Case Studies

Emerging triumphant against finalists including The Co-operative Group, Whitbread, Hiscox, Unilever UK & Ireland, and BSkyB, global education and media company Pearson was named Coutts & Co Large-Cap Business of the Year at the National Business Awards Gala Dinner on 9th November 2010.

Revolutionising the market for mobile-based payments, Voice Commerce and WorldPay founder Nick Ogden was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the ninth annual National Business Awards in partnership with Orange at the Grosvenor House Hotel on 9th November.

Crowning several years of recognition at a regional level, Wolverhampton’s Wow! Stuff won the much-coveted Orange Innovation Award at the National Business Awards on 9th November. First recognised by the National Business Awards at a regional level in 2008, highly commended in the Growth Strategy and Marketing categories, it won SME of the Year in the Midlands regional finals in 2009.

Winners of the government sponsored categories for the National Business Awards highlighted a changing culture in the public sector – with agencies taking the best approaches and processes from the private sector to increase efficiency and deliver better customer service.

Increasing numbers of small business employers are turning to their free Health for Work Adviceline - introduced to help tackle the impact of sickness absence in the workplace which costs the UK around £100 billion each year.

The Finance Director has a vital role in collecting all the financial data and communicating it internally and externally, writes Clive Lewis, Head of Enterprise at the ICAEW. The key cashflow and balance sheet figures should be emphasized in management information and meetings.

Watford-based Camelot Group has had a good 18 months, delivering on its core objective ‘to maximise returns to Good Causes through selling lottery games in an efficient and socially responsible way’. And after a transformative 18 months, and a major programme of upgrades and innovations, it is one of the few lotteries in the world to achieve growth in the recession.

Buying Iceland back into private ownership with a consortium of investors led by Baugur in 2005, CEO Malcolm Walker believes the freedom to make decisions without City scrutiny has been fundamental to his success in the last five years.