It’s the day after the Best New Business Awards Tees Valley
2014. Last night was a great night, not only as we got to meet a load of great
start-up companies but that skignz was the WINNER of the Marketing Award.
This
was a fantastic achievement for the skignz team and we are still very proud today for having
been selected to win this award by Cool Brand Blue Communications.
We would
also like to say well done to all runners up in the Marketing category and best
luck for the future!
The whole awards event was great from start to finish.
Starting the night
off we got to network with a wide variety of companies on arrival. This was a
chance for everyone to meet one another and require a small insight as to what
each business entails.
Once seated that was another chance to meet and network
with the company/companies on your table. Luckily for skignz we had two great
companies seated with us, who we thoroughly enjoyed the whole night with and got
to learn a lot about them.
One of the companies was 12th Man
Solutions Ltd, who were also up for the Marketing award alongside skignz. They
were a great bunch of people and their business was a great idea.
We all had a
good time in everyone’s company last night involving a lot of business talk and
laughter.
The other company placed at the table with skignz was Earls of Ashwood Ltd.
They are a cheesemonger and delicatessen company based in Stockton.
We have got
to say this was one of our favourite companies there last night. We all love
cheese and by the sounds of what Earls of Ashwood provide, we are defiantly
heading to their shop this weekend to taste some of their great delicacies.
Moving on in the night we had a lovely 3 course meal
provided by BNBA Tees Valley.
We all thoroughly enjoyed each part of the meal
and have got to say were very full by the end of it, not to mention the free
wine flowing sponsored by Big Bite Communications – a big thank you, you kept
us all very hydrated throughout the night!
Then it was time for the awards. Each category had three
nominees. All of the business ideas were truly great and everyone
deserved their place last night.
Coming to the Marketing award there were some
great other companies up for the award so we thought we had a low chance of
winning it. However it is fair to say we were truly surprised when skignz got
announced as the winner for the Marketing category.
This was a proud moment for
us! We only wish someone could have got a photo of us in that moment in time to
see the shocked look on our faces!
We would like to say well done to all the
other winners of the night also and to the overall winner C&A Pumps and
Engineering Ltd.
We would also like to say a big well done to Prince’s Trust
for providing opportunities for young people to help support them and change
their life for the better.
The story we heard from their young promotional speaker
was truly inspiring and it showed not just us but everyone just how
exceptionally inspiring the company is. They raised an amazing £930 last night
and we hope it hit the £1K as the night ended.
Ending on a high, we had a great night and hope to be entering again next
year in a different category! Well done to everyone again and a big thanks to
Colin Brown for organising the whole event and proving all companies with great
opportunities available last night!
If you would like to know more about The Best New Business Awards 2015 then please visit http://www.bestnewbusinessawards.com/
If you would like to know more about The Prince's Trust then please visit http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/
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