Chance for companies to shine
Organisers of this year's Signature Awards are looking to celebrating exceptional companies and business people despite growing political and economic uncertainty.
Now in their fifth year, the awards will take place on February 1, aiming to attract the movers and shakers from both the business and political worlds with the attendance of the brightest entrepreneurial talent in the wider region also in the room.
The deadline for the awards is the December 2 and founder Ninder Johal – a past president of the Black Country Chamber of Commerce and current board member of both the West Midlands Growth Company and the Black Country LEP – says he is impressed by the quality of the nominations so far.
"Despite the uncertainty in the business community on the future of its relationship with the EU, there is still an element of confidence in the growth projections of the UK economy and it is in this vein that I see a similar pattern in the quality and quantity of the submissions to date," said Ninder.
"Although there are still some weeks to go, I would urge those who see an exceptional individual or business to put their names forward so that we can collectively celebrate the quality that the UK can rightly boast about. It is so important that we recognise both those who create wealth and those who enable the process of wealth creation to occur. The business and professional sector play such an important role in both the domestic and overseas markets.
"The UK brand is especially associated globally with innovation and creativity and for this reason we have included a category for innovation and enterprise and I am looking forward to seeing more applications from entrepreneurs too."
The Signature Awards will take place on February 1 at the ICC and has already attracted sponsors including Cobra Beer, East End foods, FBC Manby Bowdler, BSJ Distribution, Oxbridge Home Learning, NFU Mutual, Kuflink , Wolverhampton University, Porsche, Pathway Group, Vision Print, Hollywood Monster and Rational FX.
The categories include : Excellence in Finance/Financial Services, Excellence in Law/legal services, Excellence in Real Estate, , International/Innovation and Enterprise of the year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Business Person of the year, Promoting Apprenticeships, Small Business of the Year,Excellence in the Professions for Owner Practices, the Diversity and Inclusion Award and Life time Achievement.
The chosen charity for the evening is Acorns Hospice and the event will be hosted by the former BBC presenter Tommy Sandhu.
For nominations go to www.nachural.co.uk and to enter the awards email: awards@nachural.co.uk
