Yorkshire Masters judges select success stories
THE judges for TheBusinessDesk.com Yorkshire Business Masters have now met and selected the shortlists for this year’s awards.
The judging panel included last year’s Yorkshire Ambassador winner, entrepreneur Margaret Wood of ICW UK; Dominic Gibbons, managing director of Hull property group Wykeland; Andrew Palmer, regional director of the CBI; Paul Devlin, finance director of last year’s Yorkshire Grit winner Fletchers Bakeries; Amarjit Singh of Power Centre and chairman of the Yorkshire Asian Business Association; and Simon Chappell, chief executive of Backup Technology.
There were strong entries in all six categories – Newcomer, Pride, Innovator, Exporter, Grit and Ambassador. The judges also proposed several potential candidates for the shortlist for Yorkshire Ambassador to recognise an individual who has contributed a significant amount to business in the region.
The winners of the Masters awards from a three-strong shortlist in each category will now be voted for by readers of TheBusinessDesk.com.
Sponsors for the 2013 Business Masters Awards include law firm Walker Morris, accountancy firm BDO, Leeds Metropolitan University and The P & A Partnership.
The Masters, taking place at lunchtime at Aspire in Leeds on June 27, also offers fantastic networking opportunities, attracting 200 of the region’s most successful entrepreneurs, business leaders and advisers.
TheBusinessDesk.com founder David Parkin said: “We’re really pleased with both the quantity and quality of entries we received for this year’s awards and I think the judging panel has done a cracking job in selecting extremely strong shortlists in all six categories.
“It’s now up to our readers to select the winners and we will be giving them the opportunity to do so, category by category, starting on Monday.
“Everything is leading up to what should be an outstanding event on June 27 at Aspire when once again we will be rewarding and celebrating the very best Yorkshire businesses and entrepreneurs.”
Tickets for the Masters are now on sale and can be purchased by clicking this link: http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/news/454371-yorkshire-business-masters-2013-ticket-booking-form.html.
