The search is under way to find a new crop of business champions from Wearside and County Durham.
Our all-new Sunderland Echo Business Excellence Awards have been launched and it follows on from the excellent Portfolio Awards which were a success for so many years.
Were you there in 2021 when companies ranging from a leisure firm which caters for people with a disability to an upcycling business, and from a cleaning specialists to a baby scanning clinic, were all revealed as winners?
Let’s remind ourselves of the 2021 champions as we prepare to find the first ever champions in our new-look awards.
9. Ready for the awards
Guests gather ahead of the Echo Portfolio Business awards. Photo: IAN McCLELLANDwww.ianmacphotos.c
10. Magnificent Milltech
Milltech won the Best Training Provider of the Year Award. Photo: IAN McCLELLANDwww.ianmacphotos.c
11. A toast to the memories
Chris Adlam, Kim Petty, Laura Walker and Amanda Burbridge. Photo: IAN McCLELLANDwww.ianmacphotos.c
12. Well done John
John Amer was highly commended in the Sole Trader of the Year category. Photo: IAN McCLELLANDwww.ianmacphotos.c