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Professor Jane Turner (right) of category sponsors Teesside Univesity presented
Lexonik’s Claire Preston with the inaugural Tees Businesswoman of the Year award.
Why you should enter the second annual
Tees Businesswomen Awards
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I never thought for one minute I would
win the award – it was flattering to be
nominated, let alone make the shortlist.”
So said Claire Preston, CEO of
Middlesbrough firm Lexonik, after she was
crowned the inaugural Tees Businesswoman
of the Year last October.
Now our first winner is urging her fellow
Tees businesswomen – and businesses
powered by women – to pick up the baton
and go for it themselves. This is no time to
hide your light under a bushel!
“There’s a huge amount of female talent
and untapped potential in the region,” says
Claire. “The awards are an opportunity for
similarly minded people to get together and
use their voices in a really positive way.
“Off the back of the inaugural awards, I’ve
been working with people I’d probably never
have come into contact with.
“The awards have given me a forum and
a voice that would otherwise not have been
possible.
“Entering the awards is a wonderful
opportunity to work with other people, to
collaborate and to celebrate.”
Entries are now being sought for the
outstanding females and female-inspired
businesses that deserve to win the accolades
in the second annual Tees Businesswomen
Awards, in association with Northern Skills
Group, the training and apprenticeship arm
of Middlesbrough College.
Winners will receive their trophies at a
memorable awards ceremony at Wynyard
Hall’s Grand Marquee on the evening of
October 24.
Following the massive success of the
inaugural event, Tees Business is organising
the awards to celebrate women in business
on Teesside, inspiring a new generation of
females to succeed in business, creating more
female entrepreneurs and business leaders
than ever before.
As the Tees region’s business magazine, Tees
Business is proud to be giving this opportunity
to local firms, organisations and individuals
to shout from the rooftops about the women
who are making an outstanding contribution
– and to the organisations that champion
them.
Individual categories include awards for
Lifelong Inspiration, Breaking the Mould,
Inspiring Others, Best Newcomer and the
much-coveted Tees Businesswoman of the
Year.
Company categories include SME of the
Year, Training & Apprenticeships Award,
Best Company Scheme for Women, Charity/
Voluntary Award and the woman-powered
Business of the Year.
The awards are free to enter. Nominations
can be submitted via the Tees Business
website.
Each award category and last year's
winners are described on the right but more
details of what we’re looking for from each
nomination can be found at teesbusiness.co.uk.
2018 Winners’ Roll Call
Businesswoman of the Year –
Claire Preston (Lexonik)
Business of the Year –
J&B Recycling
Lifelong Inspiration Award –
Anne Preston (Prestons of
Potto)
SME of the Year –
Hunters Estate Agents
Inspiring Others Award –
Yasmin Khan (the Halo Project)
Best New Business –
Fourteen Drops
Breaking the Mould Award –
Andrea Pearson (SABIC)
Charity/Voluntary Award –
The Halo Project
Best Newcomer –
Jessica Williams (Just Williams)
Training &
Apprenticeships Award –
Nifco UK
Enter now at
teesbusiness.co.uk/awards
tees-life.co.uk
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