After a rigorous vetting process of applications for the 2018 British Business Awards, finalists for each of the 9 categories of awards that are open this year were announced today.
Applications for the awards were submitted from the 7th of June, with applications being received from British companies right across China and Chinese companies in the UK. After receiving applications, expert panels of judges across all nine categories evaluated entries and decided upon the finalists for each category.
Finalists for the 2018 British Business Awards are as follows:
Entrepreneur of the Year Award: Christopher Dobbing – Cambridge Masks Edward Peto – Outdustry Richard Craggs – Nom Nom Rupert Hoogewerf – Hurun Report Inc. Robin Dell – imondi
Sustainability Award Sponsored by Harrow: University of Nottingham Ningbo China Spiraxsarco Engineering (China) Ltd. imondi David Luke BIEA
Education Institutional Partnership of the Year Award Sponsored by British Council: University of Reading University of Edinburgh University of Birmingham NPTC Group of Colleges New College Lanarkshire
Innovation Award Sponsored by BP: TechTrek Modern Water WorldFirst Teledyne e2v Dyson Technology (Shanghai) Ltd.
Chinese Investor in the UK Award Sponsored by KPMG: BCEG Geely Ctrip
Belt and Road Award Sponsored by The University of Manchester: Standard Chartered Bank Atkins Wood ACCA LAOWAI HERE
Inspiring Women Award Sponsored by British Council: Cecilia Xu Sarah Keenlyside Rachel Pinniger Jane Sun Carrie Yu British
Company of the Year Award Sponsored by GSK: Spiraxsarco Engineering (China) Ltd. Savills Wood Nom Nom Bupa China
40 Years of Reform Award Sponsored by Geely: BP Rolls-Royce PLC Arup Savills GSK China
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