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PD Ports Awards

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."