Seventh Annual Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise
Five Aberdeen Companies Win Coveted Enterprise Awards
Five Aberdeen based companies are today celebrating their success at the seventh annual Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise that was held on Thursday 8 June 2006).
Capture Imaging of Aberdeen won the New Business Award. A document management copy and scan solutions service company, Capture Imaging, was launched in October 2005 by Colin Yule and Robbie Cheyne. The business aims to provide a local, personal service in the field of document management and in the first quarter of trading secured contracts worth more than £400,000.
The Young Business Award was presented to TSMarine (Contracting) Ltd, a specialist marine and subsea operations support services provider exclusively supporting subsea operations to the offshore oil and gas industry. The company primarily focuses on the decommissioning of redundant subsea production facilities but also supports a diverse cross section of offshore projects when required.
The oil and gas industry is represented for a second time by the winner of the Business Growth Award, C&M Group Ltd. In order to provide a wider range of engineering services to their clients, C&M Group Ltd split their organisation into separate divisions. Two years on, the company has grown beyond recognition with an increase in turnover approaching 500%.
The Sir Ian Wood Award for Innovation was last night picked up by Aberdeen life-science company, NovaBiotics Limited. The design and development of anti-infective technologies is undertaken by NovaBiotics Limited in order to meet an increasing need for safer, more effective antifungal and antibacterial drugs. NovaBiotics Limited concentrates on developing truly original therapies and has an innovative approach to delivering the technology to market which has allowed them to discover more effective antibacterial compounds.
Winner of the New Business Award at the Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise in 2003, Richard McLaughlin of attic was last night awarded the Ian Davidson award for Entrepreneurship. Richard took over the family wholesale business nine years ago and now owns two successful shops - one in Aberdeen and one in Inverurie. Richard has also set up a website, one of the first branded clothing websites through which the company serves customers across the world.
Winners of the six awards were announced in front of an audience of 400 north east business people. Rachel Elnaugh, one of Britain’s highest profile female entrepreneurs was the key note speaker at the event.
The Awards commend business achievement in companies of all sizes and enterprising individuals, are organised by Enterprise North East Trust (Enterprise) and sponsored by The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Business Gateway (in association with Scottish Enterprise Grampian).
Chris Travis, chief executive of Enterprise says, “There was a record number of entries for the Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise this year, entry numbers were up by 27% on last year. The awards act as a showcase for businesses from across the north east and highlight the wide variety of industry sectors which are represented in the area. Judging the entries was not an easy task as all of the entries were of a consistently high standard with many demonstrating dynamism, ingenuity, business flair and other entrepreneurial skills.”
Stuart Heslop, director of commercial banking in Aberdeen for RBS, delivered the second key note address to those at the awards ceremony. He comments, “RBS has sponsored this prestigious event for five years now and we are proud to be associated with what has come to be recognised as a key event on the north east business calendar. The finalists and ultimate winners last night reflected the enterprising nature of the north east and this bodes well for the economic prospects of the region.”
All finalists received a certificate and category winners picked up a coveted enterprise award and a cheque for up to £5,000.
Five Aberdeen based companies are today celebrating their success at the seventh annual Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise that was held on Thursday 8 June 2006).
Capture Imaging of Aberdeen won the New Business Award. A document management copy and scan solutions service company, Capture Imaging, was launched in October 2005 by Colin Yule and Robbie Cheyne. The business aims to provide a local, personal service in the field of document management and in the first quarter of trading secured contracts worth more than £400,000.
The Young Business Award was presented to TSMarine (Contracting) Ltd, a specialist marine and subsea operations support services provider exclusively supporting subsea operations to the offshore oil and gas industry. The company primarily focuses on the decommissioning of redundant subsea production facilities but also supports a diverse cross section of offshore projects when required.
The oil and gas industry is represented for a second time by the winner of the Business Growth Award, C&M Group Ltd. In order to provide a wider range of engineering services to their clients, C&M Group Ltd split their organisation into separate divisions. Two years on, the company has grown beyond recognition with an increase in turnover approaching 500%.
The Sir Ian Wood Award for Innovation was last night picked up by Aberdeen life-science company, NovaBiotics Limited. The design and development of anti-infective technologies is undertaken by NovaBiotics Limited in order to meet an increasing need for safer, more effective antifungal and antibacterial drugs. NovaBiotics Limited concentrates on developing truly original therapies and has an innovative approach to delivering the technology to market which has allowed them to discover more effective antibacterial compounds.
Winner of the New Business Award at the Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise in 2003, Richard McLaughlin of attic was last night awarded the Ian Davidson award for Entrepreneurship. Richard took over the family wholesale business nine years ago and now owns two successful shops - one in Aberdeen and one in Inverurie. Richard has also set up a website, one of the first branded clothing websites through which the company serves customers across the world.
Winners of the six awards were announced in front of an audience of 400 north east business people. Rachel Elnaugh, one of Britain’s highest profile female entrepreneurs was the key note speaker at the event.
The Awards commend business achievement in companies of all sizes and enterprising individuals, are organised by Enterprise North East Trust (Enterprise) and sponsored by The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Business Gateway (in association with Scottish Enterprise Grampian).
Chris Travis, chief executive of Enterprise says, “There was a record number of entries for the Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise this year, entry numbers were up by 27% on last year. The awards act as a showcase for businesses from across the north east and highlight the wide variety of industry sectors which are represented in the area. Judging the entries was not an easy task as all of the entries were of a consistently high standard with many demonstrating dynamism, ingenuity, business flair and other entrepreneurial skills.”
Stuart Heslop, director of commercial banking in Aberdeen for RBS, delivered the second key note address to those at the awards ceremony. He comments, “RBS has sponsored this prestigious event for five years now and we are proud to be associated with what has come to be recognised as a key event on the north east business calendar. The finalists and ultimate winners last night reflected the enterprising nature of the north east and this bodes well for the economic prospects of the region.”
All finalists received a certificate and category winners picked up a coveted enterprise award and a cheque for up to £5,000.
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