The Best of Chester's Efforts Rewarded with 'Innovative Business of the Year' Title
thebestof Chester, along with other franchisees in thebestof group, has been voted the top Innovative Business of the Year at the Fast Growth Business Awards 2008.
Hundreds of companies vied for the top slots at the Awards with thebestof beating off new innovative stars, “Broadbean Technology’ and “Challs International’ to achieve winning status.
The Awards, which were presented at a prestigious black tie dinner in London on March 12th, have become recognised by many as a spotlight for entrepreneurial excellence. They are designed to bring together the UK’s most dynamic and innovative businesses.
A leading panel of entrepreneurs, investors and experts judged the awards. These included Peter Jones, entrepreneur and star of BBC’s Dragons’ Den; Simon Kossoff, MD of Carluccios and Rene Carayol, business guru and TV presenter.
“We’re absolutely delighted,” said Paul Daniels who runs thebestof Chester. Over this last year we have launched some very innovative schemes, such as our membership card scheme, and it’s just great to be recognised for our forward thinking and entrepreneurial vision, especially from a selection of such highly regarded entrepreneurs and businessmen as those that sat on the FGBA panel.”
thebestof Chester is one of a network of sites around the country which champion over 65,000 great local businesses in their communities. The sites receive over 1 million visitors every month making thebestof one of the most popular websites in the UK.
thebestof clearly fits the description of best innovative business. Nigel Botterill founded the company in July 2005 with his wife Sue. Since then it has become the fastest ever-growing franchise company. thebestof Chester provides a reliable guide to high quality, professional and trustworthy local businesses, each business has an extensive review page. It’s guide includes business categories such as financial services, home & garden, health & beauty, tradesmen, shopping as well as restaurants, places to go and things to do with in the area. Furthermore thebestof Chester has launched its own members evenings, and is developing its local premium brand with promotional campaigns including it’s support for Chester’s Food & Drink Festival held at Chester Racecourse next week. It has many more innovative initiatives planned for the next few months.
Nigel Botterill, CEO of thebestof concludes: “Without thebestof Chester’s creative thinking and excellent service to its community we wouldn’t have been rewarded with this award. Paul Daniels is an invaluable asset to the team and richly deserves to share in this achievement.”
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Notes to Editors About thebestof
• www.thebestof.co.uk is a national network of local websites, run by local people, that champion the best businesses in their area • thebestof has established widespread coverage in virtually all the major centres in the UK. From Aberdeen in the north, to Plymouth in the south, from Llandudno in the west and Norwich in the East – and pretty much everywhere in between • Based in Solihull, thebestof is the brainchild of Nigel and Sue Botterill. It was set up over 2 and a half years ago and now has well over 350 franchisees who feature over 65,000 businesses between them. • It is the fastest growing UK franchise – ever! And was ranked 3rd in last year’s Sunday Times Tech Track 100
The Fast Growth Business Awards 2008 The 2008 Fast Growth Business Awards are organised by Crimson Business. Crimson Business specialises in publishing information for small and medium size businesses. Crimson has established more relationships with entrepreneurs than any other B2B publisher resulting in its favourable position as market leader. For more info visit www.crimsonbusiness.co.uk. Specifically, Crimson have provided practical and inspirational information for growing businesses for over 6 years via its flagship brand Growing Business. For more information contact: Paul Daniels at thebestof Chester on: 07984 389482 and chester@thebestof.co.uk. www.thebestof.co.uk www.thebestof.co.uk/chester
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