Lancashire’s biggest awards ceremony, The Red Rose Awards are back for 2022, just six months after the 2021 ceremony and we’re pleased to see 3 West Lancashire based businesses have been shortlisted. The Red Rose Awards celebrates business, commerce and industries and is the largest event of its kind in the county. Established in 2011, the awards are designed to promote and salute the success of businesses within the county of Lancashire and is a great platform to promote success to potential customers, collaborators and suppliers.
The following West Lancashire based businesses have been nominated for The Red Rose Awards 2022:
Acumen Financial Partnership
Category: Small Business Award
One our fantastic Skelmersdale Ambassadors, Acumen Financial Partnership is a Burscough based independent financial adviser, specialising in holistic financial planning for private individuals and companies.
The Small Business Award is open to businesses in any sector with seven to 20 employees and the winner of this award will be able to demonstrate their 2021 achievements in terms of their own measures of success as well as demonstrating changes to meet the challenges – and opportunities – of the pandemic
Artz for All
Category: Not-for-profit Award
Artz for All C.I.C is a social enterprise which works extensively to provide its local community with fun and innovative opportunities in the wonderful world of the Performing Arts. Operating from two innovative Artz Centres in Skelmersdale and Upholland, each week hundreds of local young people attend bespoke courses and workshop sessions in arts-related disciplines, such as: Drama, Singing and Dance.
The Not for profit Business Award is open to not-for-personal-profit businesses, social enterprises, CICs, charity and voluntary organisations of all sizes who can demonstrate the great work they do and the business thinking behind it.
The Luxury Copywriter
Category: Micro Business Award
Maisie Prior, from Ormskirk based The Luxury Copywriter is a freelance copywriter specialising in fashion, travel & beauty brands. She works alongside globally recognised brands such as Louis Vuitton, Longchamp, L’Oréal, Hilton.
The Professional Services Award is brand new for 2022 and is open to businesses with a great story to tell in any sector, which have up to and including six employees.
Ahead of the awards ceremony, which will take place on Thursday 9 June 2022 at Winter Gardens Blackpool, each shortlisted organisation now has the opportunity to present their case in person to a panel of hand-picked, independent judges and sponsors at a special event on April 27 and 28. All nominees will also be be given the support of Sales Geek which will deliver a free-of-charge story-telling masterclass, drawing on their own experiences of winning multiple Red Rose Awards in the past.
The Red Rose Awards are in association with Forbes Solicitors and Barclays. The judging partner is RSM and social media partner is Zigaflow.
The awards are sponsored by Alcidion, Azets, Bigtank, Campbell and Rowley, Cube Thinking, Ewood Experience, Four Recruitment, Fox Group, Harrison Drury Solicitors, Lancaster University, Matrix 247, Mattioli Woods, Napthens Solicitors, Pendle Engineering, Peter Scott Printers, PM+M, Porsche Centre Bolton, Porsche Centre Preston, Sales Geek, Seriun, The Fun Experts, United Utilities and UCLan.
Congratulations to all of the Lancashire-based businesses who have been announced as finalists and we wish the best of luck to our West Lancashire-based businesses.