Trafford New Business Awards 2008 - Betty and Belle lingerie shop in Manchester receive highly commended
Monday, September 29th, 2008We are delighted to have received the
Highly Commended for new business start up award 2008
Big Thank you to all our loyal customers who have helped us through our first year.
- proudly receiving our award
THE first annual Trafford Business Awards went off with a bang on Wednesday night, as the cream of the borough’s business community descended on Lancashire Cricket Club.”The Trafford area is a great place, the area’s absolutely booming, and it’s a great place for me and great place to do business
Darren Carr, Business Person of the YearThe event - jointly hosted by Messenger and Trafford Borough Council - was compered by former BBC TV reporter Eamonn O’Neil, and sponsored by Trafford College, Harold Sharp Chartered Accountants, developer Nikal, Veolia Enviromental Services, and Trafford Council.
Up for grabs were six awards: Start Up Business of the Year, Retailer of the Year, Training and Development, Environmental Business of the Year, Business Person of the Year, and Business of the Year.
From dozens of entries, the judging panel - consisting of Messenger editor, Lynn Hughes; chief exeutive at Trafford Council, David McNulty; Business Link’s northwest relationship manager, Steve Connolly, and Chris Fletcher, deputy chief exeutive and policy director at the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce - had earlier shortlisted the categories down to just 15 of Trafford’s finest.
START Up Business of The Year proved a difficult choice for the judges, so much so the runner-up place and the overall winner were jointly awarded.
Runner-up places went to Altrincham’s Betty and Belle, who specialise in lingerie for women who’ve undergone mastectomy surgery, and Sale’s Clippy’s Apples, which makes quality preserves.