The category finalists have been selected by the Chairman of Judges and fellow judges and will now go on to compete for a prestigous National Business Awards trophy.
Presentations and the final round of judging will take place over September and October, with the winners announced on stage at the Awards Ceremony & Dinner on 10 November 2009. The event will take place in the Great Ballroom at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane.
For more information about the event and availability of places please call 020 7234 8755.
THE NATIONAL BUSINESS AWARDS FINALISTS 2009
The Orange Leader of the Year
Vote for your leader of 2009 between 5th and 23rd October at:
nationalbusinessawards.co.uk/voteorange
3i Private Business of the Year
Arup Group Limited
PallEx Holdings Limited
CPP Group
LOVEFiLM International
Samworth Brothers Holdings Limited
T.J. Morris Limited
The Book Depository
Bibby Line Group Limited
Hotel Chocolat Limited
Mobile Interactive Group
The Coutts & Co Large-Cap Business of the Year
Arm Holdings
British Sky Broadcasting
Inmarsat
Pearson
Pace
Diageo
Wm Morrison Supermarkets
Amec
Admiral Group
The Berkeley Group Holdings
The Grant Thornton Mid-Cap Business of the Year
ASOS
PayPoint
Stobart Group Limited
Melrose Resources
Telecity Group
Umeco
Wesleyan Assurance Society
moneysupermarket.com Group
The Restaurant Group
Greggs plc
The Daily Telegraph Decade of Excellence in Business
Winner to be announced on the 10th November
FINALSTS IN ENTRY ONLY CATEGORIES:
The Orange Best Use of Technology in Business Award
Active Web Solutions
Clearlybusiness, a Barclays company
Cordia
Forensic Pathways & Cambridgeshire Police
Retail Decisions
Laing O'Rourke
Honeywell Building Solutions
Rakusen Design FX
SMITH ENGINEERING
Learndirect
The Health Work & Well-being Award
Admiral Group
Artizian
Atlantic Inertial Systems
CSC
DVLA
E.ON
Lafarge Readymix
National Grid
NHS Lanarkshire
Ragdale Hall Health Hydro & Thermal Spa
The Health Work & Well-being Award for Small Business
Azur Advanced Health
Crown Spa Hotel
Fit for Work
Freshteam Services
Healthy Valleys
HL Display (UK)
Alara Wholefoods
system concepts
Talascend
Xmo Strata
The Better Regulation Award
AAT
C.S. Todd & Associates
Environment Agency
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (ADL)
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (BPSS)
Invu
Lichfield District Council
MAPFRE ABRAXAS
The Pensions Regulator
The Security Company (International)
The IMechE Business Innovation of the Year Award
Addison Lee
Ashes into Glass
Juniper Food Waste
Flexlife
Glencairn Crystal
GreenMech
Loadhog
Quick Holdings
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Cambridge)
Webmart
The ICAEW Corporate Responsibility Award
Barclays
Community Integrated Care
EDF Energy Networks
Framptons
Home Retail Group plc ( Argos and Homebase)
Mondial Assistance
Morgan Est Utility Services
Reed Elsevier
TD Waterhouse
Wessex Water
The Growth Strategy of the Year Award
Asperity Employee Benefits
Cheapflights
dotDigital Group
Fake Bake
Moneybookers
iknow UK
Patersons
Samworth Brothers
TeleCityGroup
TTS
The Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Jeff Gunn, Bright Ideas Global
Sara Murray, buddi
Dale Vince, Ecotricity
Denice Purdie, Purdies The Scottish Soap Co
Chris McClellan, Remote Asset Management
Katherine Corich, Sysdoc
Liz Cottingham, The Mill at Gordleton
Glen Manchester, Thunderhead
Avi Lasarow, Trimega Laboratories
Dr Lalvani, Vitabiotics
The Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award
Ironmongery Direct
Cantifix
Wow! Stuff
Go Ape High Wire Forest Adventure
Hughes Safety Showers
Mash Direct
Octopus Investments
Myprotein.co.uk
Petroleum Experts
Redington
The Phone Co-op
Tekdata Interconnections
The Customer Focus Award
Apetito
Liverpool City Council
Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions
DPD
XLN Telecom
Inver House Distillers
Leaseplan uk
Remote Asset Management
Rackspace
TNT UK
The Employer of the Year Award
Alsbridge
Amey
Bright Grey
buyingTeam
Cirrus Communication Systems
Corps Security
HostelBookers
Luminus Group
Moorhouse Consulting
Novacroft
The Marketing Strategy of the Year
Aviva
Great Lengths Hair
King of Shaves
HM Revenue & Customs
Nationwide Autocentre
Resonates
Swiftcover.com
The British Heart Foundation
Toptable
Unilever