Downtown celebrates best of Lancashire

By Lancashire Business View

27 Jun 2018

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Downtown in Business has celebrated the best of the county at the 10th annual Lancashire Business Awards.

The gala dinner which took place at Stanley House Hotel & Spa, with more than 200 business leaders in attendance.

The big winners on the evening were Daniel Fisher from Tienda Digital, who walked away with the CEO Award, John Chesworth from Harrison Drury Solicitors, who was the Business Personality of the Year 2018, and Recycling Lives won the Contribution to Lancashire award.

Full list of winners:

Male Networker of the Year 2018 Guy Shorrock -Just Construction & Property Networking

Female Networker of the Year 2018 Gail Simpson – UCLan

Employer of the Year 2018 The Calico Group

Employee of the Year 2018 Loredana  Emmerson- CoolKit Ltd

Newcomer of the Year 2018 Get Staffed UK

PR & Marketing Agency of the Year 2018 Business Lancashire – Published by The Samuel James Group

Digital Agency of the Year 2018 Twentyone Agency

Social Media Presence of the Year 2018 Izzy Durose – Izzy Durose Photography

Legal Company of the Year 2018 Harrison Drury Solicitors

Accountancy Firm of the Year 2018 RSM UK

Business Bank of the Year 2018 NatWest

Property Business of the Year 2018 Cassidy + Ashton

Recruitment Company of the Year 2018 Reed Global

Customer Focussed Business of the Year 2018 PNG Digital Ltd

Hospitality Venue of the Year 2018 The Villa Italian

Hotel Of The Year 2018 The Villa Wrea Green

Business Enabler of the Year 2018 Neil Welsh – PM+M Accountants

Business of the Year 2018 B&M Waste Services

CEO Award 2018 Daniel Fisher – Tienda Digital

Business Personality of the Year 2018 John Chesworth –  Harrison Drury Solicitors Contribution to Lancashire 2018 Recycling Lives

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