Clarke Nicklin, are the main sponsors and organisers of the Stockport Business Awards and founded the event six years ago. We can now announce the shortlist for the 2018 Stockport Business Awards.
Over 80 Businesses entered the 12 categories this year and judging took place at Orbit Development’s Highbank House on Thursday 28th June. The judging consisted of headline sponsors representatives from Clarke Nicklin, Gorvins Solicitors and Orbit Developments. Representatives from Stockport Borough Council and the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce also joined the judging panel and after many hours of discussion and debate the shortlist was decided. This year’s shortlist is:
Business of the Year (over £5m) – Sponsored by Clarke Nicklin
Shepherds Friendly
Glossop Cartons
APEM
Business of the Year (£1-5m) – Sponsored by Gorvins Solicitors
DASA
Tangent
Grassroots Recruitment
Business of the Year (up to £1m) – Sponsored by Orbit Developments
Agapanthus Interiors
Essential Personnel
Sammon Media
Most Promising Young Business – Sponsored by Clarke Nicklin
Bristow & Hardy
Candy MC
Tramp Hair Boutique
Employer of the Year – Sponsored by Life Leisure
Creative Support
Rowlinson
DASA
Business Person of the Year – Sponsored by Handelsbanken
Woodbank Office Solutions – Janet Bowden
Pioneer – Chris Appleyard
Creative Apparel – Phil Miller
International Business of the Year – Sponsored by Clarke Nicklin Financial Planning
APEM
Starkey Hearing Technologies
Practical Publishing
Best Not-for-Profit Organisation – Sponsored by Ashcroft Associates
Creative Support
Seashell Trust
Stockport homes
The Innovation Award – Sponsored by Stockport Borough Council & Economic Alliance
Agile Automations
Starkey Technologies
Sammon Media
Best Creative/Design Agency – Sponsored by Marketing Stockport
Platform 81
Sammon Media
Tangent
Excellence in CSR – Sponsored by CDL
Almond Pubs
Vernon Building Society
Stockport Homes
Best Food & Drink Retailer- Sponsored by Clarke Nicklin
Lime lounge
Almond pubs
Bombay to Mumbai
The winners will be announced at an awards dinner which will take place on Thursday 11th October at Stockport Town Hall, which is one of the many venues provided by Stockport Events. The awards evening will also focus on raising money for this year’s charity partner Stockport for carers.
Andrew Baggott, Managing partner of Clarke Nicklin, commented “It’s been six years that I have been reviewing entries into the Awards. When making the decision to set up the Awards all that time ago, I fully expected it to identify the excellent businesses we have here in Stockport, and even six years on I am still surprised and delighted at the vibrancy, variety and success we have in our borough. This means us judges are faced with difficult decisions every year; but that is part of what makes the Awards so interesting and exciting. This also goes for us when we are organising the event, and also on the night for all those who have entered and the other guests who get the buzz of finding out which great businesses have been recognised this year.”
Tickets will be on sale from Monday 2nd July to all shortlisted businesses and will be on sale to the general public on Monday 16th July. You can purchase tickets from the Stockport Business Awards website www.stockportbusinessawards.co.uk or email Laura Frost [email protected] to be invoiced
