Business Awards INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR sponsored by the Gatwick Diamond Initiative Winner: HH Global. Shortlisted: Haltermann Carless & Cara Technology HH Global delivers marketing execution for print, packaging and creative services. The company works with some of the largest and most progressive global brands including Google, HP, HSBC and PepsiCo. Originally formed as a print broker in 1991, following a management buy-out in 2002 by Robert MacMillan, the company has grown significantly. Today HH Global employs 900+ staff and has offices across Europe, the US, Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD sponsored by Prowse & Co. Ltd Winner: Helen Bullen Shortlisted: Be Kassapian & Peter Snell A registered Osteopath, Helen Bullen is well known in her profession. Over the past seven years, Helen has grown her company, Fine Fettle, to have more than 4,000 clients. Fine Fettle is a clinic with 20 part-time Associate Therapists and a team of five reception staff. Helen has also set up a coaching and mentoring business which she runs under her own name. She was involved in setting up the first Osteopathic degree course in Dublin and was the Vice Principal of the college for three years. She trains instructors from the Army, Navy and RAF and Helen is a committee member of the Bookham Traders Association.
START UP BUSINESS OF THE YEAR sponsored by Mole Valley District Council Winner: First Hand Recruitment Shortlisted: SMART Business Supplies Ltd & Liquid Gold Whisky Co First Hand Recruitment Ltd was founded by Andrew Dunne, who has more than 10 years recruitment experience. His business recruits skilled technical staff for customers across the UK operating in the areas of Defence, Security & Technical Engineering.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY AWARD sponsored by Exxon Mobil Winner: Bocketts Farm Park Shortlisted: The Royal British Legion Industries @ B@titude Bocketts Farm Park was chosen because of its contribution to the lives of many children in the local community. A family business, it has become a real attraction in the area, coping with more than 20,000 children visiting it on school trips every year.
RETAIL/HOSPITALITY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE YEAR AWARD sponsored by Surrey Chambers Magazine Winner: Barton’s Bookshop Shortlisted: Bike Beans Cycle Café & AuBel Chocolates Barton’s Bookshop was established eight and a half years ago by Peter Barton to “run the style of bookshop that he would like to visit and use”. He encourages parents to bring reluctant readers to Barton’s to try a selection of hand-picked children’s books. He says, “I firmly believe that there are no non-readers; it is simply that they haven’t found the right book yet.”
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