You’ll no doubt have heard by now that the Sheffield Business Awards are back.
If you’ve not, and you’re somehow getting this news by reading my monthly column, then thank you and I’m flattered to be your source for breaking news!
We’re particularly excited at the return of the awards as we’re heavily involved this year – and for the foreseeable future.
Alongside the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, we hope to produce a night to remember on December 9 at the fabulous Peddler Market where we can all get together and celebrate the very best of the city’s business community.
Entries are open now (link at the end of this article) and I would encourage you to get involved. There should be a category for all types of business and organisation, but if there’s not please drop us a line and we’ll endeavour to cover all bases for 2022 and beyond.
Awards events can be a bit ‘marmite’ in how people approach them. For some it’s an opportunity to just have a night out with colleagues or to use it as a networking event.
For others it’s the crowning occasion to demonstrate just how brilliantly their firm has been doing over the past 12 months.
But for another group it’s just a date in the diary that must be fulfilled among a whole heap of other commitments during a very busy part of the year.
For that group, I hear you loud and clear. I really want the Sheffield Business Awards to be an occasion that everyone looks forward to. Not just the night itself but creating a prestige and exclusivity around winning an award itself that lasts for a long time.
We’ll also be doing our best to make sure the awards night isn’t a long, drawn-out bore fest. There’ll be no lengthy, worthy speeches and no acts that interest only the person who booked them. The focus will be on the shortlisted firms and, of course, the winners.
Over the next few weeks more details will be released as we announce ticket prices and how you can secure your table at the event. We expect the night to sell out fast so get booking as soon as you can!
Speaking of awards, or more accurately a list of top firms, I want to give a lot of praise to my team at HRM PR & Creative who have risen a massive 25 places up the Prolific North Top 50 PR Agencies since 2018 to reach 31st in the 2021 rankings.
Up against some of the mega-sized agencies from Leeds, Manchester and the north-east we consistently punch above our weight alongside our brilliant clients.
I’m very proud of the team here at our Sidney Street HQ and I just wanted a moment of self-indulgency to thank them.
Got views of your own? Let me know: richard@unltdbusiness.com LinkedIn: Richard Fidler
