The ultimate accolade of the local business world – The Business of the Year Award 2005, sponsored by Barclays.

BUSINESS AWARDS 2005: A decade of business excellence
It was a night of celebrations. The sky was illuminated and the red carpet was out. Peterborough's Moat House Hotel was transformed for the glittering gala dinner for The Evening Telegraph's 10th Annual Business Awards.
BIGGER, better and even more exciting than ever was the verdict from Greater Peterborough's business community who turned out for the champagne celebrations on Friday.

When the awards were launched earllier this year, Evening Telegraph editor, Rebecca Stephens, told businessmen and women she was keen to make the ceremony the best it had ever been. And on Friday, it was clear the mission had been accomplished.

Rebecca told guests at the gala dinner: "A few months ago I stood in almost this same spot when we launched the awards and said we wanted this year, our tenth, to be bigger and better than ever before. We couldn't have done it without you." Professional audio, visuals and top television host Dermot Murnaghan all helped to make the evening extra special.

NetSupport were presented with the Highly Commended award, to recognise the growth and success of the business over the last 12 months. NetSupport has also won the UK Technology Exporter of the Year Award for 2005, fighting off competition from more than 200 national entries.

After being presented with the award, managing director Al Kingsley said: "Its great to receive local recognition for our efforts and this award reflects the market leading services we offer. To have now received one award to recognise our success at home and an exporter award for our efforts overseas, it really does round off one of our best years yet.",

Business Continuity manager, Colin Jeffs added "We are overwhelmed with the success we have achieved with our Business Continuity services in 2005, building on a strong 2004. The unique combination of continuity facilities supported by award winning systems management tools really does mean we have the most Advanced Business Continuity on offer in the region. Once again the quality of our services and the strong commercial foundation of our business have been recognised as market leading".