British Business Awards 2020 Finalists Announced

SHANGHAI,Sept. 4,2020 -- Finalists of the British Business Awards 2020 was announced at Jing An Shangri-La,West Shanghai today. From an extensive list of exceptional candidates,42 exemplary businesses and individuals were shortlisted and applauded for their excellent work demonstrating the spirit of innovation,enterprise and endeavour.

Ray Chisnall,Chairman of the British Business Awards 2020,said,

"The Awards are a joint effort by the British business community in China. We have seen in total 146 applications and many spectacular entries from a vast range of industries this year. It is a great testimony to the broad range of sectors in which British business is successfully operating in China and exporting to China,which proofs that British business in China continues to go from strength to strength.

We are also delighted to see a doubled number of applications for the Chinese Investor in the UK category. All great companies strive to grow and succeed and contribute to strengthening UK-China business relations."

Chris Wood,British Consul-General in Shanghai,said,

"It's a great pleasure to be here and to see a packed room here this evening,which I think is an excellent reflection of the importance of the British Business Awards.

Chinese economy is recovering well,and for businesses here in China,it is also going extremely well. After a challenging few months,it is a great time to celebrate the best of British and Chinese companies,of British and Chinese trade. I would like to congratulate all the nominees and I very much look forward to celebrating and hearing about the winners in October."

The British Business Awards 2020 Finalists (company name / last name by alphabetical order)

Innovation Award - Sponsored by bp

AstraZeneca

Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited

Jaguar Land Rover

Modern Water

Morgan Advanced Materials

Sustainability Award- Sponsored by Houghton Street Consulting

bp

Halma

Modern Water

SpiraxSarco Engineering (China) Ltd.

Unilever China

Education Institutional Partnership of the Year Award

King's College London

Liverpool John Moores University

Queen Mary University of London

Queen's University Belfast

University of Liverpool

Entrepreneur of the Year Award- Sponsored by The British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai

Penny Burgess - WE Red Bridge

Rupert Hoogewerf - Hurun Report

Theodore O'Mahony - KANVID

Malcolm Staff - Halifax Fan Group

William Vanbergen - BE Education

Chinese Investor in the UK Award

Bank of China

China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited

China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation

Trip.com Group

TusPark Holdings (UK) Limited

British Exporter of the Year Award- Sponsored by China-Britain Business Council

Avenue51

Peak Scientific Instruments Limited

Renishaw (Shanghai) Trading Co.,Ltd

Samarkand Global

TPP

Leadership Award- Sponsored by The University of Manchester China Centre

Ornella Barra - Chief Operating Officer,Walgreens Boots Alliance

Penny Burgess – CEO,WE Red Bridge

Rui Ding - Managing Director,Oxford University Press (Shanghai) Ltd.

Thomas Murphy - Chief Financial and Planning Officer,University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Barry Piper - General Manager Asia,Cooper Turner Beck

Best Employer Award- Sponsored by Smith+Nephew

Dulwich College Shanghai Puxi

Smiths Group

SpiraxSarco Engineering (China) Ltd.

The Happy Monk

The Hutong

Best Services Award - Sponsored by KPMG China

Ince

Pagoda Projects Ltd.

Smiths Group

The Hutong

Walgreens Boots Alliance

Wood

*Two companies tied for fifth place.

British Company of the Year Award- Sponsored by SpiraxSarco

C2W Group

Halma

Smiths Group

Walgreens Boots Alliance

Wood

The winners of this year's awards will be announced at a Gala Awards Dinner in Shanghai on 29 October. Early-bird booking will open on 4 September. For more information,please visit www.britishbusinessawards.cn.

BBA 2020 – group photo of sponsors,judges and finalists