{"id":18764,"date":"2018-06-13T14:58:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T14:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nobraineragency.com\/seo\/https-www-nobraineragency-co-uk-blog-awards-no-brainer-director-named-warringtons-business-man-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T13:38:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:38:16","slug":"no-brainer-director-named-man-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobraineragency.com\/business\/no-brainer-director-named-man-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"No Brainer Director named Warrington\u2019s Business Man of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
On Friday evening, the\u00a0No Brainer gang<\/a>\u00a0were lucky enough to attend the biennial\u00a0Warrington Business Awards<\/a>\u00a0and enjoy an evening celebrating local talent.<\/p>\n After bagging New Business of the Year at the last WBA ceremony in 2016, this year was the turn of our Director, Gary Jenkins to be shortlisted, and the stakes were high!<\/p>\n With more than 450 people at the sold-out ceremony, there was some serious competition for Business Man of the Year, so we were ecstatic when Gary\u2019s name was called out at the glitzy ceremony.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s Gary\u2019s debrief on the evening:<\/p>\n It felt surreal. I was delighted but, as with all award ceremonies, there\u2019s literally nothing you can do when you get there on the night. The decision is already made and it\u2019s just some words in an envelope \u2013 so you\u2019ve just got to cross your fingers I guess.<\/p>\n When you\u2019re up against some strong competition, it\u2019s one of those things where you just don\u2019t know how it\u2019s going to go. My kids had already said that if I didn\u2019t win then there\u2019s nothing wrong with being the \u2018runner-up\u2019.<\/p>\n So, when my name was called out, it felt really, really good. And it was great to be there with all the team \u2013 because no successful business is a one-person operation.<\/p>\n Warrington is regarded nationally as a hot bed for start-ups and it\u2019s definitely been massively supportive of us.<\/p>\n Also, I constantly talk about the \u2018Warrington Welcome\u2019 and how supportive the town\u2019s business community and support organisations can be. Most people want you to succeed, they want you to do well. People have taken meetings with me when I didn\u2019t really even have a business \u2013 I was just starting out. People like Steve Park at\u00a0Warrington & Co<\/a>, Gary Skentelbery at\u00a0Warrington Worldwide<\/a>, Gareth Dunning at the\u00a0Warrington Guardian<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 these people are all busy people, but they made time to speak to me.<\/p>\n\n
How did it feel to take home the WBA Business Man of the Year?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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How well do you think Warrington is performing as a location for start-up and small businesses?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n