Businesses from three of Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce’s geographical divisions were recognised for their achievements in a major awards ceremony.
The SLTC awards were held on Friday 3rd February at Drayton Manor in Tamworth, to celebrate business success in Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield and Tamworth and Cannock Chase. The headline sponsors for the event were Amazon, Shakur Investments and Birmingham City University.
The evening started with three presidential honours. The standout being an inspirational and unguarded speech from first term Lichfield and Tamworth president Fiona Rouse. She used her award to recognise the carers and fundraisers of St Giles who have been a huge support to her and many others in the local community.
The awards were then in full swing. Cloud Accounting Support Services picked up the Tamworth Small Business of the Year award, while Wordy Bird (Cannock Chase) and InLife (Lichfield) won for their respective Chambers.
Paul Barnes, Managing Director of Cloud Accounting Support Services said “I am so proud of Team CASS. We all work so hard for our clients and to support each other and the local community. In celebration of winning Tamworth Small Business of the Year we’d love to give something back. We are happy to offer any local business a free Xero health check to ensure all local businesses continue to not just survive but thrive!”
Wordy Bird Cheryl Turner was stunned when her name was announced. “What an absolute honour. Winning this award has solidified that redirecting my business to my true passion of copywriting was the right decision. I’m so happy for all the nominees and winners.”
CEO of inLIFE Design, David Whitehouse, was quick to echo their success on the night: “With a record-breaking number of award applications this year we were happy to be shortlisted. To then win is the cherry on the cake, seeing my team’s reaction was just the best. I’d thoroughly recommend all local businesses to get involved” concluded David.
The evening also raised money for three charities, the UK Sepsis Trust, Number Eight Tamworth, and Cannock’s Newlife.