Forward Ladies is giving a final call to Isle of Man business women to enter the Women in Business Awards for the North West and Isle of Man 2013.
With 12 key categories, the winners of which will then be considered for the overall title of the “Outstanding Business Woman of the Year”. The deadline for entries has now been extended until Friday 7th June.
Last year Dawn Webb of Moore Stephens won the Corporate Business Woman of the year. She was also shortlisted in the professional services category.
Dawn’s experience with construction, manufacturing, agriculture, car dealerships including AIM and London Stock Exchange listed clients, resulted in her being chosen at a very early stage in her career as one of three resident partners of Moore Stephens, currently ranked as the 11th largest accountancy network in the world. Since being appointed as partner, Dawn raised fee income by 15% in what are extraordinarily difficult trading conditions.
The awards are sponsored, for the second year, by Barclays and categories include those for start-up businesswoman, manufacturing, international, SME, corporate leader, not for profit businesswoman, young, professional services, property, retail, home-based and PA of the Year. The overall winner will be chosen from the winner in each of the 12 categories.
Professional women from all walks of life are invited to enter the awards by either nominating themselves, or by getting a friend or colleague to nominate them. A 500-word award entry is required, along with a 50 word biography, high quality photograph and supporting documentation. Entry is via the website: http://wiba2013.com/nomination-form/.
The winners will be announced at a glittering awards lunch to be held at the Midland Hotel in Manchester on Wednesday 6 November.
Etta Cohen, the founder of Forward Ladies said: “We have an amazing pool of talented women in the North West, either running their own businesses or working for companies at the cutting edge. We want them to shout about their achievements, so that we can give them the credit they deserve.
“Forward Ladies embraces women from all sectors and at all stages of their professional life, and this is our way of recognising their valuable contribution to the success of the region.
The organisation runs approximately 300 events a year, offers mentoring support to members, trade missions, training and development workshops, an inspirational speaker programme, business breaks, and bespoke in-house training.
