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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Multiple Winners at the 2025 Rising Star Awards
NORTHAMPTON, MA / / June 4, 2025 / Plenty of excitement in our London office this morning on the back of the fantastic news that we have three award winners (our most ever) in the 2025 Rising Star Awards by WeAreTheCity. These prestigious awards spotlight the achievements of trailblazing women below senior leadership level and those who inspire the next generation. With over 1000 nominees this year across 20 industries the calibre of entries was truly exceptional and with that we are proud to announce our winners… Amy Firkin - Rising Star 2025 in ESGNavreet Kaur - Rising Star 2025 in DigitalSupriya Davda - Rising Star 2025 in HR & Recruitment We would also like to highlight both Elena Koycheva, CFA, CAIA, CIPM who was shortlisted for the Rising Star award in ESG and to Dimuthu Ratnayake for getting shortlisted in the Men for Gender Balance category. View additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from Northern Trust on Contact Info:Spokesperson: Northern TrustWebsite: info@ SOURCE: Northern Trust View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire
Scotsman
19-05-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
Celebrating the best of the Scottish events industry at the Scottish Event Awards 2025
The Scottish Event Awards, Scotland's celebration of event industry excellence, took place on Thursday 24 April, with winners including the Scottish Event Campus, University of Aberdeen, and the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024. Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Held at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange, the Scottish Event Awards, were a celebration of the excellence of the Scottish events sector, recognising the outstanding individuals and organisations involved. With an emphasis on ensuring integrity and credibility in the evaluation process, the awards were independently judged, ensuring the highest level of fairness when selecting the winners. The judges included Stuart Turner, Director of Purple Moon, Laura Schwartz, keynote speaker, author and former White House Director of Events, and Ian Pirrie, CEO of Cancer Card. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Judith Wilson, events director at EVENTIT, said: 'The Scottish Event Awards is always a fantastic night to celebrate the wonderful people and events in the Scottish events industry and bring everyone together. The Scottish Event Awards 2025 celebrated the best of the events industry 'Congratulations to all our winners and finalists, you are a true testament to creativity, efficiency and perseverance. Every winner showcased outstanding excellence and creativity, distinguishing themselves from their peers to secure one of these esteemed and sought-after awards.' Catalyst Event Production Services sponsored the Rising Star 2025 in memory of Stephen Tooth, who passed away last year. Graeme Craig, Managing Director at Catalyst Event Production Services, said: 'We were proud to present the Rising Star award to Jordan Gorman, in memory of our colleague Stephen. Stephen shared his knowledge of the events industry with so many people and so this award is fitting in his memory.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Other events sponsors included hosts Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Saltire Hospitality, 360 Event Hire, LNER, Catch the MICE, and BIG Partnership. The Scottish Event Awards 2025 celebrated the best of the events industry The main and starter were created by Saltire Hospitality, with desserts on offer from ChocTree, Mademoiselle Macaron, S Luca of Musselburgh and The Cheese Lady, and welcome drinks from The Barologist on Tour.
BBC News
02-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Brit Award winner Myles Smith urges 'protect' music venues
Brit Award winner Myles Smith urged people to "protect" grassroots venues in his acceptance speech. The 26-year-old from Luton, Bedfordshire, won Rising Star 2025 and talked about his home town at Saturday night's ceremony at the O2 Arena in London. He said: "If artists selling out your arenas and your stadiums started in grassroots venues, what are you doing to keep them alive?"Smith urged the government, companies that own venues, and music executives to protect foundations for new and upcoming artists. Others who have scooped the same honour previously include Sam Fender, Adele, and Rag 'n' Bone also talked about growing up in Luton, adding: "I grew up in a town that, according to loads of clickbait articles, is the worst town... "But yet I'm somehow here, a four-time Brit nominee, a graduate from a Russell Group university," he added. The singer was announced as the winner of the Brit Rising Star Award for 2025 in December last year. To be nominated for the honour, artists can't have achieved a top 20 album or more than one top 20 single by 31 his speech, he addressed issues surrounding the music industry. "To the biggest venues in the country and around the world - if artists selling out your arenas and your stadiums started in grassroots venues, what are you doing to keep them alive?" he said. He told people to "stick with artists past their first viral hit" and that "moments, they fade, but careers last forever."Smith, who rose to fame on TikTok, performed his songs Stargazing and Nice To Meet You. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
