High Sheriff of Cheshire Awards for Enterprise celebrate the best of the county’s businesses
The winners of the county’s most esteemed business awards were revealed during a ceremony at the University of Chester.
The annual High Sheriff of Cheshire Awards for Enterprise awards evening took place at the University's Queen's Park site, the home of the Chester Business School on Thursday, March 27.
Now in their 18th year the awards are organised by the High Sheriff of Cheshire in partnership with the University of Chester.
The welcome speech was given by Cheshire’s current High Sheriff of Cheshire, Clare Hayward MBE DL who talked about the awards and how they celebrate innovation, initiative and impact across Cheshire, Halton and Warrington.
The audience was treated to speeches from guest speaker Izzy Christiansen, a former professional footballer won every domestic honour with Man City and was a UEFA Women’s Champions League Winner with Olympique Lyonnais. At the end of the 22/23 season, Izzy announced her retirement to move into a new career with Sky Sports working as a pundit across Premier League and Women’s Super League coverage. Her reputation has grown as one of the best and sharpest tactical analysts within both the men’s and women’s game.
The second speaker was Professor Simon Hayward, an author and Professor of Leadership at Alliance Manchester Business School who has a research focus on responsible leadership. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Chartered Management Institute and has founded and led, with Clare, two successful, award-winning international consultancy businesses.
The winners were:
- Haier Smart Home UK&I were awarded the High Sheriff's Award for Wellness at Work sponsored by Warrington Borough Council. The runner up was Spire Cheshire Hospital.
- MPLOY Solutions were the winners of the High Sheriff's Award for Innovation sponsored by EA Technology with My Fabulosa Ltd as runner up.
- The Young Person in Business Award sponsored by Barlows was Evie Potts from BusyBus Ltd. The runner up was Joe Onions from Sherrington Associates.
- Entyce Creative were the winners of High Sheriff's Award for Promoting Social Mobility sponsored by the University of Chester with runner-up Rossendale Trust.
- The winner of the High Sheriff's Award for Sustainable Development sponsored by Grosvenor was Topspeed Couriers Limited with runner-up B&S Group.
- The Excellence in Enterprise Award sponsored by Mornflake was won by Bio&Me with runner up Topspeed Couriers Limited.
The awards were closed with a note of thanks from Lady Redmond MBE, the Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire.
High Sheriff of Cheshire, Clare Hayward MBE DL, said: “We were delighted to receive many quality applications across all the awards, which certainly made the judging tough. The winning organisations demonstrated how they focused on good growth, responsible leadership and how they are enabling sustainable, inclusive and healthy growth for Cheshire.
“We were delighted to hear the stories behind the businesses and how they were being bold, innovative, agile and determined to succeed. As was stated on the night, the only place where success becomes before work is in the dictionary. Everyone in the room should feel proud of what they have delivered. A very impressive collection of businesses.
“I would also like to thank our sponsors Barlow, Mornflake, Grosvenor, EA Technologies, the University of Chester and Warrington Borough Council.”
Kirstie Simpson, Associate Professor and Dean of Chester Business School, said: "It is always a true privilege to host these awards at the University of Chester’s award-winning Business School. We are dedicated to preparing the workforce of tomorrow, with many of our graduates contributing significantly to the Cheshire region. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make the awards such a tremendous success."