Sunderland City Council is again the awards' main sponsor.
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00:00Councillor Kevin Jones, it's a pleasure to be here today. The City Council, once again,
00:06our main sponsor. The Council have been involved with the awards since they began as the Sunland
00:09Network Portfolio Awards. How important is it to show your support?
00:13Once again, the Council are delighted to be supporting the Sunland Network Business Excellence
00:16Awards this year. The awards give us the opportunity to celebrate and champion the businesses from
00:21right across the city, from those who are providing that diversity, inclusion and entrepreneurialism
00:26right across our city, and it's important that we celebrate those achievements and everyone
00:31in those organisations who are helping that come to fruition.
00:35And obviously we've seen some exciting changes, the Sheep Falls development, the new stables
00:39there, culture houses coming up in the city centre. How much is Sunland changing as a
00:44place to do business?
00:46Well, Sunland's seen massive transformational progress with the £2 billion worth of investment
00:51that's going into the city, and this is our opportunity to support businesses to achieve
00:57what they can do in supporting us in becoming a city that is dynamic and vibrant and people
01:03want to come and live and work and play. So our business play a massive role in that and
01:08we're delighted we'll be able to support them with these awards and we'll be able to champion
01:13and celebrate the individuals and the businesses who are coming to Sunland, investing in Sunland
01:19and helping us achieve our goals.
01:21And if anyone's in two minds about whether to enter, what would you say?
01:24I would say enter into the awards, they're a great opportunity to recognise businesses,
01:30both large and small, whether it's someone who's setting up just as a small business
01:35and taking their first steps into self-employment to the larger employees in the city. It just
01:40gives us that opportunity to celebrate everyone, the businesses themselves and also the individuals
01:45within that and we can all come together, have a brilliant night and celebrate the amazing
01:50city that we have in Sunland and everyone who's making that happen.