TheBusinessDesk.com to partner IoD’s annual awards
THE WEST MIDLANDS Institute of Directors has changed the venue for its annual Director of the Year awards following unprecedented demand for tickets.
And it has also announced that TheBusinessDesk.com has been appointed as the event’s official media partner to help promote the initiative alongside sponsors including Turkish Airlines, lawyers Irwin Mitchell and Gap Personnel.
The main sponsor has been announced as the University of Wolverhampton.
The awards event on March 31 will now be held at Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens, and tables of 10 cost £500.
John Phillips, IoD Regional Director for the West Midlands Region said: “We very much appreciate the opportunity to work with TheBusinessDesk.com on this prestigious awards project.
“The recession has been long and hard but there are many companies who are now poised to move forward into better times. This is our way of rewarding hard work and enterprise. Business men and women who create jobs and wealth need to be encouraged and have the opportunity to celebrate their achievements.”
All winners will automatically go through to the national competition to find the IoD’s UK Director of the Year 2011 at a ceremony in London in September.
Mr Phillips said the awards were designed to “seek out excellence, enterprise and the best of regional business.” The awards are open to all – not just IoD members.
The categories are:
* Young Director of the Year
* Director of the Year (large company)
* Director of the Year (small and medium company)
* International Director of the Year
* Public Sector/Third Sector Director of the Year
* Family Business Director of the Year
* Director of the Year for Environmental Leadership
There will also be an overall winner.
Mr Phillips said: “This is a great opportunity to profile your business and for the IoD to award hard work, enterprise and excellence. As an IoD Member you are also entitled no nominate one of your fellow board members.
To download a nomination form, click here.
