City's most iconic and loved venue proud to be host
Awards to honour best in business in tough year
THEY city’s most iconic and loved venue is the perfect place to celebrate business success – and The News is proud to hold its ceremony at the Portsmouth Guildhall.
The Guildhall Trust, the registered arts charity that operates Portsmouth Guildhall, said it is delighted to once again support The News Business Excellence Awards and be the host venue on July 8.
Not only is the venue host, it has also shown its support for the city by sponsoring the Leisure, Retail & Tourism Business of the Year category.
A spokeswoman said: ‘The Guildhall Trust is particularly proud to sponsor the award in what has been the most challenging of years, and to join the sector in celebrating its resilience, versatility and innovation as we embark on the roadmap to recovery.
‘Portsmouth Guildhall would ordinarily welcome over 270,000 visitors every year for world-class concerts, conferences, exhibitions, meetings and weddings, plus the Guildhall Trust’s own events including Portsmouth Comic Con – International Festival of Comics and
The News is proud to be hosting the 2021 Business Excellence Awards.
These long-running awards recognise a cross section of businesses and the vital role they play in the success of the region.
The awards ceremony will take place on July 8 at the Portsmouth Guildhall interactive ‘Get Involved’ programme of activities to inspire and transform lives in the community.
‘The past year has seen the venue adapt to become a University teaching space, a rehearsal and digital production space and an asymptomatic testing centre, with the launch of The Guildhall Trust’s ‘Head Start Creatives’ office space initiative and its hugely popular Dance Live! and will be attended by more than 300 guests, as well as being live streamed.
For more information go to portsmouthbusiness excellence.co.uk or e-mail Richard Thompson, group events director, on richard.thompson@ jpimedia.co.uk or call 07385 348816. competition for schools colleges going digital.
‘Beyond June when it is expected that legal limits on social contact can be removed, Portsmouth Guildhall is set to experience its busiest year ever with a packed calendar of rescheduled events and new artists eager to get on the road, with a bustling schedule of conferences and meetings, and new opportunities to engage young people and in singing and music-making with The Urban Vocal Group, who recently joined The Guildhall Trust.’
Pat Smith, from lead sponsor the University of Portsmouth, said: ‘It is great to have the Guildhall Trust as sponsors of Leisure, Retail and Tourism Business of the Year, none can be better placed to understand what businesses have been through during the pandemic.’