On Saturday 21st November, over 500 multicultural businesses from across the region gathered at the Asian Business Federation’s 2009 Tiger Awards to recognise the outstanding achievements of this year’s winners. In all, seven North West companies were honoured at the ceremony, which was sponsored by HSBC and took place at the Hilton Hotel in Manchester.
An audience of nearly five hundred watched the presentations, which were led by broadcast journalist Reham Khan and public service modernisation specialist, Sir Bill Taylor.
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The seven award category winners were:
International Company of the Year – Heena Fashions. (Award sponsored by HSBC)
Outstanding Woman In Business Award – Ms Claire Moore, Certain Curtain Theatre Company. (Award sponsored by EMBF NW).
Business Personality of the Year – Ms Elaine Owen, Designated Associates & Designated Design (Award sponsored by Notion Ltd).
Creative, Digital & New Media Award – Mr Mohammed Isap, MPG. (Award sponsored by UCLan).
Business of the Year – Shazan Foods. (Award sponsored by Business Link NW).
Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award – Mr Waheed Rahman, Bilal Poultry Products. (Award sponsored by Lancashire Constabulary).
New Business Start-Up of the Year – HBS Healthcare and HBS Pharmacy. (Award sponsored Enterprise4All NW ).
The guest speakers included Mark Tilleray, Commercial Director of HSBC, who spoke about “Collective Responsibility to Address the Downturn” and Sue Stockdale of Notion Coaching, whose presentation was entitled “Secrets of Successful Leadership and Releasing the Workforce Potential.” The key note speaker was Dr Spinder Dhaliwal, author of the Asian Rich List, who highlighted the economic contribution made by BME businesses in her presentation “Learning from the Asian Phenomenon.”
Launched in 2007, the Tiger Awards is a ceremony for recognising and rewarding business excellence in the North West.
The Asian Business Federation (ABF) is a professional body representing nearly 4,000 ethnic minority businesses from across the North West. Our registered businesses network includes the widest diversity of business from companies and entrepreneurs who feature in this year's Rich List to SME's.
More information can be found here.
Publications from Keynote Speakers
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