A NEW headline sponsor has been announced for this year’s SME Northamptonshire Business Awards, which are to be officially launched in April for their third year.

Technocopy Solutions of Wellingborough will join Stanair Industrial Doors as the sponsors of the awards, which are open to any business with fewer than 250 employees.

At last year’s awards ceremony at the Mercure Daventry Court Hotel, Technocopy Solutions were named Business of the Year, as well as taking the Service Excellence Award.

Damian Cummins from organisers Events & PR said: “We are delighted to have Technocopy Solutions on board as our headline sponsor alongside Stanair and we’re looking forward to a third event that is bigger and better than ever.”

Categories include, among others, Best New Business, Business Person of the Year, Training and Development, Apprentice of the Year, Employee of the Year and Networking Group of the Year, and each business is eligible to enter up to two categories.

In addition, the winners of certain core categories go through to a national final, which offers a fantastic opportunity for them to gain recognition on a national stage.

The inaugural National Best New Business Awards have also been launched by Events and PR, and will be open to entries from businesses who formed between January 2015 and December 2017.

Further details about the SME Northamptonshire Business Awards 2017 are available at www.northamptonshireawards.co.uk