2008

The Awards for Excellence celebrate success in the
Isle of Man

APPLICATIONS FOR 2008

It could be you, or you could nominate your business, your favourite airline, milkman, clothes shop, tea shop, dry cleaner, joiner, corporate service provider, your bank, your school, your hairdresser, jeweller, favourite restaurant, dog groomer, teacher, lawyer, nurse, accountant, beautician, charity volunteer, in fact any person or service that you believe shows excellence in what they do.

LAST YEARS WINNERS WERE

Crossroads Caring for Carers, Eden Park, Microgaming, Aaron House, Capital International, Manx2.com, Street Heritage, TT Centenary Organisation, Abacus, IOM Creameries, Bank of Ireland, Manx Telecom, Tracey Bell, David Williamson, Hamid Choudhury and Roger Hurst.

Geoff Karran received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

News

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Contact

Application forms can be downloaded from www.iomtoday.co.im. They are also available in reception at IoM Newspapers offices, Publishing House, Peel Road, Douglas.

If you wish to receive a form by post please contact Sharon Galbraith on 695605 or email sharon.galbraith@newsiom.co.im.

Sponsorship - Trudi Williamson 695695.

Download Forms

    Click on the links below to download either the entry form for the company award, or the nomination form for the individual award.
  • Company Award Form Last date for entries 15th September
  • Individual Award Form Nominations close on 8th September
Forms are in PDF format, readable with Adobe's 'acrobat' reader, available HERE

Awards

The Abacus Award - Small/Medium sized Company of the Year

The Barclays Wealth Award - People Management, Training and Development

The CMI Award - Personality of the Year

The Capital International Award - Company of the Year

The HSBC Award - Technology - IT, Internet, Digital, Website

The Isle of Man Bank Award - Freedom to Flourish

The Dickinson Cruikshank Award - Volunteer of the Year

The Isle of Man Post Award - Marketing Effectiveness

The Lloyds TSB Corporate Banking Award - Customer Service

The Microgaming Award - Charity, Cultural and Community Involvement

The Sefton Group Award - Public Sector Person of the Year

The Anglo Irish Bank Corp (IoM) plc Award - Teamwork, especially working across Departments or Organisations

The Britannia International Award - Innovation and Independent Thinking

The Collins Stewart Award - Public Sector Achievement of the Year

The Nationwide International Award - Business Person of the Year

The Conister Trust Award - Corporate Social Responsibility

YOU could be celebrating with us in November!

Last year's winners - (click for full picture)

  • Jackie Betteridge (Crossroads Caring for Carers) won the Abacus Award for Community Impact and Contribution presented by Mike Hodgson.
  • Martyn Riley (Eden Park) won the CMI Award for New Organisation of the Year presented by Dean Waddingham.
  • Roger Raatgever (Microgaming) won the Capital International Award for New Business or Programme Development presented by Anthony Long.
  • Kathryn and Reggie Berrie (Aaron House Guest House) won the Equiom Award for Quality of Customer or Client Offer presented by Sheila Dean.
  • Angela Lawrence (Capital International) won the HSBC Award for People Management, Training and Development presented by Ed Ogden.
  • James Filleul (Manx2.com) won the Isle of Man Bank Award for Small sized Organisation of the Year presented by Geoff Gelling.
  • John Shakespeare (Street Heritage) won the Isle of Man Post Award for Effective use of IT presented by Pam Crowe.
  • Paul Phillips (TT Centenary Orginisation) won the IoM Steam Packet Company Award for Teamwork, especially working across Departments or Organisations presented by Rupert Trevelyan.
  • Mike Hodgson (Abacus) won the Lloyds TSB Corporate Banking Award for Large sized Organisation of the Year presented by Trevor Kirk.
  • Findlay MacLeod (Isle of Man Creameries) won the Manx Telecom Award for Customer Focus and Marketing presented by Chris Hall.
  • Michael McKay (Bank of Ireland) won the Microgaming Award for Medium Sized Organisation of the Year presented by Roger Raatgever.
  • Tom Meageen (Manx Telecom) won the Sefton Group Award for Innovative and Independent Thinking presented by Sir Miles Walker.
  • Tracey Bell (Craigend Dental Practice) won the Anglo Irish Bank Award for Entrepreneur of the Year presented by David MacGregor.
  • David Williamson (IoM Coastguard) won the Britannia International Award for Public Sector Person of the Year presented by Wendy Shimmin.
  • Hamid Choudhury (Millenium Saagar) won the Collins Stewart Award for Business Person of the Year presented by Dermot Hamill.
  • Roger Hurst (TT Marshalls Association) won the Conister Trust Award for Volunteer of the Year.

  • Geoff Karran won the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2007. Click the picture below to open the video tribute.

    Geoff Karran. Winner of the Lifetime Achievement award for 2007

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    Quotes from the Awards for Excellence 2007

    "The pride and honour felt by the recipients of the awards, was clearly obvious and I am sure the exhilaration and pride they felt in receiving such an accolade will remain with them."
    TB

    "It is right that we should recognise local achievement and to do so in such a fabulous way was a real tribute to all those who were nominated"
    AC

    "I was in tears as the opening scenes of the Island were on screen, really pulled at the heart strings and made us both so proud to be manx"
    OG

    "I, for one, was very proud to be involved with the whole event."
    CJG

    "It was another marvellous evening which did the Isle of Man proud."
    WS

    "It was particularly interesting to see so many 'achievers' that had been voted in as finalists and it brought home to me how much activity is taking place on the Island with so many worthwhile causes about which I had no previous knowledge."
    JN