A panel of judges had the unenviable task of picking out 11 winners from 52 nominations in Aycliffe Business Park’s fourth annual ‘Make Your Mark’ awards competition at the Xcel Centre on Thursday May 24th.
The panel included ABPC chair Kerina Clark, Sarah Slaven from Business Durham, Durham County Council Cllr for Newton Aycliffe John Clare, Sharon Hutchinson from Endeavour Partnership, Liana Fish from Logico, Michael Vassallo from Maven Capital Partners and Neil O’Connor from Fleet Recruitment.
Kerina Clark said: “As chair of Aycliffe Business Park Community it fills me with pride and optimism that we have such a high level of quality companies and people working amongst us, all achieving great things in their own sectors.
Cllr Clare, who received an ‘Aycliffe Ambassador’ award at last year’ event, said: “Judging the categories was tremendously difficult. The achievements of ALL the nominees were outstanding – that was why they had been nominated.
Neil O’Connor, managing director of Fleet Recruitment, said: “This is the first time that I have been involved in judging the Make Your Mark awards and I was amazed at how difficult it was. It was really tough and quite emotive, particularly the best apprentice award.
This is the second year Endeavour Partnership have sponsored an award and they are delighted to support an organisation that is doing so much to highlight the fantastic achievements of businesses in the North East- something that is very much in line with their values.
Tickets are still on sale for the event, priced just £21 (including VAT), which can be purchased online at aycliffeawards.co.uk
