A record number of entries have been received for this year's Midlands
Family Business Awards, with almost a quarter of all entries being for the
headline Family Business of the Year Award 2011.
The three new categories introduced for 2011 - Service Excellence, Rural
Family Business and Best Small Family Business - between them account for
more than forty percent of the overall entries, whilst Leading Advisor and
Fastest Growing Family Business categories have also proved popular again.
Family run and owned businesses large and small have entered this year,
from those employing more than 3000, to businesses with less than 25
employees.
Entries have been received from organisations operating across the length
and breadth of the region, from Birmingham, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire,
Worcestershire and Shropshire, to Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire,
Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire.
Sectors represented in the Awards span manufacturing, engineering,
transport, construction, healthcare, professional services, HR & Training,
agriculture, retail and leisure.
