Zipporah has been announced as a finalist for Cardiff’s inaugural Business Awards, a new and exciting event on the Cardiff business calendar which aims to recognise and celebrate the best companies in the city.
The awards, which are backed by organisations including Natwest, City of Cardiff Council and the Cardiff Business Club, will focus on the successes of businesses and entrepreneurs from a variety of backgrounds. Among them, Zipporah, who have been shortlisted for the awards Best International Business category following a successful year of overseas trade.
Professor Dylan Jones-Evans, founder of the Wales Fast Growth 50 awards, Ken Poole, Head of Economic Development at City of Cardiff Council and Barry Evans of NatWest Bank selected Zipporah as a finalist – and now Zipporah will go head to head against 3 other international category finalists, with the winner to be announced at a glittering ceremony in Cardiff City Hall on 18th September.
Scott Burton, Zipporah Director, praised the new awards night commenting
“It’s great to see Cardiff developing in business. Over the last decade it’s really accelerated in commercial activity, it’s become a real centre of economic prosperity in the UK. It’s important to recognise and celebrate the contribution from it’s business community, so we’re delighted the Cardiff Business Awards is taking on that responsibility. We’re sure they are going to do a great job in putting on a memorable night”.
The event itself is being organised by local company Grapevine Event Management. Its founder, Liz Brookes discussed her thoughts.
“We are delighted to announce our shortlist, which includes a host of talented businesses and individuals who have achieved significant commercial success and made Cardiff the thriving economic city it is today.
“We received many strong entries and it was very difficult to whittle the nominees down. However, we are delighted that our finalists demonstrate the talented business people and businesses that make Cardiff such a great place to work.”
Barry Evans, Regional Director at Natwest – the main sponsors of the awards – added:
“NatWest is delighted to be among the principal supporters of the Cardiff Business Awards. Cardiff is a vibrant city with a strong enterprise culture which we work hard to support. Our various initiatives designed to benefit the business community of the capital include the launch next year of an accelerator hub in association with social enterprise Entrepreneurial Spark.”
In addition to the award sponsors, a number of Cardiff’s entrepreneurial communications businesses such as Brighter Comms, Cleartech Live and Bluegg are also providing support for the event.
Those interested can read more about the Cardiff Business Awards here: http://cardiffbusinessawards.com/
The shortlisted companies and individuals are as follows:
- Creative and digital business of the year (sponsored by the University of South Wales): Atticus Digital; Effective Communication; Liberty Marketing; Yard Digital
- Entrepreneur of the year (sponsored by Cardiff Metropolitan University): Andrew Cooksley (ACT); Richard Theo (Activequote); Andrea Callanan (Sing and Inspire); Steve Dimmick
- Financial and professional services business of the year (sponsored by Welsh Government): Activequote; Deloitte; Eversheds; Quantum Advisory
- Green business of the year (sponsored by Wales Enviromental): ECO2; Fareshare; SMS plc; Wardell Armstrong
- International business of the year (sponsored by Brighter Comms): Colin Jones Clarke and Hartland; Genesis Biosciences; IQE PLC; Zipporah
- Retail business of the year (sponsored by Blake Morgan): Nata&Co; PA Black; Specsavers; Tiger Stores
- SME of the year (sponsored by Cardiff and Vale College): CPS Group; Liberty Marketing; Orchard Media; TB Davies
- Start-Up business of the year (sponsored by Cardiff Council): Action Petz, Compare my move, Crafty Devil, Tiger Stores, Trakcel
- Technology and innovation business of the year (sponsored by Cardiff University): Genesis Biosciences, IQE Plc, TrakCel, Yard Digital
- Tourism and leisure business of the year (sponsored by First Great Western): St David’s Hotel; Park Plaza; Cardiff Devils; Wales Millennium Centre
- Young businessperson of the year (sponsored by Eversheds): Nicholas de Figueiredo (Capital Law); Nick Saunders (Depot); Lloyd Morgan (Rockadove)
