Chamber Awards Recognise Region’s Outstanding Businesses
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The Chamber held a special awards ceremony to highlight the incredible achievements of the North East’s business community.
Held at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, our Business Awards celebrate growth, innovation, technology, diversity and creativity, and bring together incredible success stories from a range of local businesses.
Award categories include Rising Star, Digital Revolution Business of the Year and Green Innovation Business of the Year, with winners of the national categories going on to become finalists in the British Chambers of Commerce awards.
John Johnston, chief executive of Chamber Business Awards sponsor Bernicia, said: “We’ve had a fantastic time celebrating the region’s incredible businesses, who are all playing their part in ensuring the North East continues to be a great place to live, work and do business.
“The Chamber awards showcase innovation, collaboration and our shared determination to help the North East grow and prosper. A huge congratulations to all of tonight’s worthy winners.”
Erudus were announced overall Business of the Year and also received the regional Small Business of the Year award. The company is a market leading source of accurate allergy, nutritional and technical product data, populated by the food industry.
Jon Shayler, chief executive officer at Erudus, said: “We were absolutely thrilled to win Small Business of the Year and completely floored to win Business of the Year as well – particularly given the high quality of the shortlisted nominees and the members of the North East Chamber of Commerce as a whole.
“It’s already been such an amazing year for Erudus, and I could not be prouder of our growing team, all they have achieved, and what they already look set to achieve in the near future – this is the cherry on the top!”
New College Durham picked up the Larger Business of the Year award for their work in shaping the next generation’s workforce, and the Great North Air Ambulance Service was highly commended in the same category.
Other regional award categories included Entrepreneur of the Year, which was awarded to Chloë Clover from Wander Films, who made it onto the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and Rising Star was presented to Nathaniel Cutler from Komatsu UK Ltd.
Community Business of the Year went to Karbon Homes for their focus on delivering quality homes, excellent customer service and sustainable communities. The Alnwick Garden was highly commended in the same category.
National categories included People and Work Business of the Year, which was awarded to Northumbrian Water for their commitment to recruit, train and retain a diverse and skilled workforce.
Newcastle-based tech firm SPARK EPoS won Digital Revolution Business of the Year, and all-electric, open-access train operator Lumo was awarded the Green Innovation Business of the Year award for its strides in sustainability.
Businesses proving that borders are not a barrier to trade were recognised in the International Trade Business of the Year category, with Cleveland Cable Company picking up the award.
Local Economy of the Future was presented to razorblue for their exceptional levels of growth and meaningful contribution to the UK economy.
Our Business Awards, now in their fourth year, are sponsored by Bernicia. The housing association is a long-standing associate sponsor of the Chamber awards and has committed to supporting the event for a further two years.
This year’s category awards were supported by Pureprint Imprint, Lookers Vehicle Solutions, Intuit, Pulsant, Prima Cheese, NRG, North East Business Resilience Centre, North East Times, Society Matters Group, Community Transport Association and OakNorth.
The black tie event, which took place on 27 June, was hosted by prominent North East advocate Charlie Charlton and included live music by Phil Davids & The Good Times Band. The awards were made by the National Glass Centre in Sunderland.
The Chamber’s next awards are the popular Inspiring Females Awards, which are open to enter until 12noon on 11 September. The final will be held at Newcastle Civic Centre in November. Please click here for more information.