SOCIAL SCENE: Midlands Family Business Awards launch

This year’s search to find the Midlands’ best family businesses and their leaders has begun, as entries for the seventh Midlands Family Business Awards opened recently.
The Awards are the Midlands’ only initiative dedicated to celebrating and recognising the region’s family run and owned enterprises, and launched with a drinks reception at Derbyshire’s Donington Hall on Wednesday 18 May.
The Awards are organised by Nottingham-based The Wilson Organisation.
Luke Bishop (Barclays), Charlotte Perkins (Wilsons), Andy Tidmarsh (Barclays)
Paul Norbury (PwC), Charlotte Perkins (Wilsons)
Alice Turner and Lynette Fleeting (Prescient Power), Ruth Chapman and Chris Romans (PwC)
Carl and Rebecca Benfield (Prescient Power)
Tim Yates and Kate Jermey (University of Birmingham)
Stuart Garner (Norton)
Jemma Taylor-Smith and Lucy Sherriff (Awbery Management), Karen Cureton (Cureton Consulting)