Women into the Network launch North East Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards for 2009.

As the North East Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards enter their tenth year, driven by the new independent Women Into the Network Ltd, they are set to host the biggest and best Awards yet.

If you are a woman who has set up or taken over an independently owned business, or you know a woman who has, WIN urge you to come along to one of this year’s sub-regional launch events to find out more.

Discover the new categories open for nomination; hear about the entry process; find out what the judges are looking for, be inspired by previous winners and the impact winning has had on them; and of course gain some valuable contacts.

Durham

Date: Thursday 25th June 2009 (12.15 – 2pm)
Venue: Radisson SAS Hotel, Durham

Speakers: Dinah Bennett, WIN Ltd
Donna Wilson, Logistics Teesside (Winner, Susan Dobson Award for Entrepreneurship 2008)
Lisa Forster, angelfysh Search Engine Marketing and angelfyshhosting (Winner, Best Newcomer 2008)


Tees Valley

Sponsored by Teesside University

Date: Friday 26th June 2008 (12.15 – 2pm)
Venue: Centre for Enterprise, Teesside University, Middlesbrough

Speakers: Catherine Kearney, University of Teesside (Judging Panel)
Lilian Mains & Jacqui McQueen, Zodiac Training Ltd (Winners of Women in Technology or Innovation 2008/ Runners Up, Susan Dobson Award for Entrepreneurship 2008)
Sue Archer, Archer’s Jersey Ice Cream (Runner Up, Rural Woman Entrepreneur 2008)


Northumberland

Sponsored by The Mailing House Group

Dates: Thursday 9th July 2009 (1.15 – 3pm). Places limited to 40.

Venue: The Mailing House, Cramlington

Speakers: Fiona Cruickshank, SCM Pharma (Judging Panel)
Ann Maddison, Simonburn Tea Rooms and Bed & Breakfast (Winner, Woman Rural Entrepreneur 2008)
Amanda Galbraith, Pebbles Gallery & Art Cafe (Runner Up, Best Cultural and Creative Business 2008) TBC


Newcastle TBC


For more information and to book your FREE place go to www.womenintothenetwork.co.uk - members should login and go to ‘Members Calendar’, click on ‘Launch of the North East Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards’ (choose your preferred regional event) and click ‘Book Online’ at the bottom of the page. Non-members go to Events Calendar on the home page. Alternatively you can contact Lisa Crombie by email - lisa@womenintothenetwork.co.uk.

Please note that these events replace the usual ‘Nomination Events’. Places are limited and booked on a first-come-first-served basis (a £10 cancellation fee will be charged for cancellations made within 48 hours of an event).