Haverhill Chamber of Commerce Business Awards

This year's glittering Haverhill Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2011 ceremony, sponsored by Carisbrooke Investments, took place at Chilford Hall in Linton on Saturday 14 May.

Our host for the evening was TV Apprentice star Claire Young. The 31 year old, no-nonsense business woman Claire is well known for reaching the final of series 4 of BBC1’s The Apprentice in 2008, watched by over 11 million viewers. 

 With thanks to our headline sponsor Carisbrooke Investments, drinks reception sponsor Ipswich Building Society, and awards sponsors: Abbeycroft Leisure, St Edmundsbury Borough Council, Vion Food Group, Mansol Preforms, IFF Inc, MPG Printwise Ltd, Days Inn, Ardex UK Ltd, West Suffolk College  Suffolk Chamber of Commerce and Axa Insurance. Thanks also to our Media Partner the Haverhill Weekly News.

The business of the Year Award was won by ARevolution owned by Theresa Foddering. The judges said of ARevolution: "The judges chose the award winner because they felt entrepreneurs are the backbone of this economy and this business amply demonstrated great entrepreneurship."

The winners of the 2011 Haverhill Chamber of Commerce Business Awards were:

Business of the Year - ARevolution
Large Business - Abbeycroft Leisure
Retailer - ARevolution
Export - Ardex
Young Entrepreneur - Paul Gardiner of Axa Insurance
Employer of the Year - Axa Insurance
Environmental Awareness - Days Inn Haverhill
Small Business - ARevolution
Customer Care (voted by the public) - KAD Cars Ltd
Best Use of Technology - Paul Donno & Co Ltd
Employee of the Year - Keiran Crone of Saffron Insurance
Start Up Business of the Year - Best of Haverhill
Marketing Strategy of the Year - Abbeycroft Leisure

The awards are held every three years and the next awards are due to take place in 2014.

For more details of the 2011 Haverhill Chamber of Commerce Business Awards click here.