22 | Tees Business
Tees Business is gearing up for the Tees
Businesswomen Awards on October 24
Billions Europe managing director
Fiona Macleod with Tees Business
co-editor Dave Allan.
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illions Europe, which sells high-
performance titanium dioxide (TiO2)
pigment, is backing this year’s
Tees Businesswomen Awards, in
association with Northern Skills Group.
The Stockton-based firm is sponsoring
the charity/voluntary category at this year’s
event, with the awards ceremony taking
place at Wynyard Hall on October 24.
Billions Europe managing director Fiona
Macleod said: “I attended last year’s awards
ceremony and was so impressed by the
energy and enthusiasm of the event that I
wanted to get more closely involved.
“To attract the brightest and the best
of our young people into business in the
North East I believe we need to show them
strong role models they can relate to.
“The Tees Businesswomen Awards helps
to address an imbalance – so many capable
and successful women in the North East
just focus on doing a good job. Sometimes
women need a bit of extra encouragement
to come forward and celebrate their
success, to inspire the next generation of
entrepreneurs, male and female.
“We need to remind people, male and
female, young and old that, although it’s
hard work, running your own business can
also be a lot of fun.”
Tees Business co-editor Dave Allan said:
“We’re delighted to have the support
of Billions Europe for the second Tees
Businesswomen Awards event.
“We expect the awards event to be
another hugely-popular event again
this year, both in terms of entries and
attendance on the night, and we look
forward to recognising our region’s leading
women in business, whilst also hopefully
unearthing some hidden stories.”
Billions Europe was set up in 2014 as a
multi-million, multi-currency global business.
Fiona added: “We currently employ
12 people in the North-East and a small
international sales team across mainland
Europe and the United States. We are
increasing sales and expanding our footprint
in Europe.
“We recently appointed two new
sales managers for the European region,
one based in Stockton and the other
in Germany, with more appointments
expected. We have a great team and we’re
proud of them. We’re growing fast and
investing in the future.”
Billions Europe is a global company that
sells high-performance titanium dioxide
(TiO2) pigment used to manufacture a vast
range of products worldwide including
paints, inks, plastics and paper. It is an equal
opportunities employer. Its parent company,
Lomon Billions, employs over 7,000 people
worldwide.