{"id":24893,"date":"2017-11-15T18:11:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T18:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=24893"},"modified":"2017-11-15T18:11:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T18:11:32","slug":"brum-celebrates-best-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/15\/brum-celebrates-best-business\/","title":{"rendered":"BRUM CELEBRATES THE BEST IN BUSINESS"},"content":{"rendered":"

400 business leaders packed into Edgbaston Stadium on 9th November to celebrate the inaugural City of Birmingham Business Awards, hosted by Downtown Birmingham, and sponsored by the Partnership Lifestyle Club.<\/p>\n

The gala awards dinner, presented by Ed James, rewarded some of the best businesses and business leaders in the City Region.<\/p>\n

The big winners on the evening included Paul Cadman, Michele Wilby and Bart Dalton who won the Man of the Year, Woman of the Year and Business Personality of the Year respectively.<\/p>\n

The biggest prize on the evening went to Argent LLP who won the Business of the Year award.<\/p>\n

Frank McKenna CEO of Downtown in Business commented: \u201cIt has been fantastic to reward all of the amazing businesses in the Birmingham City Region. The calibre of businesses in the city made a nomination for these awards an achievement in itself. I would like to congratulate all of the winners and wish all the nominees best of luck for next year when the COBBA\u2019s will return.\u201d<\/p>\n

Celebrations went on long into the night, with a terrific set from Happy Monday\u2019s icon Rowetta, followed by an aftershow party at the Malmaison Hotel.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Winners are:<\/p>\n

Female Networker of the Year \u2013 Rachel Eade, RED<\/strong><\/em>
\nMale Networker of the Year \u2013 Daniel Skermer, Park Regis<\/strong><\/em>
\nEmployer of the Year \u2013 Edgbaston Stadium<\/strong><\/em>
\nNewcomer of the Year \u2013 Celsium Global Mobility Solutions<\/strong><\/em>
\nBusiness Development Manager of the Year \u2013 Beth Sadler, Aston Business School
\nContribution to Transport and Infrastructure \u2013 Laura Shoaf, Transport for West Midlands
\nBar of the Year \u2013 The Alchemist
\nRestaurant of the Year \u2013 Opus Restaurant<\/strong><\/em>
\nVenue of the Year \u2013 Birmingham Hippodrome
\nHotel of the Year \u2013 Hotel Du Vin & Bistro
\nCommunity Impact Award \u2013 Lloyds Banking Group<\/strong><\/em>
\nEnvironmental & Sustainability Award \u2013 B&M Waste Services<\/strong><\/em>
\nPR & Marketing Agency of the Year \u2013 Urban Communications<\/strong><\/em>
\nDigital & Creative Business of the Year \u2013 Squibble Ltd<\/strong><\/em>
\nLegal Firm of the Year \u2013 Trowers & Hamlins<\/strong><\/em>
\nRecruitment Company\u00a0of the Year \u2013 Ex-Forces Recruitment<\/strong><\/em>
\nFinancial Services Provider of the Year \u2013 Investec Wealth & Investment Limited<\/strong><\/em>
\nAccountancy Firm of the Year \u2013 Grant Thornton UK LLP<\/strong><\/em>
\nProperty & Construction Company of the Year \u2013 Bruntwood<\/strong><\/em>
\nMan of the Year \u2013 Paul Cadman, New Edge Interiors<\/strong><\/em>
\nWoman of the Year \u2013 Michele Wilby, Colmore Business District<\/strong><\/em>
\nBusiness Personality of the Year \u2013 Bart Dalton, Taurus Wealth Developments Ltd<\/strong><\/em>
\nBusiness of the Year -Argent LLP<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

400 business leaders packed into Edgbaston Stadium on 9th November to celebrate the inaugural City of Birmingham Business Awards, hosted by Downtown Birmingham, and sponsored by the Partnership Lifestyle Club. The gala awards dinner, presented by Ed James, rewarded some of the best businesses and business leaders in the City Region. The big winners on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,51,53],"tags":[262,520,519,521,510],"class_list":["post-24893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-events","category-latest","tag-awards","tag-city-of-birmingham-business-awards","tag-downtown-in-business","tag-frank-mckenna","tag-paul-cadman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}