The ER Team were honoured to attend the Enterprising Women Awards on Friday 8th October where our MD Eileen Richards MBE and Co-Chair of the female networking group alongside welcomed guests alongside Jean Mountain. The group, which is an initiative through the East Midlands Chamber connects and supports women in business across the East Midlands. After postponing the awards due to COVID-19, Friday’s celebrations were excitedly anticipated by finalists and the glamourous evening and stunning outfits did not disappoint!
Hosted at the Nottingham Belfrey by ITV weather girl Emma Jesson who has been a supporter of Enterprising Women for many years, the award ceremony consisted of 8 categories ranging from ‘Apprentice of the Year’ to ‘Small Business of the Year’ and ‘Business Woman of the Year’. The energy and emotion were pulsing throughout the ceremony with finalists being supported by family, colleagues and clients.
After what has been a turbulent time in business, it was great for members to be back together physically to celebrate each other’s success and enjoy an evening of connectivity and positivity.
In continuation of previous EW award ceremonies, this years entries and finalists were once again outstanding with the sponsors facing incredibly difficult decisions when selecting winners from the high calibre applications.
Here is a list of all of the finalists and winners on the evening, congratulations to each of them:
Business Woman of the Year (sponsored by Futures Housing Group)
Winner
Natalie Bamford, Colleague Box (Derby)
Finalists
Rowan Bradley, Children’s Therapy Solutions
Sandra Wiggins, DPI UK
Jillian Thomas, Future Life Wealth Management
Claire Twells, Smith Partnership
Helen Wathall, Wathall’s Funeral Directors
Female Entrepreneur of the Year (sponsored by Midlands Engine Investment Fund)
Winner
Rachel Hayward, Ask the Chameleon (Derby)
Finalists
Janice Holmes, Janice Rose Lingerie
Iwona Lebiedowicz, PAB Languages
Nicky Botham, Shed Grounds Maintenance
Jaz Kaur, Fraser Stretton Estate Agents
Social Commitment Award (sponsored by PPL PRS)
Winner
CR Civil Engineering (Loughborough)
Finalists
Bodie Hodges Foundation
Cross Productions
Halo Recruit
Hot House Music
Small Business of the Year (sponsored by Unique Window Systems)
Winner
Shed Grounds Maintenance (Chesterfield)
Finalists
Access Training
Balls2 Marketing
Breedon Consulting
We Love Surveys
Female Employee of the Year (sponsored by Smallman & Son)
Winner
Matilda Swanson, Loates HR Consultancy (Derby)
Finalists
Vicky Evans, Air Ambulance Service
Ana-Andreea Covaliu, Design Studio Architects
Hollie Newton, EMA Training
Rosie McLaughlin, Embark Federation
Team of the Year (sponsored by She Inspires Global)
Winner
RideWise (Nottingham)
Finalists
Astute Recruitment
Cross Productions
DPI UK
Futures Housing Group
Outstanding Contribution to Work in STEM (sponsored by Pick Everard)
Winner
Rail Forum Midlands
Finalists
DPI UK
Emh group
JB Engineering
Midland Lead
Apprentice of the Year (sponsored by EMA Training)
Winner
Evie Smith, Reckitt Benckiser (UK) (Derbyshire)
Finalists
Brooke Dennis, Recruit 2 You
Courtney Bower, Recruit 2 You
Hannah Ward, Wytech
Bethany Less, Xbite
If you are interested in joining Co-Chairs Eileen and Jean as part of the Enterprising Women group, you can find additional details here: Enterprising Women Events - East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) (emc-dnl.co.uk)