Burngreave Enterprise Event & Business Awards 2007

Verdon Street Centre

4 – 8pm Wednesday, March 14th 2007.

The Burngreave Enterprise Event and Business Awards returns next month in what promises to be the year’s biggest business event in Burngreave.

The event takes place at the Verdon Street Centre on March 14th and will include exhibitions from Business Support agencies, advice and guidance for businesses and feature presentations for business students.

Workshops and seminars will cover:

• Advice on starting up a new business.

• Grant funding (for businesses, social entrepreneurs and community groups)

• Self-employment for builders.

The day concludes with the 2007 Burngreave Business Awards.

The widely acclaimed Awards and Enterprise Event are recognised as the flagship of business activity in Burngreave. Organisations involved will receive direct business benefits and high media profile; the Awards are a fantastic opportunity to celebrate commercial success with fellow businesses in the area.

The award categories are: Business Start Up, Marketing Excellence, Community Impact, Training & Development, Customer Service, Young Business Woman of the Year and Young Businessman of the Year.

Programme on the day:

• 4.00 pm: Exhibitions open

• 4.15pm – 6.30pm: Workshops

• 7.00pm: Burngreave Business Awards

For more information contact the Burngreave Business Support Team on: (0114) 292 0462 email: businesssupport@bndfc.co.uk.

Nominations for the 2007 Burngreave Business Awards

Do you know someone who deserves recognition? Would you like to enter yourself?

Then call the Business Support Team on (0114) 292 0462 for more information.

Please note the deadline for application is Thursday, 15th February 2007.

Award winner cleans up

Serial entrepreneur and Burngreave resident Lee Furness knows the value of winning awards; and the Burngreave Business Awards in particular. Lee is Director of Time for You, a corporate and domestic cleaning company that employs around 80 people from the Burngreave and Pitsmoor area.

Lee entered the first Burngreave Business Awards in 2005. He was surprised to be short listed and delighted when he was named winner of the HSBC Start Up Award. Wining that award inspired him to enter a national award with his franchise company – he won that one too!

In 2006 Lee repeated his feat by winning the Marketing Excellence Award, which he says changed his business.

“I have the Awards on all my promotional material, even in the Yellow Pages. The majority of my new customers tell me that knowing I am an award winner made them choose me instead of my competitors.”

Lee intends to enter for this year’s Awards and take full advantage of the help and advice on offer at this year’s Enterprise Event on the 14th March.