Russell WBHO has been named Contractor of the Year 2022 at the Downtown In Business: City of Manchester Business Awards.
Commercial director Nick Sunderland and bid writer Liesel McQueen accepted the award on behalf of the company at the ceremony held at the Lowry Hotel on September 8th.
BBC presenter and Downtown Manchester chair Jacey Normand hosted the awards with Downtown’s political editor Jim Hancock, as a celebration of the companies and entrepreneurs that have made a successful and significant contribution to economic growth in the city region.
More than 240 leading businesses were represented and 16 awards were handed out throughout the evening recognising excellence across a range of business sectors. The full winners list is below.
Downtown CEO and Group Chairman Frank McKenna said: “What an incredible night and a bunch of really deserving winners. The quality of the shortlists this year was fantastic and all nominees are thoroughly deserving of the recognition of their tremendous performance over the past twelve months.”
“A massive congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to all of our sponsors and partners on the evening. The room dressing was fantastic so a huge thank you to the Festive Group, The Lowry Hotel were superb, as they are every year, and it was great to raise some money for We Love MCR charity.”
#COMBA22 WINNERS
Contractor of the Year 2022
Russell WBHO
BDM/Salesperson of the Year 2022
Christie Commins, Kier
Newcomer of the Year 2022
Staycity Aparthotels Northern Quarter
Legal Firm of the Year 2022
Excello Law
Creative and Digital Agency of the Year 2022
Huddled Media
Leading Cultural Venue of the Year 2022
HOME
Hotel of the Year 2022
Dakota
Restaurant/Bar of the Year 2022
Piccolino Caffé Grande
Architect of the Year 2022
DB3 Architecture
Financial Servies Firm of the Year 2022
Deloitte UK
Developer of the Year 2022
MUSE Developments
Employer of the Year 2022
Make Events
Business Personality of the Year 2022
Chris Oglesby, Bruntwood
CEO’S Award 2022
Maria Murphy, Roland Dransfield PR
The Tony Wilson Award 2022
Natalie Atkinson, FC United
Business of the Year 2022
Bruntwood SciTech
The Russell WBHO Building Student trainees proudly showing off the award win