Venue
Sage Gateshead
Sage Gateshead, Sage, St Mary's Square, Gateshead NE8 2JR, UK

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Organizer North East England Chamber of Commerce
Submission deadline 31 Mar 2023 5:00pm UTC (over 1 year ago)
In your time zone: Mar 31 1pm EDT
Date Awarded 29 Jun 2023 5:00pm UTC (over 1 year ago)
In your time zone: Jun 29 1pm EDT
Region EMEA
Details

Recognising the achievements of our region’s business community.

No other organisation represents every size and sector, from the borders of Yorkshire to Scotland and Cumbria. We want to celebrate business success and the uniqueness of Chamber membership. A unique feature of the Chamber business awards is our national categories, with winners enjoying an automatic finalist position at the British Chamber of Commerce awards.

Regional Categories
• Small business of the year (regional)
• Larger business of the year (regional)
• Business of the year (regional)

National Categories
• Business diversification award
• Entrepreneur of the year
• Green business of the year
• Diversity and inclusion award
• Export business of the year
• Commitment to people award
• Scale up business of the year
• Community business of the year

Past winners

2022 Winners

Small business of the year Sponsored by North East Local Enterprise Partnership (NELEP)
• Redrose Nutraceutical Manufacturer

Larger business of the year Sponsored by The Endeavour Partnership
• Tharsus

Business diversification award Sponsored by North East Times
• Citizens Advice Gateshead

Entrepreneur of the year Sponsored by Intuit
• Brenda McLeish OBE DL – Learning Curve

Green business of the year Sponsored by Gateshead College
• Believe Housing

Diversity and inclusion award Sponsored by Square One Law
• Prima Cheese

Export business of the year In association with Department for International Trade
• LamasaTech

Commitment to people award Sponsored by Openreach
• Signpost Productions

Scale up business of the year Sponsored by Middlesbrough College
• Everflow Group

Community business of the year Sponsored by Karbon Homes
• Northumbrian Water

Business of the year Sponsored by Esh Group
• Tharsus

Inspiring Female Awards Winners

Inspiring female (small business) Kindly sponsored by Intuit
• Elaine Parker – Safer Date

Inspiring female (medium business) Kindly sponsored by Hargreaves
• Melanie Stewart – Universal Wolf

Inspiring female (large business) Kindly sponsored by Openreach
• Kerry Patterson – Tharsus

Inspiring female (global business) Kindly sponsored by NRG Plc
• Nikki Sayer – Casper Shipping

Most inspiring employer (small business) Kindly sponsored by Teesside University
• Steedman and Company

Most inspiring employer (medium business) Kindly sponsored by North East Times
• Northumberland National Park Authority

Most inspiring employer (large business) Kindly sponsored by Openreach
• Muckle LLP

Most inspiring employer (global business) Kindly sponsored by NRG Plc
• XL Precision Technologies

Community and CSR inspiring female of the year Kindly sponsored by AIM Group
• Paula McMahon – Sir Robert McAlpine

Inspiring female business leader of the year Kindly sponsored by NatWest
• Rebecca Chapman – NEBRC

Apprentice of the year Kindly sponsored by Esh Construction
• Jenny Hartnett – Northumbrian Water

Outstanding contribution award
• The Northeastern Lionesses