Conference News Supplements CN Milton Keynes Supplement July/Aug 2017 | Page 5

5 Milton Keynes MK Business Achievement Awards: supporting local enterprise SNAPSHOT: Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards 2017 • Celebrating Milton Keynes’ 50 years of growth • 12 award categories • More than 100 entries • 21 sponsors • 600 award ceremony attendees rganised by Milton Keynes Business Leaders Partnership (MKBLP), in association with full service marketing agency Interdirect and event management experts Evolution, the Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards (MKBAA) is an annual awards ceremony, celebrating all that is great about business in MK. Now in its fifth year, the glittering awards ceremony hosts more than 600 attendees at the DoubleTree by Hilton at stadium: mk. The evening is an opportunity for businesses across MK to showcase the talent across the city. The 2017 awards, which took place in March, paid homage to Milton Keynes’ 50 years of growth, and saw more entries and a bigger, better and more glamorous awards evening than ever before. Chair of MKBLP, Dr Philip Smith MBE said: “Milton Keynes has moved from being a rural part of North www.conference-news.co.uk Buckinghamshire to one of the most successful economies, and one of the most successful cities in the UK over the last 50 years, and this year’s awards have been a fantastic way to mark and celebrate that success. Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards continues to go from strength to strength.”