European Business Awards announce 2009 Ruban d'Honneur Winners
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on: November 28, 2008, 6:13 am
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Release Summary: The European Business Awards have unveiled the
companies and individuals selected as finalists to receive the
prestigious Ruban d'Honneur in 2009
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Release Body: The European Business Awards have
unveiled the companies and individuals selected to receive the
prestigious Ruban d'Honneur in 2009.
Ninety-nine
leading businesspeople and organisations made it onto the winners
list, which recognises excellence and innovation in European enterprise.
"This
has been an eventful year for the European business community.
While some might have focused on pessimistic economic forecasts,
our winners have chosen to respond with a blend of inventiveness
and industry that has defied the downturn," said Adrian
Tripp, Chief Executive of the European
Business Awards.
"Clearly
it is not all doom and gloom out there. Despite challenging trading
conditions, the European Community is home to a raft of small,
medium and large business success stories."
With
a combined turnover of €573billion, the 2009 Ruban
d'Honneur winners seem set to buck the economic trend.
According to statistics gathered by the European Business Awards,
this year's nominees recorded an average annual profit growth
of 56%.
"These
awards revolve around business success, entrepreneurialism, innovation
and ethics - all concepts we strongly believe in promoting. This
year's entrants have demonstrated to us that the European business
scene is still very much alive," said Isidoro
Unda, CEO of leading global credit insurer Atradius.
B.G.
Srinivas, Senior Vice President and Member of Executive Council
at Infosys, a global leader in the next generation of IT and consulting
services, added: "The quality of entries this
year despite the economic backdrop, have demonstrated a business
environment in Europe that fosters talent management, gritty commercialisation
and agility, that have enabled organisations to execute existing
projects and in some cases completely re-engineer their business
models for success."
All
ninety-nine Ruban d'Honneur recipients must now
prepare to appear before a second judging panel of highly regarded
academics, heads of state, industrialists, entrepreneurs and media
commentators drawn from across the 27 member European States.
The interviews will take place over two weeks between January
and February 2009 at Atradius' offices in Rome and the overall
winners in each of ten categories will be announced at the Awards
ceremony in Rome on 7th April 2009, in front of Europe's top business
leaders, politicians and media.
"The
standard of entries is very high this year proving that European
business is still very active and prospering. There are some remarkable
companies in the running and choosing the overall winners from
the final shortlist of ninety-nine is going to be an extremely
difficult task for the judging panels," said Jean
Stephens, CEO of RSM International, one of the worlds largest
auditing and consulting networks.
David
Hardy, International Sales and Marketing Director at bigmouthmedia,
Europe's largest independent digital marketing agency,
added: "This promises to be an exciting year for many
companies. The new winners' list is packed with success stories
from organisations of all sizes, and it is clear that European
business still has a lot to shout out about."
Full
European Business Awards Winners List available from
the European Business Awards website.
About
The European Business Awards
The European Business Awards is a self funding venture set up
and run with the support of forward thinking organisations including:
Atradius; RSM International, bigmouthmedia, Infosys and The Wall
Street Journal Europe. Our supporters understand the importance
of promoting and endorsing business success across the European
Union for our long term prosperity.
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