Congratulations to the companies from across the North of England who have made the final shortlist for this year's PD Ports Northern Powerhouse Export Awards.
IOE&IT Director General, Lesley Batchelor OBE, will be joining the judging panel with fellow panelists from PD Ports, BQ and Chamber International, who will meet towards the end of January to decide the overall winners of each category and select the PD Ports Northern Powerhouse Exporter of the Year.
The winners will be announced at a black-tie dinner, taking place on 22 February 2018 at the Marriott hotel in Leeds.
The shortlisted companies are:
E-commerce exporter of the year
Quality Bearings Online
Red Herring Games
Vanacci
Vision Support Services
Emerging exporter of the year
A&C Associates
Brandon Medical
Cat Tech International
HITEK Electronic Materials
Solarglide
Export team of the year (sponsored by Leeds Bradford Airport)
JDR Cable Systems
Quality Bearings Online
Solarglide
Pecan Deluxe Candy Europe
Tees Components
Northern Monk Brew Co
Principle Healthcare International
High growth exporter of the year (sponsored by HSBC)
Brandon Medical
Cat Tech International
ESCS
JDR Cable Systems
Marrose Abrasives
Tissuemed
Large exporter of the year (sponsored by Rahman Ravelli)
J&C Joel
Vision Support Services
JDR Cable Systems
The Big Word
Animalcare
EDM Ltd
Smylies
Small exporter of the year
Advanced Industrial Solutions
Brandon Medical
Business Doctors
Faith in Nature
King Cole
Pecan Deluxe Candy Europe
Weedfree on Track
Micro exporter of the year
A&C Associates
Big Little Toys
ESCS
James Love Legal
Levity CropScience
Quality Bearings Online
Tissuemed
Victvs
Most entrepreneurial exporter of the year
James Love Legal
The Big Word
Levity CropScience
North Brewing Co
Northern Monk Brew Co
Skignz
Scale-up exporter of the year (sponsored by UKEF)
Quality Bearings Online
A&C Associates
Pecan Deluxe Candy Europe
Tees Components
BQ’s commercial director, Bryan Hoare, said: “We’ve been delighted with the level and quality of the entries for 2018 which just shows how much export growth potential there is across the Northern Powerhouse."