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Press Ahead scoops business award

North East PR and marketing agency, Press Ahead, has proven it’s ‘the business’, after winning a prestigious regional award.

The Sunderland-based PR agency scooped the Small Business of the Year Award at the Sunderland Echo Portfolio Awards 2009.

Press Ahead’s managing director, Russell Borthwick, said: “We felt that as a business, we had made great progress in a difficult trading environment, but that we were still perhaps a little way short of achieving an accolade like this – given the number of excellent SMEs in the region.

“The award is genuinely a team one – reflecting the input of staff and the confidence shown in us by our clients and partners. Just over five years after the business started, this feels like a coming of age – onwards and upwards.”

The Small Business of the Year Award is the Portfolio Awards’ most hotly contested accolade. Press Ahead beat off competition from a large number of entrants, and was chosen over four other shortlisted companies.

The judges commended Press Ahead on establishing itself as “a leading player in its field, both in the city and on a wider stage”, adding that “it has grown its reputation by continually exceeding the expectations of its many clients, from Wearside and beyond.”

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