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The prestigious sixth annual 1066 Business Awards ceremony was held at Azur at The Marina Pavilion on 30th April 2010, where the top businesses in 1066 Country were announced.

This year saw an excellent response with a vast number of nominations covering Hastings and Rother districts. The Judges had a tough time choosing the winners and runners-up.

HSBC was again the main sponsor for this year's event.

The evening was enhanced by two wonderful guest speakers the first of which was Dave Brooks the Chief Executive of the Sussex County Cricket Club, followed by the main guest speaker and presenter Fred Dinenage, the well-known news presenter.

Organisers Faiza Shafeek, events and sponsorship coordinator for Sussex Newspapers, which includes the Hastings Observer and Jonathan Dolding, from Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce, praised all those firms which entered this year's awards event.

Mr Dolding said: “In a difficult economic climate competition was again strong this year with high quality applications from a wide range of businesses. 

“Well done to all those entered and special congratulations to those who were either highly commended or won categories on Friday night.”

Tony Shrimpling, head of HSBC's East Sussex Commercial team, said: “We were delighted to continue our support of the 1066 Business Awards for the 6th consecutive year. 

“The evening ceremony was a fantastic success and well done to all those who were recognised, especially the George Inn on winning the HSBC Overall Business of the Year.”

Sponsors, winners and runners-up, as well as their guests, all had a wonderful evening which included a superb four course meal and after the awards presentation the evening ended with music and dancing. A great night was had by all.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the events sponsors for their support of this superb event and look forward to their continued support for 2011.

Click here for the results
Click here to view a slideshow of the winners

Click here to read about our panel of judges

If you are interested in entering future awards events, please phone or email as detailed below.

For further information, please contact either: Faiza Shafeek at the Hastings Observer on 01424 856751, email: faiza.shafeek@jpress.co.uk

or Jonathan Dolding at Ten Sixty Six Enterprise
on 01424 205507, email jonathan.dolding@1066enterprise.co.uk