County Durham organisation shortlisted for Nectar Business Small Business Awards
Adam Monkhouse, founder of County Durham business, North East Electrical, has beaten off hundreds of UK small businesses to be shortlisted in the eighth national Nectar Business Small Business Awards.
Adam is just five weeks away from finding out if he will win the Tradesperson of the Year category, which is judged by a panel of business experts and led by one of the UK’s leading business women, consumer champion and BBC ‘Dragon’, Sarah Willingham.
The Awards celebrate the achievements of hard working small businesses and business people across the UK. If successf
ul, Adam will win £2,000 cash, 50,000 Nectar points as well as the prestigious title. What’s more Adam will be invited to the Nectar Business Round Table and awards ceremony, taking place in November, where he will meet and receive tailored expert advice from Sarah Willingham and other business professionals who also judged the awards.
North East Electrical was founded in 2012 when founder Adam Monkhouse was just 24-years-old. The company specialises in offering bespoke electrical design and installation services to domestic and commercial clients, as well offering renewable alternatives. The company prides itself on building long lasting relationships with its clients, ensuring they always have an enjoyable experience when dealing with them.
Adam commented: “Being shortlisted in the Nectar Business Small Business Awards is a great honour and will give the whole team here such a boost. Starting the business at a young age came with its sacrifices, but now the business is going from strength to strength. Being nominated as finalists in 2015 opened so many new doors for us, one of our proudest achievements since has been bringing on our first apprentice.
“Receiving an invite to the Nectar Business round table event and the opportunity to get first hand advice from the likes of Sarah Willingham for my business would be really valuable in taking us to the next level. If we win, a large portion of the £2,000 prize money will go towards an additional company van, however I would also make sure the staff were rewarded for their continued team effort.”
Adam will now be judged by a panel of business experts, including Sarah Willingham; Adam Collett, Marketing Director, Independent, at Brakes; Melissa Snover Burton, previous Nectar Business Small Business Awards winner and Managing Director of Katjes Fassin; Richard Carvell, Director Digital & Direct Marketing at Viking and Shannon Diett, VP Marketing at DHL and Awards host.
Sarah Willingham, entrepreneur and lead judge of the awards comments: “When I joined the Nectar Business Small Business Awards last year I was blown away; not just by the number of entries, but by the sheer quality of the businesses that entered.
“This year has not disappointed; we received even more entrants than last year and the standard of entrants has once again been exceptional. It’s really inspiring reading all of the entries, I really am blown away!
“We have selected Adam Monkhouse as one of the stand out entries that deserves to be shortlisted in the Tradesperson of the Year category. North East Electrical has the potential to join the impressive list of previous winners including NotontheHighStreet.co.uk and Hungryhouse.co.uk, but having seen the other entries I know the competition will be fierce!”
The other categories include Small Business of the Year, Home Grown Business of the Year, Innovation of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year and Contribution to Community Award and two new categories; Apprentice of the Year and Best Use of Technology.
For further details on the Nectar Business Small Business Awards 2016 and a full list of shortlisted companies, please visit www.nectar.com/smallbusiness
