A high-profile business class airline which has linked Luton and New York is the big winner at this year's Bedfordshire and Luton Business Excellence Awards.
Luton Airport-based Silverjet, which provides luxury level flights to the Big Apple and will soon begin flights to the Middle East, took the coveted title of Company Of The Year and also won the new category for best retail/leisure business and picked up highly commended plaudit in the categories for customer care, as well as being shortlisted in the champions of learning section.
The awards ceremony, compered by BBC sports presenter Ray Stubbs, saw awards presented in 12 categories.
Winners included:
New business of the year: Buy-Local.Net.Ltd
Highly commended: Incident Management Solutions Ltd.
Shortlisted: Access Europe HR Ltd, Over The Rainbow, Fli Womenswear, Coffee Express.
Innovation Award: Access Europe HR Ltd
Highly commended: Ceetak Ltd.
Shortlisted: Interactive Media Creations Ltd.
Small/Medium Business Of The Year: e-Financial Management Ltd
Highly commended: The Cerebral Palsy Physiotherapy Centre Ltd
Shortlisted: The Cutting Corner, The White Horse
Employee of the Year: Clare Ely, The Full Effect
Highly commended: Katie Bradley, The White Horse
Shortlisted: Roy Ashley, Wootton Upper School
Champions of Learning: New Age Training
Shortlisted: The Cutting Corner, The White Horse, Silverjet
Business Training Award: The Charles Wells Pub Company
Highly commended: The Cutting Corner
Shortlisted: 5th Avenue Hair & Beauty
Green Business Award: Greenways
Highly commended: Hain Celestial UK Ltd
Shortlisted: Caltec Ltd
www.Business Award: Over The Rainbow
Highly commended: Buy-Local.Net.Ltd
Shortlisted: The Cutting Corner
Customer Care Excellence Award: The White Horse
Highly commended: Silverjet
Shortlisted: Nuwaves, e-Financial Management Ltd, Miraj Indian Restaurant, The Cutting Corner.
Best Retail/Leisure Business: Silverjet
Highly commended: The White Horse
Shortlisted: The Park Inn, The Sharnbrook Hotel & Vesuvio Restaurant
Shining Star Award: Kay Harper, Stopsley High School
Shortlisted: Michael Damiano, Image Hair; Mohammed Islam, Hain Celestial UK; Martin Mackowiak, Access Europe HR Ltd.
Company of the Year: Silverjet
Shortlisted: e-Financial Management Ltd, Buy-Local.Net.Ltd, Over The Rainbow, Greenways
Click here to see a further selection of pictures from the nightPictures from the night can be viewed and copies ordered from our online image shop from the afternoon of Saturday, November 10. Visit the image shop by clicking here
