Winners Roll of Honour
Congratulations to all the 2009 Essex Business Awards winners and Highly Commended companies from the Essex Chronicle Media Group, joint main sponsors Bird Luckin and Wollastons, all the category sponsors and programme ambassadors.
The moments when the awards were presented at Braxted Park on September 18th are captured below.
Special congratulations are due to Feathers Salon Group Ltd and International Financial Data Services who each won Best Training Company and Employer of the Year awards in their respective size divisions and who went on to win the overall Essex Business of the Year awards in the small/medium and large company divisions respectively.
Essex Business of the Year
sponsored and judged by Bird Luckin and Wollastons
Winner - Small / Medium Business Category
Feathers Salon Group Ltd
Feathers Salon Group Ltd, receiving the small/medium company Essex Business of the Year award from Janis Osborne, far right, Bird Luckin
Essex Business of the Year
sponsored and judged by Bird Luckin and Wollastons

Winner - Large Business Category
International Financial data Services
International Financial Data Services receiving the large company Essex Business of the Year award from Janis Osborne, Bird Luckin and Rafael Ruiz, Wollastons

Winners and highly commended companies joint together to celebrate their achievements
Best Company Training Programme
sponsored and judged by Pursuit Recruitment

Winner - Small / Medium Business Category
Feathers Salon Group Ltd
Feathers Salon Group Ltd receiving the small/medium company Best Training Programme award which was judged by Pursuit Recruitment
Winner - Large Business Category
International Financial Data Services
International Financial Data Services receiving the small/medium company Best Training Programme award from Lorraine Phair, far left, and Mary Wild, second from left, Pursuit Recruitment
Best Growing Business
sponsored and judged by NatWest

Winner – ABA Training Ltd
ABA Training Ltd receiving the Best Growing Business award from Phil Clarke, Nat West
Corporate Responsiblity
sponsored and judged by Essex & Suffolk Water

Winner
Bunting and Sons
Kate Bunting of Bunting and Sons receiving the Corporate Responsibility award for businesses from Sarah Bowerman,left, Essex & Suffolk Water

Winner
Havens Hospices
Havens Hospices receiving the Corporate Responsibility award for charities/not-for-profit organisations from Sarah Bowerman, Essex & Suffolk Water

Highly Commended
Essex Wildlife Trust
Essex Wildlife Trust receiving the Corporate Responsibility Highly Commended award for charities/not-for-profit organisations from Sarah Bowerman, Essex & Suffolk Water
Customer Care and Services
sponsored and judged by Bird Luckin

Winner - Small / Medium Business Category
Abbey Antiques and Furnishings Ltd
Abbey Antiques and Furnishings Ltd receiving the Customer Care and Service award for small/medium companies from Janis Osborne, far left, and Jenny Cook, far right, Bird Luckin

Winner - Large Business Category
West and Coe
West and Coe receiving the Customer Care and Service award for large companies from Janis Osborne, third from left,and Jenny Cook, second from right, Bird Luckin
Employer of the Year
sponsored and judged by Investors in People, East of England

Winner - Small / Medium Business Category
Feathers Salon Group Ltd
Feathers Salon Group Ltd receiving the Employer of the Year award for small/medium companies which was judged by Investors in People, East of England

Winner - Large Business Category
International Financial Data Services
International Financial Data Services receiving the Employer of the Year award for large companies which was judged by Investors in People, East of England
Excellence in Marketing
sponsored and judged by Vantis Business Recovery Services

Winner - Small / Medium Business Category
Anglia Courier Express (East Anglia) Ltd
Anglia Courier Express receiving the small/medium company Excellence in Marketing award from Glyn Mummery, far right, and Gina Hall, far left, Vantis Business Recovery Services

Winner - Large Business Category
Southend United Football Club
Southend United Football Club receiving the large company Excellence in Marketing award from Glyn Mummery, and Gina Hall, Vantis Business Recovery Services
Innovation
sponsored and judged by Anglia Ruskin University

Winner - Small / Medium Business Category
Servowatch Systems Ltd
Servowatch Systems Ltd receiving the small/medium company Innovation award from Professor Martin Reynolds, left, Anglia Ruskin University

Winner - Large Business Category
Shergroup
Shergroup receiving the large company Innovation award from Professor Martin Reynolds, second from left, Anglia Ruskin University
Outstanding Business Person
sponsored and judged by Cooper Lomaz

Winner
Ozay Mustafa, Gracelands CMS Ltd
Ozay Mustafa, Gracelands CMS Ltd receiving the Outstanding Business Person award from Richard Barker, far right, and Sally Cleary, far left, Cooper Lomaz

Highly Commended
Kevin Crouch, FRAB Ltd (Lapsafe Products)
Kevin Crouch, FRAB Ltd (Lapsafe Products), centre, receiving the Outstanding Business Person Highly Commended award from Richard Barker and Sally Cleary, Cooper Lomaz
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
sponsored and judged by Colchester Institute

Winner
Steve Frost, Naio Environmental Ltd
Steve Frost, Naio Environmental Ltd receiving the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award from Kati Vardon, Colchester Institute
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