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Judges praise quality of MKBAA entries
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he judging panel for Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards 2022 has announced the finalists for this year’s awards. The theme for this year’s awards is MK – Leading the UK’s Green Recovery: Survive, Revive & Thrive and many of the businesses and
Design entrepreneur accepts speaker invite
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n t re p re n e u r a n d fashion designer Wayne Hemingway is to be the guest speaker at this year’s Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards. His career in fashion began when he started to sell some of his and his girlfriend’s old wardrobes, which were full of hand-made and vintage clothing, at a market. With his future wife, he then built Red or Dead into a worldwide label and, after 21 seasons on the catwalk, it was sold in a multi-millionpound deal. They went on to found HemingwayDesign with a mantra of Design is about improving things that matter in life and over the past two decades it has delivered many high profile and award-winning affordable new-build housing schemes, transformed housing estates and delivered a series of seaside regeneration projects. Nicholas Mann, chair of awards organisers Milton
organisations who entered this year focused their submissions around this subject. Anita Nadkarni, chair of the judging panel, said: “The judging panel had a really tough job this year. “There were so many excellent submissions that really show the breadth and depth of the business
community in Milton Keynes. It was also humbling to see how many businesses had taken on board the environmental theme of this year’s awards, giving us all a positive outlook for the future.” The awards ceremony will be hosted by radio broadcaster Tony Dibbin.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Bridgman & Bridgman LLP; Clearview Intelligence Group Ltd; KAIA Clothing; Red Giraffe Marketing Ltd
NEW BUSINESS Emerging Markets Quality Trials (more:trees); Shoedini
MKBAA FINALISTS BUSINESS IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY Autism Early Support Trust; Diversity Marketplace; Future Wolverton Ltd CHARITY OF THE YEAR Harry’s Rainbow; Milton Keynes Hospital Charity; MK Foodbank; Willen Hospice CULTURE & ARTS Pauline Quirke Academy – Milton Keynes; The Arches Theatre; The Stables CUSTOMER SERVICE Allica Bank Ltd; Aztech IT Solutions; Climb Quest Milton Keynes; EAC Consulting Group DESIGN & CREATIVITY Red Giraffe Marketing Ltd; South Central IOT/Milton Keynes College Group; Visual Identity
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TECHNOLOGY PragmatiQ Solutions; Tomorrows Journey; Triad Plc
SMALL & MEDIUM BUSINESS Clearview Intelligence Group Ltd; Cook Recruitment Group; Diversity Marketplace; mergency Care Gateway; WSA – The Communications Agency
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LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT Climb Quest; Vertigo VR Ltd
Wayne Hemingway Keynes Business Leaders Partnership, said: “Wayne is a sought-after speaker, covering a range of topics from brand loyalty to social responsibility, urban design
INNOVATION Emerging Markets Quality Trials; (more:trees); Tomorrow’s Journey
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Cook Recruitment Group; Dentons UK and Middle East LLP; D.O.T.S. Chiropractic; Whitecap Consulting
and his long-term passion of sustainability. This fits well with the MKBAA theme this year, looking at the role Milton Keynes businesses can play in the green recovery.”
TO LEASE
ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR Scott Jones, 123 Internet Group; Harry Alston, Generation Z Marketing; Shalom Lloyd, Naturally Tribal Skincare Ltd; Sanj Chandi, Treat Street
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