THE cream of crop will be honoured tonight to recognise the difference they make to the business community and Bury as a whole.
The sixth annual Made in Bury Business Awards are taking place tonight in Prestwich.
The awards are presented by Made in Bury, in partnership with Bury Council, thebestofbury and Tower FM.
More than 360 guests will come together at the black-tie event to honour and celebrate the hard work of Bury’s best businesses and organisations.
Applications for the awards opened earlier this year. All shortlisted businesses attended a meet and greet session on October 5 where they were asked to deliver a short presentation and answer a series of questions from the judging panel. This was their chance to show the judges why they were the most deserving business for this year’s awards.
With the competition getting tougher every year, the judges faced the increasingly difficult task of selecting which businesses would go through as finalists in each of the 20 categories.
Now in the sixth year, businesses really need to stand out from the crowd in order to make it through!
The 2018 finalists are:
Best in Class - Start-Up Business - Sponsored by NatWest
Funtime Activities Sports
Scene My Event
Slate Barbers
Stay N Play Doggy Daycare
Best in Class – Creative - Sponsored by Stables Country Club
Bridget Aherne Communications
Icon Kitchen Studio Ltd
Pink Labrador PR & Communications
Best in Class - Motoring & Transport - Sponsored by The Joshua Wilson Brain Tumour Charity
Cartime
Extreme Car Care
Get Driving Today
The Woodcocks Haworth & Nuttall Manufacturing & Engineering Award
Brighter Blinds
Easy Crypto Hunter
Molygran & Co
Best in Class - Backing Young Bury - Sponsored by Horsfield & Smith
Car Benefit Solutions
Military Standard Training Ltd
Sparkles Academy of Performing Arts
Best in Class - Food & Drink
Sponsored by E. Anthony Orme Gallery
The Coach at Edenfield
The Fisherman’s Retreat
The Mouse Trap
The Connect Comms Award Health & Beauty
Lavender Hotels
Military Standard Training
Slate Barbers
The Nettl of Bury, Professional, Legal & Financial Award
Munro Greenhalgh
PM+M Solutions for Business LLP
Woodcocks Haworth & Nuttall
Best in Class – Technology
Sponsored by Platinum Care
Easy Crypto Hunter
MSL
Orthinc
The H.H.Smith & Sons Environmental Impact Award
Molygran & Co
Senior Waste Removals
Stay N Play Doggy Daycare
Best in Class– Retailer Award - Sponsored by Cartime
Hills Pet Shop
Icon Kitchen Studio Ltd
LNK Motors
The AFG LAW Property & Construction Award
Belvoir Bury
Icon Kitchen Studio Ltd
Luke Barnett Property Management
Best in Class Award - Tourism & Leisure - Sponsored by Complete Driveway Designs
East Lancashire Railway
Funtime Activities
Lavender Hotels
The BusinessLodge Award for Customer Excellence
AFG LAW
Car Benefit Solutions
LNK Motors
Best in Class - Family Business
Sponsored by Square Peg Associates
The Fisherman’s Retreat
Lavender Hotels
Molygran & Co
The Longden & Cook Excellence in Developing People Award
AFG LAW
Military Standard Training
PM+M Solutions for Business LLP
Recycling Lives
Best in Class - Community Impact - Sponsored by Bury College
Street Pastors
The Joshua Wilson Brain Tumour Charity
The Victoria
Best in Class – Large Business - Sponsored by Sambro
Car Benefit Solutions
Cartime
Rakem
The Milliken Businessman of the Year Award
David McCann – Woodcocks Haworth & Nuttall
Hervey Magnall – The Fisherman’s Retreat
Mike Tobin – SAFE
Bury Businesswoman of the Year - Sponsored by Rakem
Cath Harrop - Carriages Hair & Beauty
Hannah Broughton – Twinkleboost
Helen Clayton – PM+M Solutions for Business LLP
There isn’t much longer to wait until the winners are announced. Best of luck to everyone taking part!
See next week’s Bury Times for an eight-page winners’ pull-out.
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