Shaw & Co, the specialist corporate finance advisory firm is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring the Customer Excellence Award at the 2021 South West Business Leader Awards.

Now in its ninth year, the Awards will highlight the leading companies and individuals that are driving growth in the South West region in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and will provide a platform for entrepreneurs and businesses to celebrate their success.

The decision to stage the event follows the Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement regarding the roadmap to ease COVID-19 restrictions. The organisers revealed the event will go ahead as an in-person event on 23rd September at Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol.

Only those vaccinated against Covid-19 – or with a medical exemption – can attend making it the first event in the UK to announce this requirement publicly. However, alongside the event in Bristol, the 2021 event will also be going ahead via a world class virtual option – so those that can’t attend can watch along at home or the office.

Hosting this year’s Awards is comedian and television personality Tom Allen whose unique style of sharp, acerbic wit and camp, riotous storytelling has seen him become a household name in the UK.

Andrew Scott, Business Leader founder, comments: “I cannot wait to be back at Ashton Gate this September for our in-person celebration. The Awards will celebrate the success of the best of the South West and is going to be an evening to remember, as we expect [comedian] Tom Allen to be thoroughly entertaining as host for our guests.

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We’re delighted to support one of the region’s most prestigious awards and celebrating the region’s most outstanding customer champions. The last year has been difficult for all businesses to meet customer expectations under incredibly challenging market conditions. I can’t wait to see how businesses in the South West have responded."

Jim Shaw
Founder & CEO at Shaw & Co

The full list of categories for the 2021 South West Business Leader Awards are:

• Business in the Community
• Green Business of the Year
• Innovation & Technology Award
• Customer Excellence Award
• Export & International Business Award
• Employer of the Year
• Start-up Business Award
• Entrepreneur of the Year
• Family Business Award
• Manufacturing Business of the Year
• Business of the Year 1-10 Employees
• Business of the Year 11-50 Employees
• Business of the Year 51+ Employees
• Advisory Form of the Year
• Business Leader of the Year

For more details about the Awards visit www.blawards.co.uk.

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