50 | Tees Business
Businesses back
first-ever Tees
Businesswomen
Awards
Businesses from around the Tees region have responded
positively to the idea of the very first awards event for
women.
Tees Business will host the inaugural Tees Businesswomen
Awards 2018, in association with Northern Skills Group,
at a ceremony in Wynyard Hall’s Conservatory Room on
November 8 this year.
Here are more details about some of the sponsors...
Venator – Charity/Voluntary award px Group – Training & Apprenticeships
V p
enator, the experts
in pigments and
additives which has its
global HQ at Wynyard
Park with sites at
Greatham and Birtley, is
sponsoring the Charity/
Voluntary category for
the inaugural event.
Venator’s Kevin Wilson (right) with
Kevin Wilson, VP
Tees Business co-editor Martin Walker.
Human Resources at
Venator, said: “We
believe The Tees Businesswomen Awards event is a much
needed initiative to recognise the role female business
leaders play across the region, and we're more than happy
to support it as a company.
“As an employer we believe in being a great place to
work, and part of that involves actively encouraging our
associates to undertake charitable events and get involved
in the causes they care about.
“Earlier this year we launched a £20,000 Community
Fund to promote teamwork and innovation amongst
groups and organisations across the North East, in a bid to
support the communities in our region. The Together Fund,
the first of two to be set up under the Venator Community
Fund (www.venatorcommunity.com), is offering 40 grants
of £250 to local community groups and organisations for
activities that inspire teamwork, one of our core values.
“This is why the Tees Businesswomen Awards – and in
particular the Charity/Voluntary category – stood out to us
and struck a chord in terms of what we're trying to do as a
company.
“The strength of these awards will be the strength of
the nominations and the strength of the categories, so
we'd encourage all companies and individuals across the
Tees region to push forward and nominate people for
these awards.”
Tees Business co-editor Martin Walker added: “We’re
yet again delighted that our first-ever Tees Businesswomen
Awards have attracted such a major Tees employer as
Venator – the only New York Stock Exchange listed
business in the region – and we thank them for their
support.
“It has proved that our idea is not only filling a niche gap
in the awards market, but is hitting the right notes with lots
of employers, of all sizes, across the region.”
x Group has joined
a high-profile
list of Tees firms
sponsoring the historic
first-ever awards event
to celebrate the region’s
women in business.
px Group, which
px Group’s Katie Woods-Ruddick with
Tees Business co-editor Dave Allan.
employs 550 people
from its Stockton HQ and
across its UK operational sites, is the latest company to back
the competition by sponsoring the Training & Apprenticeships
category.
The firm delivers services across the UK and has gained
experience in other regions such as the UAE, Abu Dhabi,
Tanzania, Europe and South America by working with global
organisations.
The firm’s head of HR Katie Woods-Ruddick said: “Our
industry is changing and today it offers a huge range of
exciting and rewarding opportunities for both men and
women.
“The Tees Businesswomen Awards provides a great
opportunity for px to be able to demonstrate to a wider
audience that we support the employment and development
of talented women in the high hazard industries in which we
are involved.
“As a company we employ many talented women in a
variety of roles and levels in technical, engineering and
business support activities.
“The event provides an opportunity to recognise the
contribution that women are making to business and the
economy, and in particular those working in the Tees Valley.”
Tees Business co-editor Dave Allan said: “We’re thrilled to
have px Group on board for this historic event, which will help
us create more female entrepreneurs and business leaders
than ever before.
“We have such a group of businesses getting behind the
first-ever Tees Businesswomen Awards – from some of our
well-known industrial and engineering firms to those ranging
from IT, law and recruitment sectors – which we’re sure will
help us attract entries from all types of sectors from every
corner of the Tees region.”
Tees Business now want to hear from individuals and
businesses to enter the 10 different categories.
Submissions can just be a simple Word or PDF document
of no more than 500 words which can be uploaded online at
teesbusiness.co.uk/awards.