Industry and innovation were honoured on a night celebrating business success on Teesside.
Firms from industries including digital innovation, construction and engineering were among the winners at the Teesside heat of the North East Business Awards.
Stockton e-commerce firm Visualsoft was the night’s big winner scooping Company of the Year at the event at Teesside University.
Visualsoft managing director Dean Benson said: “We are absolutely delighted, we’ve won this award because of our excellent workforce - we have the best people anyone could want.
“The way we work, including offering things like unlimited holidays, attracts the best staff, the elite; recruitment and retention is very important to us. Employ the best, retain the best and you can achieve the output.”
Stockton rope access specialist Teesside Industrial Solutions won Newcomer of the Year.
Gary King, managing director, said: “We are over the moon.
“I know the industry inside out, we do what we do best - and we deliver.
“We have 70 guys all over the world, from Norway to Nigeria - and the potential next year is even bigger.”
The Manufacturing Award went to Applied Integration UK Ltd.
Lee Raywood, managing director of Applied Integration Ltd said: “We are customer-centric, we work and invest not just in our clients but our staff.
“It’s about pushing what we do in the North-east. The way forward is to make the North-east a centre of excellence, that’s my passion.”
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.
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 Deloitt
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