EN’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 was held on May 15th at Mere Golf and Country Club, Cheshire. This evening event celebrated  the entrepreneurial spirit of the North West.

EN was delighted to welcome businessman, Martin Ainscough,as our guest speaker. In October of last year, Martin, along with other family members, sold their company Ainscough Crane Hire in a £255 million MBO. Martin shared his experiences on building the business into the UK's largest fleet of mobile cranes with an unrivalled national  network of depots.

Slideshow of images from the night - this page may take a while to load due to the number of images

Dylan Thwaites, Latitude
Richard Tang, Zen Internet
Paul Yates, Just Search
Mark Garner (aka Gordo), Planet Confidential - WINNER

EXPORTER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY UKTI

Allied Filter Systems - WINNER
Caldeira
Fort Vale Engineering

FAMILY BUSINESS OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY COWGILL HOLLOWAY LLP

Emerson Group
HMG Paints
Character World
I&G Cohen - WINNER

PROPERTY ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY INaCITY

Ken Knott, ASK
Tom Bloxham, Urban Splash
David Gladman, Gladman Developments
Chris Oglesby - Bruntwood - WINNER

TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY BANG & OLUFSEN

Scott Fletcher, ANS
Jon Burton, TT Games - WINNER
Simon Slater, Truread
Darren Daws, txtlocal

YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY CHESS

Oliver Cookson, myprotein.co.uk
Scott Fletcher, ANS
Ben Hatton, Rippleffect - WINNER
Matthew Riley, Daisy Communications

MOST ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPANY OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY PANNONE

Kids Allowed - WINNER
Accessories4Technology
Lowri Beck
Cains

NORTH WEST ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY UKFAST.NET

Jennie Johnson – Kids Allowed
Jon Burton – TT Games
Andrew Tinkler – Stobart Group
Jim Clarke – Clarke Energy
Chris Oglesby – Bruntwood - WINNER

2008 SPONSORS

RECEPTION SPONSOR:  TAMESIDE MBC
MOST ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPANY OF THE YEAR, SPONSORED BY PANNONE LLP

NEW MEDIA ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR, SPONSORED BY STARK BROOKS

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