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Business success marked at Awards evening |
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"Thames Valley Business Magazine is an excellent, very postive, upbeat creation by David Murray and a must read for all local businesses, from corporate to micro, in the Thames Valley."
Jon Davey - Business in Berkshire 
Companies from across the region celebrated their success at the 17th annual Thames Valley Business Awards, held on November 17.The event, attended by more than 350 local business leaders and held at Reading’s Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, attracted entries from as far apart as Reading, High Wycombe, Newbury and Oxford. Guest of honour, Lord Digby Jones, former director general of the CBI and well-known champion of British industry, set the tone for the evening when he emphasised the importance of learning basic skills, and called on businesses to reach out and offer training and apprenticeships for tomorrow’s generation of employees. “As successful companies we owe it to them to reach out and help take people to a place where they can achieve. We are the wealth creators and we need to be doing things in a way that we take the whole of society with us,” he told the audience. Thirty-six companies were shortlisted for the six prestigious awards and David Murray, Awards chairman, praised all those who entered, saying the judges had had a tough decision choosing from impressive stack of entries. “Your companies fly the flag for this region of ours, the Thames Valley, the powerhouse of enterprise, entrepreneurialism and corporate endeavour,” he said. And there was a special thank you for the support of the six sponsors – Pitmans, Deloitte, Vail Williams, DediPower, The Royal Bank of Scotland and James Cowper. Walking away with the title of Thames Valley Business of the Year Award was Reading-based Symantec; Wireless Logic from Marlow won The Dynamic Business Award; Andrews & Wykeham from Basingstoke won Thames Valley Export Award; Phabrix, from Burghclere, near Newbury, won SME of the Year; Maidenhead’s SDL won Business Management Team; and Best Company to Work For was won by Bottomline Technologies, based in Reading. Full results: The Thames Valley Export Award – sponsored by DediPower1st – Andrews & Wykeham 2nd – Hansford Sensors 3rd – Signet International Highly commended: Talaris, Phabrix, TSL (Television Systems Ltd) SME of the Year Award – sponsored by James Cowper1st – Phabrix 2nd – The Chemistry Group 3rd IT Talent Solutions Highly commended: Eclipse Marketing, Well Pregnancy Products, Triteq The Business Management Team Award – sponsored by The Royal Bank of Scotland1st – SDL plc 2nd – Leasedrive 3rd – Eclipse Marketing Highly commended: Junction Solutions, Centrix Software, GCS Recruitment The Best Company to Work For – sponsored by Vail Williams1st – Bottomline Technologies 2nd – Integralis 3rd – Austin Fraser Highly commended: The Chemistry Group, GCS Recruitment, Nominet The Dynamic Business Award – sponsored by Deloitte1st – Wireless Logic 2nd – ByBox 3rd – Area Sq Highly commended: Talaris, Eton Travel Group, TNT Post UK The Thames Valley Business of the Year Award – sponsored by Pitmans1st – Symantec 2nd – Leasedrive 3rd – ByBox Highly commended: Kyocera Mita (UK), European Electronique, Bottomline Technologies |
