Aycliffe Today Business Aycliffe Today Business issue 33 | Page 19

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Previous Make Your Mark winners...
Winners – PWS were named Company of the Year at
last year’s Make Your Mark event.
“And if you’re successfully shortlisted or
receive the winning award, it’s a boost to
the workforce and can add further gravitas
to customers, business partners, and
suppliers.”
Make Your Mark will single out the
business park’s shining stars and recognise
outstanding performances from the last year
during a special event at the Xcel Centre,
which is now being held on Thursday May 24.
Lennon added: “A community such as
Newton Aycliffe houses businesses of
various types, ages, sizes and scale, often
living side by side.
“Awards such as this highlight the variety
of businesses in the area and their individual
achievements.
“So I’d say to other business ‘go for it!’.
Especially if you are nominating a company,
person or team, the award will provide a
welcome recognition.”
The Make Your Mark organisers, Aycliffe
Business Park Community (ABPC), have
slightly changed the format of Mark Your
Mark after listening to feedback from
businesses, while changing the date to give
firms extra time to enter the awards.
The 11 categories for Make Your Mark
remain the same, with awards available for
Engineering and Manufacturing, Apprentice
of the Year, Apprenticeships & Training,
Innovation, Service, Export, Newcomer,
Small Business, Employer of the Year, Heart
of the Community and Company of the Year.
As usual, an independent panel of judges will decide on 10 awards.
ABPC chair Kerina Clark said: “We’re again
looking forward to the calendar event of
the year for Aycliffe Business Park and its
residents.
“Make Your Mark has brought to the fore
some fantastic success stories about many
of our companies and we hope to see more
of them come forward to enter this year’s
competition.
“After listening to feedback, we have
slightly changed the format of the evening to
make it slightly less formal and allow more
time for networking and socialising.
“But ultimately the main thrust of the
event remains the same – to shout from the
rooftops about all our great businesses here
and to jointly celebrate our success stories.”
The Make Your Mark 2016/17 winners
included PWS (Company of the Year), Hitachi
Rail Europe (Apprenticeships), Arlington
Automotive (Employer of the Year), Premo
Fabrications (Engineering & Manufacturing),
Stiller Warehousing & Distribution
(Innovation), Primex Plastics (Export),
Beaumont Grounds Maintenance (Small
Business of the Year), Trident Manor (Service
Business), UTC South Durham (Newcomer),
Ben Thubron, Baltic Training (Apprentice of
the Year) and DISC (Heart of the Community).
The deadline to enter the 2017/18
Make Your Mark is Thursday April 12, and
businesses can enter easily and quickly
online at www.aycliffeawards.co.uk
MAKE YOUR MARK – THE CATEGORIES
Company of the Year
Apprenticeships & Training
Export
Innovation
Engineering & Manufacturing
Small Business
Service Business
Newcomer
Heart of the Community
Employer of the Year
Apprentice of the Year HOW TO ENTER
It’s really easy! Just go to aycliffeawards.
co.uk and fill in the online form. But don’t
forget the deadline to enter is Thursday
April 12.
TICKETS
Tickets are now available for Make Your
Mark, priced just £17.50 each, which includes
welcome drinks on arrival and canapés –
they can be purchased online at
aycliffeawards.co.uk
ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING
Ebac
Formula Plastics
Premo Fabrications
EXPORT
Meditek
Tekmar
Primex Plastics
INNOVATION
Emerald Biogas
Lostbox
Stiller Warehousing & Distribution
SERVICE BUSINESS
Gregg Little Testing Centre
Beaumont Grounds Maintenance
Trident Manor
EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR
Xcel Centre
Caring Caretaker
Arlington Automotive
APPRENTICESHIPS
Gestamp Tallent
Baltic Training
Hitachi Rail Europe
APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR
Tom Wise, D&S Services, supplied
by SWDT
Luke Reynolds, Gregg Little
Testing Centre
Ben Thubron, Baltic Training
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Aycliffe Today Business
ROF 59
UTC South Durham
SMALL BUSINESS
Beanies
Workshop Supplies
Beaumont Grounds Maintenance
HEART OF THE COMMUNITY
Thrive Marketing
Newton Press
DISC
COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Tekmar
Finley Structures
PWS