NEWS
TEES BUSINESSES BACK AWARDS
C
hemical giant SABIC is the latest
company to support the first-
ever Teesside business awards for
women by sponsoring one of the categories.
Tees Business will host the Tees
Businesswomen Awards at a glitzy
ceremony in Wynyard Hall’s Conservatory
Room on Thursday November 8 this year.
SABIC, whose UK headquarters are
based at Wilton, near Redcar, is sponsoring
the ‘Inspiring Others’ category for the
historic event.
Nicola Duffey, senior manager HR at
SABIC, said: “We’re proud and delighted to
be supporting the very first business awards
event for women in the Tees region.
“Within SABIC we want to create more
role models, so young women see it as a
place where they want to work, that they
see they myriad of career opportunities, no
matter what your gender.
“We're tying in with the Tees
Businesswomen Awards to create more
role models for women who are pursuing a
career in industry.”
Other firms sponsoring the first-ever
Tees Businesswomen Awards include:
• Cornerstone Business Solutions
(Business of the Year category)
The firm’s managing director Chris Petty
said: “We think this is a fantastic idea. It's
something great for us to get involved with.
“It’s a new awards ceremony, a first for
Teesside to recognise women in the region,
and as the region's leading IT company it's
fantastic to get involved.
“I hope the awards will bring more
business-minded local women into the
spotlight and show what can be achieved.”
• RMS Recruitment (Best Newcomer)
The firm’s recently appointed operations
manager Matthew Telling said: “We see
this is an opportunity to inspire the next
generation.
“There are some exceptional
businesswomen doing some brilliant
things. Their achievements should be
celebrated, which is why we’re really
proud to be part of the very first Tees
Businesswomen Awards.
“We’re very much looking forward to
meeting the other sponsors and guests for
what promises to be an inspirational event.”
• Punch Robson Solicitors (SME of the
Year)
Managing partner Elaine McLaine-Wood
said: “Being a female managing partner,
which is quite rare in the law profession, we
want to celebrate the success of women in
the area.
“We have a number of female clients
who run their own businesses, so we feel
Businesswomen Awards will hopefully be the catalyst. And
we’re urging everyone – men and women – to get involved.”
Laura Woods, director of The Forge, Teesside University’s
business hub, and chair of DigitalCity, added: “Women are the
silent stars of the Tees Valley economy.
“They’re what keeps the economy going, they’re the
opportunity of the future, but the trouble is they don't really
have a voice at the moment.
“What we need to do, and what they need to do collectively,
is make sure they do get their voice heard and the rest of us
listen to it.
“If we do that, we’ll make a massive impact on the
opportunities currently facing the Tees Valley.”
Tees Business co-editor Dave Allan added: “We’re absolutely
delighted that the very first Tees Businesswomen Awards has
quickly won the support of Teesside University, which is very
much one of the Tees region’s beacons.
“To have two high-profile female leaders from the
university talk so passionately about raising the profile of
women in our region, and supporting our idea to help that,
is a major boost for our event and we’re sure it will help to
inspire women and businesses from around the region to get
involved.”
it's important they get the recognition they
deserve.
“There are other female business awards
in other areas, and I think it's important
that we applaud our own, so we’re
absolutely delighted and extremely proud
to get involved with the first-ever Tees
Businesswomen Awards.”
SABIC senior
HR manager
Nicola Duffey.
Cornerstone
Business
solutions
managing director
Chris Petty.
RMS Recruitment
HR and
performance
manager Nikki Butt
(centre), finance
director Leon Butt
(left) and operations
manager Matthew
Telling.
Punch Robson
Solicitors managing
partner Elaine
McLaine-Wood.
Enter now for first-ever
Tees Businesswomen Awards!
We’re now taking entries for the first-ever
Tees Businesswomen Awards, being held at
Wynyard Hall on Thursday November 8.
The deadline to enter is 5pm on Thursday
September 27. More details, including criteria
for each category and how to enter, are
available at teesbusiness.co.uk/awards
T HE AWARD CAT E G O RIE S
Individual Categories Company Categories
Businesswoman of the Year Business of the Year
Lifelong Inspiration Award SME of the Year
Breaking the Mould Award Training & Apprenticeships
Inspiring Others Award Best Scheme
Best Newcomer Charity/Voluntary Award
Find out more about the awards and enter your colleagues,
associates or yourself at teesbusiness.co.uk/awards
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