Nominate for business awards
NOMINATIONS for the prestigious Swansea Bay Business Awards are now open.
The awards aim to recognise the greatest business successes in the Swansea Bay region.
The event, which will be held on Friday, February 23, 2018 at the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, will feature Wynne Evans as guest speaker.
The Welsh tenor and BBC Radio host will talk about his life, career and those GoCompare ads. At the black-tie event earlier this year, Falklands veteran Simon Weston entertained the crowd with an inspirational talk before the awards were handed out.
Organised by the South Wales Evening Post and its sister magazine Swansea Bay Business Life in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers, the awards recognise top firms and individuals in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.
The award categories include:
Business employees;
Business Employees;
Business employees; Entrepreneur of the Year; Green Business; of of the Year: 26-149 of the the Year: Year: 0-25 150+
Young Business Person of the Year; Innovation; Manufacturing Business of the Year; Apprenticeship Development; International Trade Business of the Year; Best Business Start up; Tourism & Hospitality Business of the Year; Family Business of the Year; Lifetime Achievement; Social Enterprise Business of the Year.
And there is an overall winner determined by the judging panel.
AB Glass won the award this year and Alan Brayley, the company’s managing director and founder, said: “I was thrilled that AB Glass won the Manufacturer of the Year Award, as well as being named Business of the Year, at the 2017 Swansea Bay Business Awards.
“It was overwhelming to gain such recognition amongst all the other companies in attendance that were of such high calibre.
“The awards have really boosted our profile in the region and have highlighted the hard work that the company and all of the team at AB Glass does.
“The event itself showcased the many successful companies and businesspeople that the Swansea region has to offer, and we are proud to be recognised as one of these leading companies due to our achievements over our 25-years business.”
Editor of Swansea Bay Business Life magazine Chris Pyke said: “The awards are a real highlight in the region’s business calendar and the event has gone from strength to strength.
“It is great that we are once again in the beautiful Brangwyn Hall – the venue befits the awards on offer. And it is also a great night out!”
South Wales Evening Post editor Jonathan Roberts added: “We have so many companies in this region doing so many extraordinary things. They all have a great story to tell, and it’s our job to tell it.”
To nominate a company visit www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ SBBA2018
For further information about the awards, please contact Regional Events Manager Isabel Goodman on 01792 545511 or email isabel. goodman@mediawales.co.uk