10 Businesses Announced as Finalists for the Vonage Business Enabler of the Year Award

LONDON, July 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

-Finalists announced for 2015 National Business Awards-

-Visit http://www.nationalbusinessawards.co.uk for shortlist-

Over 140 of Britain's leading businesses, business leaders and social enterprises have today been revealed as finalists for the 2015 National Business Awards, including ten companies which have been shortlisted for The Vonage Business Enabler of the Year Award.  

The finalists for this award are:

Celation Limited
Elixirr
Fifteen Digital Limited
Gate One
iForce
Net Profit Explosion Limited
Palletforce Plc
Pallet-Track Limited
reallymoving.com
UKFast

Celebrating organisations that help businesses to increase profitability by improving efficiency, developing talent and implementing innovation, this award recognises the impact of 'enablers' that offer value beyond support products and services.

Simon Burkhardt, Managing Director of Vonage UK Ltd commented, "Enabling efficient, flexible and affordable communication solutions for businesses is at the heart of what Vonage does, so we're delighted to be sponsoring the Vonage Business Enabler of the Year Award. Being able to celebrate the businesses that go the extra mile is vital, not just in recognising their achievements but in helping to support a burgeoning British economy."

Lawrence Jones MBE, CEO of UKFast, a finalist in this category has said: "Everything we do at UKFast is to help our clients' businesses to grow. Of course, our solutions are designed and built to achieve this - whether that's with a top speed web presence or by making sure they have access to their data 24/7. But, we go beyond the realm of hosting with access to business events, PR and marketing, free auditorium or training space - whatever our clients need if we have it we'll share it; if we don't we'll work out how to. To have this recognised on a national stage, by such prestigious awards is a real honour and pat on the back for the whole UKFast team."

Hundreds of businesses entered or were nominated for a chance to be shortlisted for a National Business Award, before those entries were narrowed down to the finalists. The process for the Finalists were chosen from the hundreds of businesses that entered or were nominated across 18 award categories. They will now prepare for live presentations to expert juries who will decide the overall winners that will be revealed at the awards ceremony on 10 November.

Andrew Anderson, Chief Executive Officer at Celaton Limited, another finalist in this category, has said: "We are very excited to be shortlisted for a National Business Award. It is a wonderful recognition of the belief and commitment of my team who never lost faith that we could achieve what was previously out of reach, but also highlights that Artificial Intelligence can be applied as a force for good."

Tom Broughton, Programme Director of the National Business Awards said: "These are companies that have all done an exceptional job of helping to develop and further businesses, either financially or via customer base or any number of ways. They can be hugely important to the business world and fully deserve their place at the National Business Awards."

This year's finalists represent award categories such as The Grichan Partnerships Sustainable Business Award, The Lloyds Bank New Business of the Year Award and the Inflexion International Growth Business of the Year Award.

An all encompassing range of industries are represented in the shortlists for this year's awards, with companies from recruitment and children's clothing, to pet food and online marketing being selected for the chance to win a coveted National Business Award. The scale of the finalists is just as varied, with companies turning over less than a million pounds to over £25 million, employing 20 people or over 70,000 people.

Visit http://www.nationalbusinessawards.co.uk for a full list of all finalists and to book a table at the event on 10 November 2015.

About the National Business Awards

Organised by UBM who operates in over 23 countries and organises many of the world's largest, most important exhibitions, conferences, awards, directories, websites and publications across a wide variety of industries. The Lloyds Bank National Business Awards is the flagship awards programme that recognises and rewards excellence across all sectors. Visit http://www.nationalbusinessawards.co.uk for further information or follow us on Twitter @businessawards.

Categories include -  

The Corporate Citizenship Award
The Customer Focus Award
The Lloyds Bank Digital Business of the Year Award
The Employer of the Year Award
The Smith & Williamson Entrepreneur of the Year Award
The UKTI Growth Business of the Year Award
The Market Gravity Innovation Award
The Lloyds Bank New Business of the Year Award
The Inflexion International Growth Business of the Year Award
The Duke of York New Entrepreneur of the Year Award
The Lloyds Bank Small to Medium-Sized Business of the Year Award
The Social Enterprise of the Year Award
The Vonage Business Enabler of the Year
The Grichan Partnerships Sustainable Business Award
The Duke of York Award for University Entrepreneurship
The QBE FTSE 100 Business of the Year Award
The Ashridge Business School Leader of the Year Award
The Lloyds Bank Excellence in Business Award

About UBM EMEA 

The National Business Awards is organised by UBM EMEA. UBM EMEA connects people and creates opportunities for companies across five continents to develop new business, meet customers, launch new products, promote their brands and expand their markets.   Through premier brands such as MD&M, CPhI, IFSEC, TFM&A, Cruise Shipping Miami, the Concrete Show and many others, UBM EMEA exhibitions, conferences, awards programs, publications, websites and training and certification programs are an integral part of the marketing plans of companies across more than 20 industry sectors.

About Vonage 

Vonage is a leading provider of communications services, allowing people to make phone calls over the internet. Vonage focuses on low cost, high functionality communication solutions. Their unique, award-winning technology serves over 2 million customers and is continually evolving to offer new solutions to modern business needs. Vonage provide feature rich, affordable and flexible solutions worldwide and focus on making communicating easy, enabling businesses to thrive.

Official Partners

Lloyds Bank, The Grichan Partnership, Inflexion Private Equity, Market Gravity, QBE, Smith & Williamson, UKTI, Vonage.