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321    <h2 class="content-title ct-title text-center">About the awards</h2>
322    <div class="content-body ct-desc"><p style="text-align: left;">The North East Business Awards are back - shining a spotlight on the region’s most outstanding businesses and the exceptional people who power their success.
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324Recognised as the most prestigious business accolades in the region, the Awards boast a proud legacy of more than 25 years celebrating excellence across the North East. Over the decades, they have championed some of the area’s most dynamic and forward-thinking companies, highlighting the innovation, entrepreneurship, technology and creativity that continue to drive the regional economy forward.</p><p style="text-align: left;">
325The Awards not only recognise commercial success, but also honour the individuals and teams who go the extra mile for their customers and communities. From pioneering start-ups to established industry leaders, they showcase the organisations making a tangible difference - creating jobs, investing locally and contributing to a vibrant, resilient North East business landscape.
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327As in previous years, the competition will begin with a series of sub-regional heats, culminating in a spectacular Grand Final where the very best will compete for top honours. Winners from each heat will be revealed to our audience of millions online via Chronicle Live, Teesside Live and Business Live, as well as in the pages of The Journal and The Gazette - ensuring the region’s success stories receive the recognition they truly deserve.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;">The sub-regions are:<br></p><p style="text-align: left;">- Northumberland &amp; Tyneside</p><p style="text-align: left;">- Durham, Sunderland &amp; South Tyneside</p><p style="text-align: left;">- Teesside</p></div>
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492The winners from the sub-regional heats are invited to attend the glittering Grand Final awards dinner where they go head-to-head to see if they will be taking home the overall North East title.&nbsp; The night promises to be a wonderful occasion where we will celebrate the cream of the crop of North East businesses.</p><p><br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>Thursday 1st October 2026</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>
493Venue:</strong>&nbsp; Grand Marquee, Hardwick Hall Hotel, Sedgefield&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>
494Times:</strong>&nbsp; 6.30pm through to midnight</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Dress code:</strong>&nbsp; Black Tie<br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Host:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>Kirsten O'Brien</p></div>
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521Award Presentations Part 1
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523Dessert &amp; Tea/Coffee</span></p><p style="text-align: center; "><span class="gray-lighter" style="font-size: 14px;">
524</span></p><p style="text-align: center; "><span style="color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 14px;">Award Presentations Part 2</span></p><p style="text-align: center; "><span class="gray-lighter" style="font-size: 14px;">
525Formal proceedings close by 11.00pm
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543    <h2 class="content-title ct-title text-center">Guest speaker</h2>
544    <div class="content-body ct-desc"><p style="text-align: center; "><img src="https://evessio.s3.amazonaws.com/customer/542e46ee-1df0-4f78-a710-64a61e810a2e/event/be2bbacc-8c1d-4bc9-a626-b9a2d6b7c11b/media/General_Content/cff9b685-node_John_Lloyd_Pic_Medium.jpeg" style="width: 0px; height: 0px;"><img src="https://evessio.s3.amazonaws.com/customer/542e46ee-1df0-4f78-a710-64a61e810a2e/event/be2bbacc-8c1d-4bc9-a626-b9a2d6b7c11b/media/General_Content/cff9b685-node_John_Lloyd_Pic_Medium.jpeg" style="width: 215.821px; height: 287.761px;"></p><p style="text-align: center; "><br></p><p style="text-align: center; "><span class="color-primary" style="font-size: 18px;"><b>John Lloyd CBE</b></span><strong></strong></p><p style="text-align: center; "><strong></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;">John Lloyd has been behind some of the most successful and well-loved TV and radio (and adverts) of the last three
545decades. He’s also written or co-authored over 30 books, and is the driving force behind developing a new concept
546of education based on his BBC panel show, QI.
547</p><p style="text-align: left;">Studying law at Cambridge, John joined the famed Footlights society, meeting a number of the writers and
548performers he would later work with. That group included Douglas Adams, whose Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
549John would help bring to radio.
550</p><p style="text-align: left;">After university, John joined BBC radio where he helped create shows that have become national institutions with
551The News Quiz (which John also briefly hosted), Quote...Unquote, The News Huddlines, and the original incarnation
552of To The Manor Born. Switching to TV, John’s first major production was the satirical Not the Nine O'Clock News
553with Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones, Rowan Atkinson, and Pamela Stephenson. The show created some of the
554most fondly remembered sketches of the era including Gerald the Gorilla, the darts players, and a classic interview
555with Billy Connelly. The show also provided a platform for writers including Richard Curtis, Clive Anders
555on, David
556Renwick, and Andy Hamilton.
557</p><p style="text-align: left;">John then went on to produce Blackadder, working again with Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, and creating
558arguably one the greatest sit-coms ever. At the same time he worked on Spitting Image alongside a host of comic
559writers and performers from Harry Enfield to Ian Hislop to Jo Brand. Briefly considered for the role as host of Have I
560Got News For You (he hosted the pilot episode) John remained behind the camera and created the panel show QI.
561</p><p style="text-align: left;">QI has gone on to spawn a range of books and other merchandise, but has also evolved into a system of research,
562learning and study. John is at the forefront of looking at what real knowledge is and how it can be imparted.
563Reacting against the idea that Google and Wikipedia offer free access to knowledge, John considers what really is
564interesting, and useful, alongside tales from his varied and often surprising career.<strong></strong></p></div>
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612    <div class="embedded-map-description ct-desc"><p style="text-align: center; "><font color="#ffffff">The awards dinner will be taking place in the Grand Marquee at Hardwick Hall Hotel, Sedgefield, TS21 2EH</font></p><p style="text-align: center; "><font color="#ffffff">
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614Ample free parking is available on-site.</font></p><p style="text-align: center; "><font color="#ffffff">A discounted accommodation rate of £125 B&amp;B is offered at Hardwick Hall for the night of 1st October for our guests.</font></p><p style="text-align: center; "><font color="#ffffff">To make a reservation please call the hotel on 01740 620 253 </font></p><p style="text-align: center; "><font color="#ffffff">and state that you are attending the 'North East Business Awards' when making your booking.</font></p></div>
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