2007 Sponsors and Supporters
The Pembrokeshire Business Awards could not be held without the crucial support received from all of the generous partners and sponsors involved.
- Welsh Assembly Government Department for the Economy & Transport -
English - Cymraeg
The Welsh Assembly Government’s Department for the Economy & Transport is responsible for promoting economic development, integrated transport and regeneration.
It provides the active support businesses need to grow and prosper; and fosters a positive climate for enterprise development across Wales, with particular encouragement for small and medium sized businesses. This includes management of the next round of European Union funding and a range of measures to promote innovation, including the unique Technium network of incubation centres.
The Department is responsible for Business Eye, which provides an impartial information and signposting service for people running or starting up businesses across Wales. Specialist support is also provided, ranging from provision of premises and equipment to advice on marketing and export promotion. A similar service is given to outside companies aiming to set up or expand their operations in Wales.
The Department works in close partnership with other departments, public bodies, local authorities, the private sector and voluntary organisations in exercising these functions, particularly in the regeneration of communities, towns and cities in Wales.
- Energize
Energize is a specialist business development programme that focuses on the strategic development of SMEs working within and supplying goods and services to the oil, gas and related energy sectors. Since the start of the programme in 2004, over 100 Pembrokeshire based businesses have received assistance in developing industry specific resources and strengths in order to compete and grow their business at a local, national and international level.
The Energize team comprises specialists in business development, ICT and marketing together with advisors who have experience of working within the energy industry. Using their combined knowledge and expertise, advisors provide clients with the best possible chance of meeting the complex requirements of doing business in the energy industry, by advising on the processes and systems essential to winning and delivering profitable contracts.
Energize is jointly funded by PBI, European Objective One and the Welsh Assembly Government’s Pathway to Prosperity programme and direct assistance from advisors is fully subsidised.
- Milford Haven Port Authority
- Conservancy
- Pilotage
- Port and Dock operations
- Ship Repair
- Property Lettings
- Cruise Services
- The Ferry Terminal at Pembroke Port servicing Irish Ferries
- Marina and Leisure facilities
- Community and Environmental support
- Oakwood
- International Business Wales
- FSB
- Pembrokeshire County Council
Milford Haven Port Authority is a trust port, responsible for the largest Port in Wales and the fifth largest in the UK. With a diverse portfolio that spans marine, commercial and community remits, the Authority is at the heart of driving the economic development of West Wales. Facilities and services provided by the Authority include:
As a trust port, Milford Haven Port Authority has always placed an importance on the way in which it operates within the community. As a part of the Authority’s commitment to its stakeholders, a great emphasis is placed on providing opportunities that seek to support local businesses and by extension, the economic regeneration of West Wales.
Milford Haven Port Authority is proud to sponsor The Pembrokeshire Business Awards, supporting local businesses and celebrating entrepreneurship within the County.
Pembrokeshire has a fantastically varied tourism offering, from camping sites to five star hotels, award winning beaches to world class attractions. Oakwood is proud to have contributed to the economic development of this industry and is delighted to be able to support it by sponsoring the Pembrokeshire Tourism Business of the Year category.
Having just celebrated its 20th season, Oakwood has invested over £20m into the park and employs over 400 permanent and seasonal staff. We are thrilled to attract visitors from around the world to Pembrokeshire and look forward to providing fun filled days out for many years to come.
Our aim is to convince you that Wales is worthy of your consideration as a place to locate, relocate or expand your business.
International Business Wales is part of the Welsh Assembly Government, helping businesses all over the world access the big opportunities available in our small, welcoming country.
International Business Wales firmly believes in recognising companies that have succeeded overseas and is delighted to have been one of the sponsors at this year’s awards. Through its sponsorship of the Exporter of the Year category, International Business Wales hopes to emphasise to Welsh companies the benefits of their business internationally.
Pembrokeshire County Council via its’ Economic Development department has a responsibility to help expand the local economy, support local businesses and facilitate the creation of quality employment opportunities for the people of the County.
Technium Pembrokeshire is one of the ways the Council, in partnership with Swansea University and the Welsh Assembly Government, is supporting the development of new and innovative businesses, especially in the new energy sector.
However the County Council is keen to promote and support innovation in all businesses throughout the county. To remain competitive in a dynamic marketplace every business has to innovate to improve the offering to its customers. This can be in the form of new products or services or by improving the processes involved to deliver the goods or services to those customers. These changes will help the business to become more efficient and profitable and this will enable to local economy to develop.
- dotnet works ltd
- Pear Media www.pearmedia.biz
- Pembrokeshire Photography www.pembrokeshirephotography.com
- Peninsula Business Services
- Simon Safety & Lifting Centre Ltd
- Hays Accountancy & Finance
Peninsula Business Services are the UK’s largest Employment Law and Health and Safety consultancy providing advice to our clients which number over 19,000 UK employers. We are dedicated to our customers and aim to protect your business and livelihood. Our service is personally tailored from initial consultations to the assessment, implementation and monitoring of procedures by our experienced specialist consultants. Skilled staff offer fast practical advice through our 24/7 advice line. We leave absolutely nothing to chance and provide insurance indemnity, Taxwise - a tax free protection service against investigation, and BusinessWise – the complete HR management tool aimed to ease the burden on employers. We are there to inform and aid you every step of the way, giving your business a more certain future. We want to support your business growth by allowing you to focus on your business priorities, whilst we take the worry out of employment, tax, health and safety issues and legislation.
Leading the Way in Safety………….
Simon Safety and Lifting Centre is an independent supplier of a wide range of safety products, personal protective equipment, workwear, corporate clothing with in-house design, print and embroidery services, lifting equipment and accessories, together with statutory examination and testing services. The safety Centre is based in Neyland, West Wales and is a major supplier to the LNG and Petro-Chemical industry as well as construction, agriculture, tourism and manufacturing.
Being an independent organisation Simon Safety is highly customer focused, flexible and offers added value to customers in many ways from assistance with selection of equipment to on site surveys, inventory managed solutions and single source supply solutions.
Simon Safety is a BS EN ISO 9001:2000 registered company as well as being an Investor in People recognised organisation. In 2004 Simon Safety was awarded the ‘SME of the year’ and the overall ‘Pembrokeshire Business of the Year’ at the inaugural Pembrokeshire Business Awards.
In October 2006 Simon Safety became a member of the ‘Eurosafe Group’ of independent specialist safety equipment distributors, this has benefited their customers with a far wider range of choice and availability across the most popular brands of personal protective equipment, workwear and corporate clothing together with the best possible service, on a local expertise basis with local customer contact but supported by the strength of an International Group.
Simon Safety are able to distribute and offer their products and services throughout the whole of the United Kingdom and mainland Europe via domestic and international couriers offering express delivery and because of the Simon Safety vast stock holding in Neyland, they are able to meet most customers needs from stock with unsurpassed service, quality and delivery performance.
Simon Safety is very proud to be associated with the Pembrokeshire Business Awards in sponsoring the Audio Visual aspects of the ceremony.
Tel: 0800 0830 799
Visit them online at www.SimonSafety.co.uk
Hays Accountancy & Finance is the UK’s leading specialist financial recruitment consultancy for accountancy jobs with 170 offices across the UK and Ireland managed by specialist consultants.
We are the preferred recruiter to more employers than any other specialist recruitment consultancy and provide guidance and advice to job seekers and employers.
We recruit across commerce and industry, financial services, practice firms, public services and not for profit organisations providing talent into roles ranging from credit controllers, accounts clerks and bookkeepers through to financial and management accountants, finance directors and partners.
01792 642042
- Chevron Pembroke Plant
Chevron is one of the largest integrated energy companies in the world. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, and conducting business in approximately 180 countries, the company is engaged in every aspect of the oil and natural gas industry, including exploration and production; refining, marketing and transportation; chemicals manufacturing and sales; geothermal and power generation.
- PBI
- Western Telegraph
- Pembrokeshire College
- Radio Pembrokeshire
With a spread of business from finding and extracting oil and refining it to selling the refined products, Chevron continues to occupy an important place in the United Kingdom's energy market.
It owns the Pembroke refinery in southwest Wales, one of Chevron's seven core refineries around the world, and supplies the Atlantic Basin market with refined products. Opened in 1964 with one of the world's finest natural harbors – some 1,800 vessels dock at the Pembroke facility each year – the deep and sheltered waters provide one of the few ports in Europe that can accommodate the largest tankers. Specializing in processing heavy, lower-quality crudes, Pembroke can take advantage of the significant price differential that exists between light crude oils and lower-valued heavy sour crudes.
The Pembroke refinery operations cover an area of around 223 hectares, with an additional 526 hectares outside the perimeter fence, part of which lies within the boundaries of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The refinery provides employment for more than 1000 people, including term contractors, and operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is Chevron’s only wholly-owned refinery in Europe and prides itself on being a modern, highly sophisticated and complex unit, built to extract the maximum amount of valuable products from a variety of crude oils.
The original refinery, built at a cost of £35 million was opened by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1964. It was then known as Regent. Since that time its process activities have been expanded both in complexity and capacity and today the refinery is known as Chevron, whose most well-known company brand is Texaco. At current production rates the refinery is capable of processing 220,000 barrels of crude oil per day, producing 17 different usable products. It produces around 3.5 million gallons of petrol per day.
Using a series of storage terminals around the country, Chevron supplies around 1,100 independent Texaco-branded service stations with a full range of fuels and Texaco and Chevron products. Many of the sites have convenience stores.
Pembrokeshire’s economy primarily consists of small and medium sized enterprises and a very recent report has shown that micro businesses (employing less than 10) account for 51.6% (the third highest in Wales), and small businesses (10-49 employees) account for 20% (the highest in Wales) respectively of the private sector workforce in the county.
Indeed it has also always been acknowledged as one of the most entrepreneurial parts of the UK for business starts. In spite of much welcomed investment from large and multinational businesses, the locally owned or managed SME businesses are likely to remain the bedrock of the local economy. They have a tremendous capacity in themselves to thrive and grow.
With such a wealth of entrepreneurial talent under our noses, it is indeed time for us once again to celebrate the quality of our businesses and the massive contribution they have made and increasingly will continue to make in the future.
PBI has and continues to have the privilege of working with a number of local businesses. In the course of our support activities we have assisted many clients during their applications for a number of regional and national awards with some notable success. What always struck us was that these entrants and finalists of national awards, although impressive, were no more so than many businesses that we knew existed in Pembrokeshire. The best that Pembrokeshire has to offer is as good as anywhere else!
National and international awards can bring enormous external promotional and internal confidence benefits to entrants, finalists and winners and we felt it essential to increase the profile of Pembrokeshire businesses by supporting the business awards at home in Pembrokeshire and encouraging all our local talent to put themselves forward, not only for these awards but also to take them on to a bigger stage – i.e national awards.
It is with great pleasure that we have again joined with the other organising partners and main sponsors to assist and underpin the awards process and to sponsor in particular the overall Business of the Year category. Thanks too to our Energize project and its partners for their contribution to the relevant specialist category and sponsorship of the overall event.
We are confident and will do our part to ensure that the awards themselves and the businesses they represent will continue to thrive and prosper.
Contact tel: 01646 695300
The Awards could not be held without the crucial support received from all of the partners and sponsors involved each year.
If you would like your organisation to become involved as a sponsors of the Pembrokeshire Business Awards (or know somebody who might) and support this great initiative then please contact a member of the Awards team – 01646 695300 or eMail info@pembrokeshirebusinessawards.co.uk
