Sheffield Star Business Awards 2010

The Star today launches the first ever awards programme for businesses throughout the Sheffield region, covering companies across the whole of South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.
A total of 14 awards are up for grabs, including awards for individual entrepreneurs, new businesses, innovation and international success.
The awards also span the full range of local business activities – from manufacturing to the digital and IT arena – and reflect the contribution business makes to local life, in terms of regeneration, wealth creation, environmental improvement and employment.

“The Sheffield region has long lacked a means of recognising and celebrating the successes of its business community,” said John Furbisher, (Acting) Editor of The Star.
“Some locations have had their own awards, but the wider world sees us as a broader business region and so it is important that we have a means of showcasing the skills, innovation and reputation for quality of that broader business community on a global stage.
“Many remark that the region has been reluctant to boast of its business successes, but the time has come to do away with false modesty and celebrate the hard work and achievement of companies that have moved heaven and earth to survive and succeed despite the downturn.
“The Star Business Awards will enable us to do that for the first time and I would urge every business in the Sheffield, Barnsley, Chesterfield, Doncaster and Rotherham region to take a long, hard look at its own achievements and consider submitting an entry for one of the award categories.”
The Star Business Awards are open to any company with a principal trading address or registered office with one of the following post codes: S1-S79, S82-S99, DN1-DN13, DN23-DN30, DN38-DN39, DN41-DN99, DE45.

Companies can nominate themselves or clients for a Star Business Award by visiting the Awards website - www.thestar.co.uk/businessawards - and downloading an entry form.
The completed form, together with any supporting information, should be sent to Emma Angell, Regional Promotions Manager, Promotions Department, The Star, York Street, Sheffield, S1 1PU, in an envelope marked Business Awards Entry.
Entries should arrive by the close of business on Friday August 6 2010.