National Family Business of the Year Awards 2017

Michael & Sylvia Marrs are delighted to have been announced as finalists in the National Family Business of the Year Awards 2017.

The Family Business of the Year Awards are organised by Family Business United, the award-winning magazine and resource centre that champions and celebrates the family business sector. Now in their fifth year, these awards recognise the diversity, strength and depth of family firms across the UK and seek to highlight the contribution that family firms make to the UK economy.

Open to family firms of all generations, sizes and sectors, these awards really do recognise some outstanding family firms and really help to put family businesses on the map.

As Paul Andrews, Founder and Managing Director of Family Business United, explains, "We are delighted to be able to pull together such a vibrant bunch of family businesses, some that have succeeded for numerous generations and continue to thrive, and others that are relatively young but have great values at the heart of what they do."

Sue Coulson, Director of Coulson Associates and sponsors of the North and Northern Ireland award added "Any one of the finalists would make worthy winners and ambassadors for their sector, not to mention the region that they represent too. We are looking forward to finding out more about each of them and I am sure that the decisions to determine the winner will not be easy. Previous winners of the North and Northern Ireland regional award include NBT Group, Potter Logistics and JW Lees Brewery so all the finalists are following in the footsteps of some incredible family firms."

The awards process concludes at a Gala Reception and awards ceremony that takes place in London at the prestigious May Fair Hotel in London on June 8 where the winners will be crowned.