They’re back! The Plymouth Live Business Awards are returning in 2021 with new categories but a live ceremony as glamorous as always – so submit your nominations now.
The popular awards had to be postponed in 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns made staging them impossible.
But Reach Plc – parent firm of Plymouth Live, Business Live, The Herald and Western Morning News – has decided that now, more than ever, it is important to honour Plymouth's brightest and best companies and business brains.
So the awards are being relaunched and will spotlight the firms that are making Plymouth’s economy tick – and doing well as the city rebounds from the Covid-19 crisis.
There are new categories for marine business of the year, apprenticeship development and a special award for operating in the face of adversity.
And the awards will culminate in a live, black tie event on November 3, 2021, at Plymouth Pavilions.
In previous years about 500 people attended the glitzy knees-up which was widely considered one of the key dates in the Plymouth business calendar.
And with no event taking place in 2020, it is expected the hunger for a high-profile shindig to celebrate everything that is great about business in Plymouth will be even greater.
Details on how to purchase tickets will be made available soon. In the meantime, to register your interest, contact Simone.Joynes@reachplc.com
But you can celebrate and reward companies and individuals by nominating them for the Plymouth Live Business Awards NOW.
You can nominate, here www.plymouthbusinessawards.com
The nomination period is open from TODAY, June 14, until Tuesday, August 17, 2021, and businesses and individuals are urged to waste no time in entering. Finalists will be announced in September.
The awards are headline sponsored this year by the University of Plymouth and City College Plymouth, with other category sponsors including Plymouth Science Park, Plymouth Citybus, YGS Landscapes and BD Diagnostics.
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William Telford, Business Live’s South West business reporter, said: “During the past decade these awards have become the largest and most important celebration of business excellence and achievement in the city. Let’s make this year’s Plymouth Business Awards just as great.”
The full category list is:
Start-Up Business of the Year
SME Business of the Year
Large Business of the Year
Innovation Award
Young Business Person of the Year
Built Environment and Infrastructure Award
Corporate Social Responsibility Award
Apprenticeship Development Award
Lifetime Achievement Award
Environmental Success of the Year
Marine Business of the Year
Manufacturing Business of the Year
Business In The Face Of Adversity Special Award
Rich Adams, business engagement manager at the University of Plymouth, said: “After such a difficult period of trading for so many businesses the University of Plymouth is a delighted to be supporting this event that celebrates the ambition, creativity and innovation of our business community.”
Jackie Grubb, City College Plymouth principal and chief executive, said: “City College Plymouth is delighted to be supporting the Plymouth Live Business Awards which provides the opportunity to shout about the great businesses in Plymouth and to celebrate their successes.
“At City College, key to our successes are the close working relationships we have with our employers and this reinforces the vital role that the College has within the City. Responding to a changing economy with education that connects learning and our learners to the real world, working with students, employers and other stakeholders to shape a flexible, agile skills provision, supporting employment, innovation and productivity - this would not be possible without the support of employers, many of whom will take part in the award celebrations. We look forward to congratulating all of our city’s employers at the event in November.”
