Asian Business Chamber awards shortlist announced

The shortlist has been announced for this year’s Asian Business Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) Annual Dinner and Awards.

The awards ceremony is set to take place on Saturday, 18 November, at The National Conference Centre in Solihull. The National Conference Centre has also sponsored pre-dinner drinks.

The awards recognise and celebrate businesses across nine categories with one of the category winners also being crowned the overall Business of the Year. The headline sponsors this year are Aston University, Doug Wright T/A McDonalds, and Lioncroft.

The judge panel was chaired by Raj Kandola, director of external affairs at the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC).

Other panellists include Mark Smith, executive director of business engagement at Aston University, Professor Martin Levermore MBE DL, CEO of Medical Devices Technology International Ltd (MDTi), management consultant Mashkura Begum and managing director of MSDUK Reshma Sheikh.

Speaking about the judging process, Raj Kandola said: “The judging panel were thoroughly impressed with the calibre of applicants for this year’s ABCC awards and it was a very tough process to pick winners from such an outstanding group of businesses and individuals.

I’d like to congratulate all of the shortlisted applicants for not only going above and beyond in their roles but also playing a very important part in making our region a fantastic place to start and grow a business.”

The shortlist for this year’s categories is as follows:

Outstanding Charity of the Year (Sponsored by OTD Ltd)

Acorns Children’s Hospice

Birmingham Hospice

FareShare Midlands

Feedo Needo

Outstanding Start-Up Business of the Year (Sponsored by DesiCity)

Accounts & Advice Bureau LTD

Find me a Solicitor

MojoStack Limited

Sporting Your Futures CIC

UB Healthcare Ltd

Outstanding Small Business of the Year (Sponsorship available)

A-Team Academy

Dr Aesthetica – Medical Aesthetic Clinic

Euro Parking Services Ltd

Primo Dialler

Outstanding Female Entrepreneur of the Year (Sponsored by NatWest)

Afia Begum – Alyf Accountants

Faiza Naz – Burton Beauty & Aesthetics LTD, Accounts & Advice Bureau LTD

Gazala Saleem – Muslim Matrimonial Coach Ltd

Janani Prasad – MojoStack Limited

Outstanding Male Entrepreneur of the Year (Sponsorship available)

Amin Miah – A-Team Academy

Asam Khan – Life & Business coach / Business Consultant

Sam Cinkir – Este Medical Group

Waqas Babar – AGA Wealth Management

Outstanding Professional Services of the Year (Sponsorship available)

Alyf Accountants

Dr Aesthetica – Medical Aesthetic Clinic

Eternal Engagements

Wahed Invest Ltd

Outstanding Tech & Digital Business of the Year (Sponsored by South and City College Birmingham)

Forward Carers CIC

Muslim Matrimonial Coach Ltd

runyourfleet

Wahed Invest Ltd

Outstanding Young Achiever of the Year (Sponsored by Staffordshire University)

Baljinder Singh Atwal – West Midlands Police (WMP)

Gurdeep Chima – Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME), Aston University

Jashaan Gill – jheez.com

Kiranjit Kaur Shergill – University of Warwick

One business will also be crowned as the overall ABCC Business of the Year.

A few sponsorship opportunities and tickets are available