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Solent Business Awards


2015


Incorporating Hampshire Business Awards Celebrating their 25th Anniversary


SBA is supported by KPMG, RBS/NatWest, Pitmans and James Cowper Kreston, and organised by The Business Magazine. Further sponsors will be announced soon.


The Solent Business Awards builds on the 25-year legacy of the successful Hampshire Business Awards, and is open to businesses throughout the region.


SBA will quickly become established as the premier multi-category awards scheme covering the entire Solent region (see map below).


David Murray, publisher of The Business Magazine, said: “Many readers will know that for 20 years we have run the highly-successful Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards, so we are delighted to bring our events expertise to the Solent region for a similar concept which we are sure the business community will welcome very positively.


“These awards are aimed very much at the ‘top-end‘; they are prestigious trophies that will attract entries from the very best companies. Our focus is to have a quality annual competition – and we are delighted that we have four professional services firms already on board as sponsors.


Solent Business Awards launched


The Solent Business Awards 2015, incorporating Hampshire Business Awards, now celebrating its 25th anniversary, is launched this month


opportunity to extend the reach of the awards to other parts of the Solent area and become a truly regional scheme.“


Dan Salanson, Solent regional director of RBS, said: “Some great companies have entered and been winners of HBA over the past years and we have no doubt that we will receive similar quality nominations for SBA.“


Christopher Avery, managing partner of law firm Pitmans, which now operates in the Solent region following its acquisition of Lamport Bassitt, said: “We have supported the equivalent awards in the Thames Valley for 20 years so we have no doubt that these awards will attract the very finest companies.“


And Adrian Rann, business services partner and chairman of accountants and business advisers James Cowper Kreston, added: “We are looking forward to helping uncover some real business success stories in the next few months.“


CONFIRMED CATEGORIES ARE: Banbury


“We are also fully respectful of the legacy and heritage of the Hampshire Awards, and it‘s great that between us we are bringing 45 years of combined experience to play.“


Swindon


• KPMG Company of the Year Award • RBS Management Team Award • Pitmans Dynamic Growth Award Aylesbury


Milton Keynes


KPMG‘s Southampton office senior partner Will Smith said: “Having been one of the key sponsors of HBA for 25 years, it‘s an excellent


Hungerford M4 THAMES VALLEYAbingdon Oxford


• James Cowper Kreston SME of the Year Award


Hemel Hempstead M40 Wycombe Wantage Didcot Wallingford


Henley on Thames


Thatcham


Maidenhead Marlow


Reading Wokingham


Beaconsfield Slough


Bracknell Windsor


Heathrow Hounslow Staines


Woking Andover M3 Salisbury Winchester SOLENT & SOUTH CENTRAL M27 Poole Bournemouth Weymouth ISLE OF WIGHT


Southampton Eastleigh


M27 Haslemere Petersfield M23 Cobham M25 LONDON High Amersham M25


Full details, including other categories and sponsors, will be announced in The Business Magazine‘s April issue, while the awards will be open for entries from April 1 until the closing date of August 28.


The awards gala night is planned for October 22 when finalists, judges, sponsors and distinguished guests from across the south will gather at Hilton Ageas Bowl for a glittering ceremony.


Details: www.solentbusinessawards.co.uk


Havant Portsmouth


Chichester


www.businessmag.co.uk


THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH CENTRAL – MARCH 2015


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