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23/11/2012
Ulster Bank Launches 2012 Business Achievers Awards
Start-ups, food & drink firms, agri-businesses, SMEs, social enterprises and all other companies called on to embrace popular scheme
Ulster Bank launches the 19th Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards with a call to companies to embrace the full benefits of the programme – the networking, the development events and most importantly, the positive publicity it can bring.
For the past three years, over a third of all entries to the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards have been in the 'Best Business Start Up' category, which highlights the relevance of awards programmes, and the resulting profile, to new businesses.
Categories, including those for Innovation & Emerging Technology, have also been increasingly popular, with many companies entering categories which reward social enterprises and international businesses as well.
This year, Ulster Bank has added some new categories to celebrate the growing diversity and strength of the SME sector – a Woman-Led Business category, a Best Established SME category, and a division into two separate categories of Agri-Business, and Food & Drink.
The awards, which are run in Northern Ireland in association with Invest NI, InterTradeIreland and The Belfast Telegraph, as well as Smallbusinesscan.com, are also supported by organisations including the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce, the Institute of Directors (IoD) Northern Ireland, and The Prince’s Trust.
Speaking at the launch of the awards at Riddel Hall, Belfast, Ian Jordan, Director Corporate Banking Division, Northern Ireland, Ulster Bank said: "Almost nine out of 10 companies we surveyed told us that they enter awards for the PR and profile. For start-up companies, who made up a third of entries from Ulster in last year’s Business Achievers, the awareness of their business and its achievements that winning awards can bring is crucial.
"To make entering the Business Achievers Awards even more worthwhile for start-ups, and other companies, this year we are enhancing the programme to include a new 'Business Achievers Roadshow', when companies can benefit from workshops, seminars, and networking, as well as the experiences of past winners.
"We will also be providing additional PR opportunities for companies who may not make the all-island final. Everyday there are successes and positive stories in the business community and we want to highlight and support them."
(CD)
Ulster Bank launches the 19th Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards with a call to companies to embrace the full benefits of the programme – the networking, the development events and most importantly, the positive publicity it can bring.
For the past three years, over a third of all entries to the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards have been in the 'Best Business Start Up' category, which highlights the relevance of awards programmes, and the resulting profile, to new businesses.
Categories, including those for Innovation & Emerging Technology, have also been increasingly popular, with many companies entering categories which reward social enterprises and international businesses as well.
This year, Ulster Bank has added some new categories to celebrate the growing diversity and strength of the SME sector – a Woman-Led Business category, a Best Established SME category, and a division into two separate categories of Agri-Business, and Food & Drink.
The awards, which are run in Northern Ireland in association with Invest NI, InterTradeIreland and The Belfast Telegraph, as well as Smallbusinesscan.com, are also supported by organisations including the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce, the Institute of Directors (IoD) Northern Ireland, and The Prince’s Trust.
Speaking at the launch of the awards at Riddel Hall, Belfast, Ian Jordan, Director Corporate Banking Division, Northern Ireland, Ulster Bank said: "Almost nine out of 10 companies we surveyed told us that they enter awards for the PR and profile. For start-up companies, who made up a third of entries from Ulster in last year’s Business Achievers, the awareness of their business and its achievements that winning awards can bring is crucial.
"To make entering the Business Achievers Awards even more worthwhile for start-ups, and other companies, this year we are enhancing the programme to include a new 'Business Achievers Roadshow', when companies can benefit from workshops, seminars, and networking, as well as the experiences of past winners.
"We will also be providing additional PR opportunities for companies who may not make the all-island final. Everyday there are successes and positive stories in the business community and we want to highlight and support them."
(CD)
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