Last night 1,300 people enjoyed a celebration of achievement in the Isle of Man at the Villa Marina in Douglas.
They were in the audience of an awards ceremony for Isle of Man Newspapers’ Awards for Excellence.
The winners were:
1. Canaccord Genuity Wealth award for Excellence in use of Technology - Riva Financial Systems.
2. Thomas Miller Investment award for Teamwork - Manx Independent Carriers
3. Domicilium award for Innovation and Independent Thinking - Strix
4. Boston award for Corporate Social Responsibility - PokerStars
5. Tynwald Mills award for Small Enterprise - SmartHR
6. Continent 8 Technologies award for Public Sector Achievement - Manx Electricity Authority
7. Isle of Man Bank award for Young Achiever of the Year - Sarah Linehan
8. AXA Wealth International award for Medium Enterprise of the year - Family Library
9. First Names Group award for Charity Cultural and Social Enterprise: Joint winners, Crossroads Care and Peel Traditional Boat Weekend.
10. Celton Manx award for Business Person of the year - Chris Gledhill
11. Claremont Hotel award for Customer Service - Lloyds Bank
12. PokerStars award for Volunteer of the year - Derek Peters
13. Isle of Man Advertising and PR award for Company of the Year - Manx Gas
14. Friends Provident International award for International Business of the year - G E Aviation
15 Microgaming award for Marketing and PR Effectiveness - Isle of Man Golf Tours
16 Isle of Man Government award for Freedom to Flourish - Isle of Man Post Office
The Lifetime Achievement award was presented to brewery boss Jonathan Clague.
Later today we’ll have a longer report and there will be a 32-page pullout about the awards in Monday’s Isle of Man Examiner.
