Winners of the National Business Awards 2011

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The Orange Innovation Award
Winner: Harvard Engineering,  Wakefield
From left: Martin Stiven, Everything Everywhere, John McDonnell, Managing Director, Harvard Engineering, Michael McDonnell, Sales & Marketing Director, Harvard Engineering and Richard North, CEO, Wow Stuff (previous winner)

The Daily Telegraph Award for a Decade of Excellence in Business
Winner: Lord Wolfson, Chief Executive, Next
From left Damian Reece, Head of Business, The Daily Telegraph and Lord Wolfson 



Transformational Change of the Year
Winner: Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance, Rugby
From left David Levin, CEO, UBM, Andy Williamson, Chief Executive, Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance and Charles Ward, CEO, Intellect (Shortlist Judge 2011 & Advisory Board)

 
The Huawei Customer Focus Award
Winner: Ovo Energy, Kemble
 From left Sir Andrew Cahn, Chairman of Huawei UK Advisory Board, Stephen Fitzpatrick, Managing Director, Ovo Energy and Kim Leitch, Head of Business Development, Institute of Customer Service 

The Croner Employer of the Year
Winner: Rackspace, Uxbridge
From left Simon Perryman, Executive Director, UK Commission for Employment and Skills(Judge 2010 & Shortlist Judge 2011), Brooke Hamilton, Corporate Communications Manager, Rackspace and Andy Hague, Managing Director, Croner.

The Excellence in Marketing Award
Winner: British Heart Foundation, London
From left  Sherilyn Shackell, Founder & CEO, The Marketing Academy (Strategic Partner 2011),
Harriett Foxwell, Head of Social Marketing & Brand, British Heart Foundation and Clare Parsons, Chairman, Larsons Communications and Ardi Kolah, Head of PR, Brit Insurance

The ICAEW Sustainability Award
Winner: InterfaceFLOR, Halifax
From left Oliver Greenfield, Head of Sustainable Business and Economics, WWF (Judge 2010 & 2011),  Steve Hamilton, Director of Sales & Marketing, InterfaceFLOR and Robin Feith, Executive Director, Finance & Operations, ICAEW 

The BlackBerry Growth Strategy of the Year
Winner: Unruly Media, London
From left  Scott Button, Unruly Media, CEO and Lesley Copeland, CEO, Vitesse Media (Shortlist Judge 2011)
 

The Entrepreneur of the Year
Winner: Paul Lindley, Founder & CEO, Ella’s Kitchen, Henley-on-Thames
From left Paul Lindley, Ella's Dad & CEO, Ella's Kitchen and Baroness Virginia Bottomley of Nettlestone (Chair of Judges)

The BlackBerry Business Enabler of the Year
Winner: The Chemistry Group, Binfield
From left Roger Philby, CEO and the team at The Chemistry Group

The Advansys Small Online Business of the Year
Winner: Econsultancy, London
From left Alison Stock, Deputy Managing Director, Chapter Eight, Ashley Friedlein, CEO, Econsultancy and Kurt Wilson CEO, Advansys  

The WorldPay Online Business of the Year
Winner: Naked Wines, Norwich
From left Philip McGriskin, Chief Product Officer, WorldPay; Rowan Gormley, Founder, Naked Wines and Keith Tilley, EVP Europe, SunGard Availability Services (UK) Limited (Judge 2011)  
        

The Santander Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year
Winner: ShortList Media, London
From left Timothy Ewington, Co-Founder and Strategy Director, ShortList Media Ltd; Steve Pateman, UK Head of Commercial & Corporate Banking, Santander and Jerome Mayhew, Managing Director Go Ape (Winner 2009)

The 3i Private Business of the Year
Winner: Bibby Line Group, Liverpool
From left Gordon Hague, Director UK Private Equity, 3i, Steven Potter, Associate Strategy Director, Bibby Line Group and Tim Scott, Chairman/Founder, Ener-g (Winner 2010 & 2011 judge)


The Grant Thornton Mid-Cap Business of the Year
Winner: Renishaw, Wooton-Under-Edge
From left  Mike Tobin, CEO, TelecityGroup (Winner 2010), Ben Taylor, Assistant Chief Executive, Renishaw and David Maxwell, Partner,  Grant Thornton


The Coutts & Co Large-Cap Business of the Year
Winner: Johnson Matthey, London
From left Michael Morley, CEO, Coutts & Co, Neil Carson, CEO, Johnson Matthey and Tony Horrell, CEO, Colliers (Judge 2011)


The Orange Leader of the Year
Winner: Ruby McGregor-Smith, CEO, MITIE Group  
From Left Martin McCourt, CEO, Dyson (Winner 2010), Ruby McGregor Smith, CEO, MITIE Group
and Olaf Swantee, CEO, Everything Everywhere
 

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