Our team are over the moon to announce that Elektec has been chosen as a finalist for both the Best Social Impact and Construction & Engineering categories of the North West Family Business Awards 2022.

A record number of 186 businesses entered the awards from across the North West region.

This first-class event will be held at The Rum Warehouse, Titanic Hotel, Liverpool with host, food writer, and presenter Nigel Barden, and will take place on Friday 13th May 2022.

Elektec's Managing Director, Carl Knowles, said "we are absolutely thrilled to be finalists, especially as someone in the community nominated our company for these awards."

Co-Founder and Director, Sue Howorth said: “We were inundated with some incredible entries and we have been burning the midnight oil to get through them as they came in right up to the wire. The judges had extremely difficult decisions to make so the finalists should be extremely proud of themselves!

Co-director, Dave Clarkson said: "A huge thank you to everyone who has taken the time to fill out an application form and enter. We’ve been absolutely blown away by the strength and diversity of applications.”

Jacqui Jackson from Thomas Jardine & Co and 2022 North West Awards Chair of Judges said: “The number and quality of applications from across the North West has been outstanding, the businesses are clearly proud to be family businesses and the detail in many of the entries has demonstrated that they are very progressive and innovative.

The finalists will now receive a visit from our specially selected panel of expert judges before the judges make their final decisions. The winners will be announced at the glittering ceremony on Friday 13th May, You can find out more information about the awards at www.northwestfamilybusinessawards.uk