Stockton e-Commerce firm Visualsoft has been crowned Company of the Year at the Teesside heat of the North East Business Awards 2015.
The best of Teesside business gathered for a glittering awards ceremony, held tonight at Teesside University’s Olympia Building.
The 12 winners will go head-to-head with companies from two other heats - Tyneside & Northumberland and Durham & Wearside, at the Regional Final held at Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield, on April 23.
Key speaker on the night at the awards was British Army veteran Simon Weston OBE, who has become well known throughout the UK for his charity work and recovery after suffering severe burns during the Falklands War.
Visualsoft, which employs more than 180 staff and has a yearly turnover of £6.7m, has seen rapid growth. It provides website design and tailored online marketing services to more than 850 clients. The company has developed a series of e-commerce platforms with a growing army of online retailer users. The company also gives staff unlimited holidays, free breakfasts and protein shakes among other benefits, an approach that has lifted productivity according to bosses.
In his speech at the event, Gazette Media Company managing director Robert Cuffe said: “I’m a Teessider. I’m optimistic. This area has more reasons to be confident about its future than for many a year.
“Look around tonight - a record attendance - representing a business community that’s confident, varied and led by talented, creative and resourceful leaders.”
Now in their fourth decade, the North East Business Awards are organised by the Gazette and its sister paper on Tyneside, the Journal, in association with the North East Chamber of Commerce.
The full list of winners are:
• ElringKlinger (GB) Ltd - Green Award, sponsored by Trinity Mirror plc
• Hart Biologicals - Export Award, sponsored by Evolution Business & Tax Advisors LLP
• Teesside Industrial Solutions Ltd - Newcomer of the Year, sponsored by Virgin Money
• Applied Integration UK Ltd - Manufacturing Award, sponsored by ABB Consulting
• Gus Robinson Developments Ltd - Heart of the Community Award, sponsored by Castlegate Shopping Centre
• Tomlinson Hall & Co Ltd - Small Business Award, sponsored by FW Capital
• Integrity Search Ltd - Digital and Social Media Award, sponsored by Teesside University
• PJA Distribution - Let’s Grow Award, sponsored by University of Sunderland
• Hart Innovations - Innovation Award, sponsored by Tees Valley Business Compass
• Engineering and Marine Services Ltd - Services Award, sponsored by Middlesbrough College
• Tees Components - Apprenticeship Award, sponsored by Nifco UK
• Visualsoft - Company of the Year, sponsored by Deloitte
Check GazetteLive on Friday for video footage and more pictures from the event.
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