Poppy-PR joins East Midlands Leadership Awards sponsor line-up
Poppy-PR has been named as the latest sponsor of TheBusinessDesk.com’s forthcoming East Midlands Leadership Awards.
The Castle Donington-based PR firm is sponsoring the Best Company Leader (up to 100 employees) category at the prestigious event, which is set to take place on 1 July at Colwick Hall in Nottingham.
Tickets are now available for the event.
Poppy-PR joins fellow sponsors, Curium Solutions, Blueprint Interiors and Hockley Developments for the rearranged event, which was a victim of the pandemic lockdown last summer.
Tina Clough, managing director at Poppy-PR, said: “We are delighted to be a sponsor of the Leadership Awards. We recognise the amazing support that The Business Desk has given to both us, and our clients 
during the turmoils of the last 12 months.
“The pandemic has demonstrated the strength of the East Midlands Business community, the business press kept us going with advice, opinion and success stories, which in turn spurred us on as an agency.
“This is the first awards ceremony that we have sponsored in our ten year history, and we are extremely excited to be involved. I think we have all very much missed the value of face-to-face networking, and we hope to make the most of this fantastic opportunity, to reconnect with local business people.”
To book your tickets for the East Midlands Leadership Awards, click here.
The shortlist:
Company leader (over 100 employees)
Reshma Sheikh, Octavian
Matthew Crawford, Embark Federation
Stewart Vandermark, Nelsons
Tony Strong, Opus Trust Communications
Company leader (up to 100 employees) 
James Healey, Air IT
Steve Walker, Improve
Scott Parsons, Forsyth Barnes
Jamie Mollart, RKH
Stephen Pratt, Godwin Developments
Transformational Leader
David Essam, Frontline Recruitment
Amanda Fletcher, The Nottinghamshire Golf & Country Club
Glynis Wright, Glynis Wright & Co
Richard Sutton, NG Chartered Surveyors
Reshma Sheikh, Octavian Security
Public and Third Sector
Ann Bhatti, Connect Derby
Barbara Cathcart, Nottingham Hospitals Charity
Matthew Crawford, Embark Foundation
Parvez Bhatty, Leicester Children’s Holidays
Naomi Watkins-Ligudzinska, NW Counselling Hub CIC
Young Leader
Peter Evans, Orderly
Shyam Morjaria, UK Meds
Trent Peek, CCM
Sam Kirk, J-Flex
Jake Third, Hallam
Tina Clough, Poppy PR
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Professional Services
Keith Ross, Barclays
Jonathan Jenkins, Planning & Design Practice
Serena Humphrey, F Word Training
Sean Price, Velez
Stewart Vandermark, Nelsons
Emerging Entrepreneur
James Healey, Air IT
Richard Sutton, NG Chartered Surveyors
Trent Peek, CCM
Ben Solomon, Octavian IT
Libby James, Merchant Advice Service
Empowering Potential
Reshma Sheikh, Octavian Security
Amanda Fletcher, Nottinghamshire Golf & Country Club
David Essam, Frontline Recruitment
Libby James, Merchant Advice Service
Trent Peek, CCM
Diversity & Inclusion Award
Serena Humphrey, F Word Training
Mayank Shah, MSDUK
Sean Price, Velez
Richard Sutton, NG Chartered Surveyors
Best Leadership Programme
TBA on the day
Leader of the Year
TBA on the day
