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High-profile Manchester companies lead shortlists for MEN Business Awards 2023

Some of the most high-profile Manchester companies are among those to have been shortlisted for this year's MEN Business Awards.

Giants such as THG, TalkTalk and Auto Trader have all made the cut alongside the likes of fashion group N Brown, Junkyard Golf and car dealership chain Lookers.

The shortlists have been revealed ahead of the ceremony on Thursday, May 11, at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in the city centre.

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The event partner is Kimpton Clocktower, the programme partner is Apex Computing while the event is being supported by the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.

The ceremony itself will be hosted by Olympic sprinter Iwan Thomas MBE. The Welsh 400m specialist represented both Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Cup and the IAAF World Cup. For Wales, he competed at the Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal in 1998.

The awards are being supported by the Manchester Evening News and Reach's business news site BusinessLive.

For more information on the awards, click here.

The shortlists for the MEN Business Awards 2023

Best Place to Work

- Auto Trader UK

- GovNet

- Junkyard Golf Club

- TalkTalk Group

Business of the Year - in partnership with Gateley Legal

- Embryo

- Sambro International Ltd

- Sellick Partnership

Business Person of the Year

- Connor Walsh - ITECCO

- Corin Dalby - Box Power CIC

- Sara Jones - Centre of Excellence

Environment and Sustainability Award - in partnership with SSE Energy Solutions

- Civic Engineers

- Nippon Electric Glass

- Synapse 360

Global Britain Award

- GreatDrams Ventures Limited

- MattressTek

- THG

Growth Award

- Diversity Travel

- KBF Enterprises

- Praetura Group

Innovation Award

- Lookers plc

- Matrix iQ

- N Brown

- Prevayl

Made in Britain Award

- THG

- Twisted Loom

- Wilcox Limousines

Outstanding Contribution - in partnership with Davis Blank Furniss

- Box Power CIC

- Dan Giovanni

- Manchester Central

Rising Star - in partnership with Bolton School

- Ashleigh Holmes - Flowd

- Hayley Brightmore Cox - Knight Transaction Services

- Kyle Collins - IBM

- Shoaib Ahmed - Yello Hippo

Small Business of the Year

- Apex Self Storage

- Flowd

- Shipster

- The Strong Agency

Unsung Hero

- Corin Dalby

- Javeno Mclean

- Jessica Rigby

Prince's Trust Young Achiever

- To be announced on the night

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