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The European Business Awards: European Business Awards announce 2009 Ruban d'Honneur Winners(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) RDATE:27112008 The European Business Awards have unveiled the companies and individuals selected to receive the prestigious Ruban d'Honneur in 2009. Ninety-nine leading businesspeople and organisations made it onto the winners list, which recognises excellence and innovation in European enterprise. "This has been an eventful year for the European business community. While some might have focused on pessimistic economic forecasts, our winners have chosen to respond with a blend of inventiveness and industry that has defied the downturn," said Adrian Tripp, Chief Executive of the European Business Awards. "Clearly it is not all doom and gloom out there. Despite challenging trading conditions, the European Community is home to a raft of small, medium and large business success stories." With a combined turnover of *573billion, the 2009 Ruban d'Honneur winners seem set to buck the economic trend. According to statistics gathered by the European Business Awards, this year's nominees recorded anaverage annual profitgrowth of 56%. "These awards revolve around business success, entrepreneurialism, innovation and ethics - all concepts we strongly believe in promoting. This year's entrants have demonstrated to us that the European business scene is still very much alive," said Isidoro Unda, CEO of leading global credit insurer Atradius. B.G. Srinivas, Senior Vice President and Member of Executive Council at Infosys, a global leader in the next generation of IT and consulting services, added: "The quality of entries this year despite the economic backdrop, have demonstrated a business environment in Europe that fosters talent management, gritty commercialisation and agility, that have enabled organisations to execute existing projects and in some cases completely re-engineer their business models for success." All ninety-nine Ruban d'Honneur recipients must now prepare to appear before a second judging panel of highly regarded academics, heads of state, industrialists, entrepreneurs and media commentators drawn from across the 27 member European States. The interviews will take place over two weeks between January and February 2009 at Atradius' offices in Rome and the overall winners in each of ten categories will be announced at the Awards ceremony in Rome on 7th April 2009, in front of Europe's top business leaders, politicians and media. "The standard of entries is very high this year proving that European business is still very active and prospering. There are some remarkable companies in the running and choosing the overall winners from the final shortlist of ninety-nine is going to be an extremely difficult task for the judging panels," said Jean Stephens, CEO of RSM International, one of the worlds largest auditing and consulting networks. David Hardy, International Sales and Marketing Director at bigmouthmedia, Europe's largest independent digital marketing agency, added: "This promises to be an exciting year for many companies. The new winners' list is packed with success stories from organisations of all sizes, and it is clear that European business still has a lot to shout out about." Full Winners List: The Business Innovation of the Year Award B & K Timber Structures, Belper, UK Centre of Registers & Information Systems, Tallinn, Estonia Dexxon Groupe Holding, Gennevilliers, France FreeFlow, Tralee, Ireland Honeywell, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Imooty Ltd. & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany Intelligent Energy, Loughborough, UK Nunwood, Leeds, UK SES ASTRA S.A., Betzdorf, Luxembourg Tennant Company, Antwerpen, Belgium The Business of the Year Award AT4 wireless S.A., Malaga, Spain Bank Pekao SA (Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA), Warszawa, Poland beCogent Limited, Airdrie, UK Asseco Slovakia, a.s. Bratislava, Slovakia Hallin Marine Subsea International Plc, Hamble, UK IDE Group, Edinburgh, Scotland Q-Cells SE, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany Sotheby's International Realty France, Paris, France StepStone, Guildford,UK TelecityGroup, London, UK The RSM International Entrepreneur of the Year Award ACE Enterprise Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia BrewDog, Fraseburgh, UK Europa Technologies Limited,Cobham, UK Gameloft, Paris, France Global Ethics Ltd, London, UK MENDEZ CHAIN SL- NIGHTBRA, Tenerife, Spain Secusmart GmbH, Duesseldorf, Germany TelecityGroup, London, UK Wonga.com, London,UK Bacterfield OU, Tallinn, Estonia The Award for Corporate Sustainability Acciona S.A., Madrid, Spain Brakes Group, Ashford, UK Enel SPA, Rome, Italy Hewlett-Packard, Boblingen, Germany ING, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Kingfisher Plc, London, UK Lilly France, Suresnes Cedex, France Ricoh Europe, London, UK SIVECO Romania, District 1, Romania Terna Spa, Roma, Italy The Environmental Awareness Award Data Electronics Services Ltd., Dublin 22, Ireland Dell, Bracknell, UK East Midlands International Airport, Derby, UK Enel SPA, Rome, Italy Ertl Glas AG / ertex-solar GmbH, Amstetten, Austria Kingfisher Plc, London, UK Manchester Rusk Company Ltd, Sharston, UK Maximillion, Edinburgh, UK Ricoh Europe, London UK Telekom Austria TA AG, Vienna, Austria The Customer Focus Award Air Berlin PLC, London, Germany Carteco S.A., Kallithea, Greece Dell, Limerick, Ireland Deutsche Telekom Kundenservice GmbH, Bonn, Germany Estonian Energy Telenetworks: Televorgu AS, Tallinn, Estonia Goetz-Gebaeudemanagement RSL GmbH & Co KG, Regensburg, Germany ICUnet.AG, Passau, Germany Lloyds TSB Scotland, Edinburgh, UK Manchester Rusk Company Ltd, Sharston, UK Rackspace Managed Hosting, London, UK The Infosys ICT Effectiveness of the Year Award Bigpoint GmbH, Probst, Germany Centre of Registers & Information Systems, Tallinn, Estonia Dexxon Groupe Holding, Gennevilliers, France Estonian Energy Telenetworks: Televorgu AS, Tallinn, Estonia FreeFlow, Tralee, Ireland LEMICOM s.r.o. Prague 5, Czech Republic LMG, London, UK Microsoft Malta Limited, Mosta, Malta Percana Group Ltd, Dublin, Ireland The Bigmouthmedia Marketing Strategy of the Year Award Bank Pekao SA (Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA), Warszawa, Poland DVLA, Swansea, UK First ScotRail, Glasgow, UK Graphisoft R&D zrt., Budapest, Hungary IDE Group, Edinburgh, Scotland LMG, London, UK Optivo GmbH, Berlin, Germany Societe Generale, Paris Cedex 18, France Sony Europe, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK UNICEF Arbeitsgruppe Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany The Atradius Growth Strategy of the Year Award Ashtead Plant Hire Company Limited (A-Plant), Warrington, UK Bright Grey, Edinburgh, UK De Nederlandse Energie Maatschappij B.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands GYS, Saint Berthevin, France Huxley Associates, Amsterdam, Netherlands Mellon Poland Sp.z o.o, Warszawa, Poland Petroleum Experts Ltd, Edinburgh, UK TotalPDA Ltd, Glasgow, UK Webhelp, Paris, France Webmart Ltd, Oxfordshire, UK The Employer of the Year Award Bank Pekao SA (Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA), Warszawa, Poland beCogent Limited, Airdrie, UK Dell, Limerick, Ireland Deutsche Telekom Kundenservice GmbH, Bonn, Germany FedEx Express, Melsbroek, Belgium HSBC Invoice Finance (UK) Ltd, Worthing, UK Huxley Associates, Amsterdam, Netherlands Lilly France, Suresnes Cedex, France Q-Cells SE, Bitterfeld-Wolfen , Germany About The European Business Awards The European Business Awards is a self funding venture set up and run with the support of forward thinking organisations including: Atradius; RSM International, bigmouthmedia, Infosys and The Wall Street Journal Europe. Our supporters understand the importance of promoting and endorsing business success across the European Union for our long term prosperity. About Atradius The Atradius Group provides trade credit insurance, surety and collections services worldwide, and has a presence in 40 countries. Its products and services aim to reduce its customers' exposure to buyers who fail to pay for the products and services customers purchase. With total revenues of approximately EUR 1.8 billion and a 31% share of the global trade credit insurance market, its products contribute to the growth of companies throughout the world by protecting them from payment risks associated with selling products and services on credit. With 160 offices, it has access to credit information on 52 million companies worldwide and makes more than 22,000 trade credit limit decisions daily. About Infosys Technologies Limited Infosys (NASDAQ: INFY - News) defines, designs and delivers IT-enabled business solutions that help Global 2000 companies win in a Flat World. These solutions focus on providing strategic differentiation and operational superiority to clients. With Infosys, clients are assured of a transparent business partner, world-class processes, speed of execution and the power to stretch their IT budget by leveraging the Global Delivery Model that Infosys pioneered. Infosys has over 100,000 employees in over 50 offices worldwide. Infosys is part of the NASDAQ-100 Index. About RSM International RSM International is a worldwide member organisation of independent accounting and consulting firms. It is represented in each of the top 40 major business centres throughout the world, with almost 25,000 staff in 64 countries. The organisation's total fee income of US$3.06bn places it amongst the top seven international accounting organisations worldwide. Member firms are driven by a common vision of providing high quality professional services, both in their domestic markets and to their internationally active clients. About bigmouthmedia Founded in 1997, bigmouthmediais Europe's largest independent digital marketing agency. With a team of over 200 staff across 13 offices in 10 countries on 3 continents, the company maximises exposure for major brands online through a variety of fully integrated digital marketing channels: Search (PPC and SEO), Online Media Planning, Affiliate Marketing, Social Networking, Brand Monitoring, Online PR and Web Analytics. 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