The boss of one of the region’s most successful businesses has spoken about what it means to win a LeicestershireLive Business Award.
Encouraging business leaders to enter this year’s awards, Dr Nik Kotecha OBE DL said not only was it a privilege to be picked as a winner last year, it was also a great reflection of the hard work his dedicated staff have put into making Morningside Pharmaceuticals a success.
Loughborough-based Morningside exports to more than 120 countries and is now one of the UK’s leading suppliers of medicines to international aid organisations. It is also a big supplier to the NHS.
Dr Kotecha is also the founder and trustee of the Randal Charitable Foundation, which is dedicated to saving lives, helping the socially disadvantaged and improving the quality of life for those in need in the UK and around the world.
He is a well known figure on the regional business scene, and the business is sponsoring the Entrepreneur of the Year category in this year’s awards. To nominate or find out more click here.
Dr Kotecha said: “We were delighted to win the Science & Technology Award at the 2021 LeicestershireLive Business Awards because innovation, investing in research & development and focusing on continuous improvement are at the heart of Morningside’s 30 year growth story.
“In that time, we are proud to have developed into a leading Leicestershire manufacturer and supplier of generic and branded medicines to the UK and globally, which has led to Morningside becoming one of the county’s Top 100 businesses today.
“The most important part of winning a LeicestershireLive Business Award, is the recognition it gives to a company’s dedicated, hard working and talented workforce, without whom, a business’ success would not be possible.
“Please check out the LeicestershireLive Business Awards 2022 website and apply.”
Nominations for the 2022 awards close this Friday, August 26, and are open to any business in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland. To nominate or find out more click here.
Reach Plc – parent company of LeicestershireLive and BusinessLive – has taken the awards back in-house and shaken up the categories to make them as relevant as they can be to the modern business world.
Those categories are:
Large Business of the Year – supported by headline sponsor Freeths
Medium Business of the Year
Small Business of the Year – sponsored by Global Payments
Apprentice of the Year
Professional Services Business of the Year – sponsored by Mattioli Woods
Property and Construction Business of the Year – sponsored by Kings Real Estate
Manufacturing Business of the Year – sponsored by Samworth Brothers
Young Businessperson of the Year (aged 30 and under) – sponsored by De Montfort University
New Business of the Year (running for two years or less)
Entrepreneur of the Year – sponsored by Morningside Pharmaceuticals
Lifetime Achievement Award – sponsored by Pattersons Commercial Law
Business of the Year 2022
Apply to the 2022 awards by clicking here
This year’s nominations will be whittled down by a team of independent judges picked by LeicestershireLive Business Editor Tom Pegden with the winners announced during a black tie awards night on Thursday, October 13, at the King Power Stadium.
Tickets are on sale now through the Business Awards website here.
The judges will also review the winners of each category to select the one they believe has shown the greatest track record in recent months and years – which will be named the overall 2022 Business of the Year.
The overall winner does not have to be a large business – but a business of any size which has shown outstanding commercial success, employee support, innovation and creativity.
For nominations, tickets and sponsorship opportunities click here.
