Last night Portsmouth Guildhall buzzed with anticipation as businesses, large and small, came together to celebrate Portsmouth’s best businesses at the annual Portsmouth Business Awards.
Now in its 25th year, it was SLR Recruitment that topped the bill by winning the Small Business of the Year and Overall Business of the Year for steady growth since start up, connecting with local organisations and their new initiative SLR Local which aims to connect businesses with local candidates and companies.
Other winners include Mountjoy for Large Business of the Year, CTS Europe Ltd for Global Business of the Year, BHS Live for Cultural/Leisure Business of the Year and Jodie Goodchild for Entrepreneur of the Year. The award for Outstanding Contribution to Business went to Lulu Whitmore, Director of Love Southsea.
SLR Recruitment Solutions Ltd was established in 2017 and specialises in supplying trades and labour in the Marine sector around the UK. With steady growth year on year, SLR Marine Recruit have just finished the last financial year on £4 million turnover.
SLR Marine Recruit have also embedded itself within organisations within the city such as Pamodzi, Shaping Portsmouth, The Thinking Schools Trust, Urbond and Spark Community Space giving back not only with money but also with time volunteering. SLR is now concentrating on launching SLR Local to do more in Portsmouth They are looking to connect with as many businesses as possible to connect the dots between candidates and companies.
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These awards recognise, reward and celebrate all the successful businesses and professional individuals within Portsmouth and surrounding areas.
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