be a part of the event!”
The Nobel Prize winning charity carries out exceptional life-saving research into the causes, prevention and treatment of different forms of cancer. Despite cancer rates rising every year, the charity’s innovative work has contributed to the increasing survival rates and its ambition is to see 3 in 4 people surviving cancer within 20 years.
The awards ceremony was opened by Keith Ridley of Johnston Press in East Sussex, was hosted by the BBC’s The One Show presenter Nick Wallis and sponsored by local companies including W. Bruford, Fusciardi’s Ice Cream Parlour and the Rotary Club of Eastbourne, with CountyClean Group as the headline event sponsor.
The winners and highly commended achievers of the Eastbourne Business Awards 2016 are:
Small Business of the Year Award – Sponsored by Let’s Do Business
Winner: The HR Dept Brighton and Eastbourne
Highly Commended: Eastbourne Enterprise Centre
Medium Business of the Year – Sponsored by Advanta Chartered Accountants
Winner: Verrall & Parks Ltd
Large Business of the Year – Sponsored by Eastbourne Arndale Centre
Winner: Hastings Direct
Start-Up – Sponsored by Fusciardi’s Ice Cream Parlour
Winner: Gentleman Jacks
Highly Commended: Online Ticket Seller
Manufacturing and Construction
Winner: Colbran and Wingrove Ltd
Highly Commended: Tombag
Customer Service – Sponsored by Handlesbanken
Winner: Jamieson Berriman, General Manager of Best Western Lansdowne Hotel
Highly Commended: Katherine Morris from Nationwide Building Society
Young Achiever – Sponsored by Rotary Club of Eastbourne
Winner: Brandon Relph
Employee / Team of the Year – Sponsored by ETC Magazine
Winner: Luke Johnson of Eastbourne Chamber of Commerce
Highly Commended: The View Hotel Eastbourne
Employer of the Year – Sponsored by Hart Reade Solicitors
Winner: Gradient Consultants Ltd
Outstanding Contribution to the Community – Sponsored by the Spice Garden
Winner: Dave Cooper for his part in the organisation of Eastbourne Sunshine Carnival
Place to Eat and/or Drink – Presented by CountyClean Group
Winner: Fusciardi’s Ice Cream Parlour
Highly Commended: Anema e Core and Raipur Indian Cuisine Restaurant
Innovation of the Year – Sponsored by CountyClean Group
Winner: West End Studios
Retailer of the Year – Sponsored by W. Brufords
Winner: Barracloughs the Opticians
Highly Commended: Sussex Bed Centre
Business Personality – Sponsored by Identity Group
Winner: Maxine Reid of Kreston Reeves
Highly Commended: Denise Harwood of Eastbourne Enterprise Centre
Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure – Sponsored by Lions Hotel
Winner: Wyntercon
Development & Training – Sponsored by the Grand Hotel
Winner: Tim Sorensen of the Eastbourne Education Business Partnership
Highly Commended: McCrudden Training Ltd
Lifetime Achievement – Sponsored by Chatfields Jewellers
Winner: Mike Marchant of Eastbourne Borough Council
Overall Business of the Year – Sponsored by CountyClean Group
Winner: Barracloughs the Opticians
Special Recognition
Winner: Rupert Ashford of Ashprint
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