Sponsors

Hilton Leeds City

Since opening in 1971, Hilton Leeds City has firmly established itself as leading providers of accommodation and events within the city. With 206 bedrooms and 7 meeting rooms the hotel can cater for all conference and event requirements. The hotel has recently spent £5 million in refurbishment that included 30 executive bedrooms and extensive refurbishment to the public areas.

Aon

Being the premier risk management, insurance brokerage and consulting services provider in Yorkshire, Aon has a committed interest in the economic well-being of the County's life and are quite rightly associated with sponsoring the Business Enterprise Award.

BBC Yorkshire

BBC Yorkshire prides itself on bringing you what matters in Britain's biggest county - on the radio, on tv and online. Our radio stations in Leeds, Sheffield and York provide the latest local news, travel, weather and sport. Look North is regularly watched by audiences across Yorkshire. And when big stories happen, local people turn to our local websites in North, South and West Yorkshire. Whether it's the search for Shannon Matthews; the triumph of our magnificent Olympians; yet more flooding; or the problems in Yorkshire's banking industry, we have the latest for you 24/7.

This year, we've also showcased the fantastic work of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance to a national audience, in our Helicopter Heroes programme for BBC1. And new audiences have joined us for big events at the BBC big screens in Millennium Square in Leeds, Centenary Square in Bradford and All Saints Square in Rotherham.

We're proud to be part of the 20th annual Yorkshire Awards and hope you will enjoy our coverage of tonight's events.

Yorkshire Society

Formed as a non-political, not-for-profit organisation in 1980, the Yorkshire Society encourages businesses, charities and individual people from, or living in, all parts of Yorkshire to join together in "Promoting the County". Membership of the Society is open to individuals and organisations alike to enable everybody to work towards, and achieve, common goals throughout the County.

Yorkshire Bank

Yorkshire Bank is a high performance bank and the principal English arm of the National Australia Bank Group, which has operations internationally. With a strong personal and business customer base in the north of England and the Midlands it is proud of its origins which are evidenced by its support of the Yorkshire Woman of the Year Award.

Black Sheep Brewery

Although only founded in 1992, Black Sheep Brewery epitomises traditional Yorkshire brewing in methods, style and product. Most of its production is cask beer, sold largely in the Yorkshire region, whilst bottled versions of its ales reach a more national market. Its sponsorship of the Yorkshireman of the Year category reflects its deep roots in God’s County.

Welcome to Yorkshire

The new delivery of tourism structure in Yorkshire was set up recently by Yorkshire Forward, the region’s development agency. The move followed a government decision to improve the way tourism is promoted by providing a local service at the heart of communities.

Delivery partners include:

• Welcome to Yorkshire
• Visit York Tourism Partnership
• Yorkshire Moors & Coast Tourism Partnership
• West Yorkshire Tourism Partnership
• Yorkshire Dales & Harrogate Tourism Partnership
• Visit Hull & East Yorkshire Tourism Partnership
• Yorkshire South Tourism

The tourism delivery partners work in collaboration with the joint aim of making Yorkshire the number one tourist destination in the UK.

Keyspan Technology Limited

Keyspan Technology have over ten years experience of computing and the internet and specialise in custom application software and web solutions. We are pleased to sponsor the Yorkshire Awards web site.