ACE Sameday Couriers are delighted to be a host sponsor for this year’s Derby Telegraph Business Awards. We are proud to be part of the business community in Derby and we hope to build further relationships through meeting fellow sponsors, nominees and other businesses during the next few months. We see this as a chance to celebrate all that is great about the ingenuity, passion and perseverance of those companies based in Derby and Derbyshire, whether Entrepreneurs or Multi- Nationals. This is the first time we have been involved with the awards and we are looking forward to the journey!

Edd Cunliffe, Sales Executive, ACE Sameday Couriers

Breedon Electrical Fire & Security are proud to be associated with the 2019 Awards and look forward to seeing Derbyshire’s finest businesses be recognised through this year’s campaign. Formed four years ago in Long Eaton, the business has seen exceptional year-on-year growth supporting schools and commercial properties in the region and well understands the pressures on fast growth businesses. The MD of the business is Ben Tooms, an experienced electrical engineer, with start-up investment support and ongoing management from Andrew Springhall, business investor in 14 businesses across the East Midlands including Derby-based Huub.

Andrew Springhall, Director

Derby City Council is passionate about supporting local businesses and we believe that the DTBA are a great way to promote  examples of current best practice. We are delighted to be sponsoring the Creative Communications and Digital Business of the Year category of this year's awards event.  We wish all the entrants the best of success and look forward to reading your submissions and meeting the people behind them.

Cllr Chris Poulter, Council Leader

Derby College works in partnership with employers to co-design and co-deliver an innovative curriculum that meets the needs not only of our students but also of the business community. This provides businesses with the future workforce that has the right skills, knowledge and attitudes to make a positive impact on the growth of our economy and individual prosperity.

We are delighted to be supporting the awards again this year and to celebrating the contribution that the Company of the Year makes to the economic health of the city, county and beyond.

April Hayhurst, Derby College Deputy Principal – Employer and Economic Affairs

Impellam Group is an international recruitment business, trusted to build better businesses through the provision of fulfilling work. We’re experts in harnessing the extraordinary qualities of people who make valuable differences to communities, businesses and economies.

We partner with businesses locally, regionally, nationally, and across the world to advance the belief in the value of an engaged, fairly treated workforce. Impellam brands share a culture of making and keeping promises to our clients, candidates, and each other, engendering trust and lasting relationships.

We’re proud to recognise excellent contributions made by Derby businesses towards apprenticeships and wish everyone the best of luck.

Matt Bungay, Director of Apprenticeships, Impellam Apprenticeships

ITV are delighted to be supporting the Derby Telegraph Business Awards. We are the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, investing in reaching 5.5m adults every week right across the Midlands. Across our ITV channels and the ITV Hub, we help many small and medium-sized Midlands businesses supercharge growth. That’s why we are proud to partner with Champions and the Derby Telegraph on these awards, celebrating business success across the region. Good luck to every business that enters. We look forward to showcasing your success at the awards on the night.

Jason Spencer, Business Development Director - ITV

It is an enormous privilege for both myself and my colleagues at Janine Edwards Wealth Management Ltd, Principal Partner Practice of St. James’s Place Wealth Management to be intimately involved in such a high-profile event as the Derby Telegraph Business Awards, and to support the Excellence in Manufacturing category in particular.I strongly believe that our best companies deserve real recognition and these Awards are the perfect way to go about it. There is much to be learnt from successful businesses and, by celebrating their accomplishments, we will incentivise others to follow in their footsteps.My philosophy centres on establishing trust and building valuable, long term relationships and so I see these Awards as a wonderful opportunity to encourage a strong, tightly knit Derbyshire business community that works in the interests of everybody.

Janine Edwards Wealth Management Ltd is an Appointed Representative of and represents only St. James's Place Wealth Management plc (which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority) for the purpose of advising solely on the Group's wealth management products and services, more details of which are set out on the Group's website www.sjp.co.uk/about-st-james-place/our-business/our-products-and-services. The 'St. James's Place Partnership' and the titles 'Partner' and 'Partner Practice' are marketing terms used to describe St. James's Place representatives.

Janine Edwards, Principle Partner, Janine Edwards Wealth Management 

Lubrizol is honoured to support the Derby Telegraph Business Awards and are delighted to sponsor The Contribution to the Community Award this year. Lubrizol Hazelwood is proud to support the local community, local businesses and education sectors and has done so for over 70 years. By sponsoring The Contribution to the Community Award, we are further demonstrating our support in the community, an area of work which we are passionate about and committed to throughout Derbyshire, the UK and across the Globe.

Simon Griffiths, General Manager, Lubrizol Hazelwood

Marketing Derby attracts inward investment to Derby and Derbyshire.  Funded by our Bondholders, over 350 of the city's and county's businesses, Derby City Council and Derbyshire Council, we have won recognition for our work and are global winners of the Financial Times fDi Magazine Intelligence Strategy Awards, for Best Web Strategy - beating Hong Kong and New York.  Marketing Derby is extremely proud to be sponsoring the Champagne Reception at the Derby Telegraph Business Awards, a chance to recognise the hard work and great achievements of businesses across the region."

John Forkin, Managing Director of Marketing Derby

Sellick Partnership is a Midlands-based leading recruitment specialist with offices in Derby and Stoke. Our mission is to ensure that we always put people first to create the brightest future, and we are committed to working in partnership with our clients and candidates to ensure we add value at every opportunity. However, our focus is to provide more than just a recruitment service – we are passionate about how our business can make a real positive difference to the wider community.

Our business values – passionate, respected and engaging – lie at the heart of our company philosophy and, although the business has seen vast growth over the years, we continue to hold these values and aspire to achieve them at every level.

We have sponsored the not-for-profit category for the last seven years because we firmly believe that their achievements and contributions to our region need to be recognised and rewarded. We would like to wish all of the 2019 nominees the very best of luck.

Claire Harrison, Senior Manager, Sellick Partnership

Smith Partnership works with many businesses within Derby and Derbyshire and it is clear that in our area there are extraordinarily talented people who are contributing hugely to the local, and indeed national economy. It is fantastic that we are able to recognise these market leading companies in the Derby Telegraph Business Awards. By highlighting excellence in these Awards, we recognise and reward those who have set such high standards, but we also hope to inspire others to match and perhaps exceed those standards in the years to come.

Russell Davies, Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution

It was in 1867 that the Wheeldon Brothers, set up their joiners shop in Belper and began building new homes in and around Derbyshire. Today, Wheeldon Brothers remains an independent family company proud of its 150 year+ heritage.

We understand what people want and expect when looking for a new home and our ability to satisfy these requirements has seen us grow into one of the East Midlands best known and well respected property developers.

Understandably, we are proud of the homes our craftsmen build and our achievements as a team. We are firm believers that growth is based on well-placed foundations and we are delighted to be able to celebrate that same strength and passion, for the sixth Derby Telegraph Business Awards in 2019.

James Parkin, MD, Wheeldon Brothers