Final day to enter the 2019 Yorkshire Business Masters

Entries for the Yorkshire Business Masters Awards 2019 – the glittering black-tie event recognising business success, growth and investment across the region – need to be submitted today.

TheBusinessDesk.com will host the ninth Yorkshire Business Masters Awards on Thursday March 28 2019 at The Queens in Leeds.

Nominations for the awards, which boast the very best in business achievements, must be submitted by the deadline of Friday 7 December 2018. To enter, click here

There will be 13 awards presented on the evening, including two new awards – Family Business of the Year and Property Business of the Year. The end of the evening will culminate in an award presented to the Ambassador of the Year; somebody who has shown an outstanding contribution and played an instrumental part in marking the region thrive.

Law firm Clarion has announced its support of the 2019 awards as sponsor of the Large Business category.

The firm’s support comes after Rahman Ravelli threw is support behind the 2019 awards by sponsoring the International Trade award category last week.

The annual awards event is a brilliant networking opportunity with around 300 people in attendance. Yorkshire editor, Kayley Worsley, said: “Our 2019 event is sure to be a fantastic celebration of business achievements across a variety of business sectors and sizes. It has been a tough year for firms and so our prestigious awards will allow business to reflect on how they have made a  positive difference to the Yorkshire economy.”

The 2019 Business Masters award categories are:
Newcomer
Innovation
International Trade – Sponsored by Rahman Ravelli
Investment
Contributing to the Community
Professional Services
Property Business – new for 2019
Family Business – new for 2019
Small Business (up to 50 employees)
Medium Business (51 to 250 employees)
Large Business (251+ employees) – Sponsored by Clarion
Fast Growth Business
Ambassador

There will be an independent judging panel comprising of six senior leaders. They are Rashik Parmar, Leeds City Region LEP board member, Tom Marley, chief executive of The Car Buying Group – which last year was named the winner of the Fast Growth category, Mark Robson, head of UK regions – Yorkshire and Humber at The Department for International Trade (DIT), Beckie Hart, regional director, Yorkshire and the Humber, CBI, Nicky Chance-Thompson, CEO at The Piece Hall, Halifax, and Kayley Worsley, Yorkshire editor of TheBusinessDesk.com.

Hosting the glittering black-tie event  is the voice of business on BBC Radio 5Live, Danni Hewson.

Hewson is best known in Yorkshire for her 16 years in-front of the camera with BBC Look North. She often appears on BBC Breakfast and as a host for 5Live’s flagship business programme Wake Up To Money.