Super six fly flag for NW in Ernst & Young awards
SIX of the North West’s leading business minds are flying the flag for the region tonight in the UK finals of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year awards.
BetFred founder Fred Done and the regional winner of Entrepreneur of the Year award in June , is seen as a strong contender for the overall national title.
As well as his Warrington-based betting empire Mr Done has major regional business interests in property investment, sports tourism and employment law advice.
Other regional contenders are: Peter Schofield from Bury-based car cleaning to accessories group Tetrosyl; Ian Kelly of green technology firm Matrix; Iqbal Ahmed of the east Manchester-based seafood processing group Seamark; Lawrence Jones, founder of UKFast, the Manchester web hosting company and Matthew Sanders of Knutsford recruitment consultancy de Poel Group.
TheBusinessDesk.com will be attending the awards at the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane, London and will be Tweeting the winners as they are announced with the hashtag of #eoywinners.
