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North east businesses encouraged to apply for new awards

NORTH East businesses are being encouraged to apply for six new accolades ahead of the North of England Excellence Awards 2011.

The new awards will recognise excellence in customer service, innovation, leadership, learning and development.

They will run alongside the existing Excellence Awards, which cover all areas of the organisation’s performance and assess them against established principles of business excellence.

David Teale, Chief Executive of North of England Excellence, said: “The awards are different to other business awards – not only is there the opportunity to win recognition, but all applicants get feedback and benchmarking data to promote further improvement.”

The ceremony, now in its 18th year, are open to private, public and voluntary organisations of all sizes throughout the North.

They are organised by North of England Excellence and supported by the British Quality Foundation and Chartered Quality Institute and the winners will be announced next autumn.

He added : “Given today’s challenges, organisations are increasingly looking for ways to improve service, increase efficiency and enhance performance.

“The awards are in line with these aims and are good for business.”

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