News - Midlands
Eat, drink, be merry - and network hard: that's what 150-odd guests, winners and sponsors managed at Insider's 42 Under 42 Lunch, held at Birmingham's Burlington Hotel.
The event marked the culmination of Insider's quest this year to find the rising generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs whom, we think, will come to dominate the Midlands' economy over the coming decade. The final list was the result of almost six months' searching, researching and refining - most of those names put forward did not make the final few. The day was also used to give three awards for notable endeavours.
A panel comprising the scheme's three sponsors and Insider decided that Adrian Fawcett, chief operating officer at Burton-on-Trent's Punch Taverns, was the clear winner of the Large Company Award "because of the incredible things he's achieved there." Meanwhile Steve Digva, of Nottingham-based In Phase International, won the award for Best Small Company, beating off stiff competition from Chris Haughey of Coventry's CJ Haughey Construction and Harjeet Johal of Nottingham's Underfivepounds.com.
And the Best Community Contribution title went to Raj Bansal of Wolverhampton's Teleresources, which has helped retrain hundreds of people in an employment blackspot with skills in sales and marketing.
In a keynote speech Paul Bassi, the founder of Midlands property group Bond Wolfe summed up what he thought made a successful young entrepreneur and business leader. He said: "High achievers see nothing mysterious or difficult about success.
They don't think that it's someone else's territory to be successful. "They're highly visionary, they plan and think ahead, they have the ability to conceive, believe and achieve and have a master plan or big picture permanently in their mindset "Successful people do not chase money, it's simply a by- product of success, a way of keeping score. "Money is just a perception; it's the choices, the freedom, and the things that you can buy with money that is what you are really after."
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Generation Excel
Eat, drink, be merry - and network hard: that's what 150-odd guests, winners and sponsors managed at Insider's 42 Under 42 Lunch, held at Birmingham's Burlington Hotel.
The event marked the culmination of Insider's quest this year to find the rising generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs whom, we think, will come to dominate the Midlands' economy over the coming decade. The final list was the result of almost six months' searching, researching and refining - most of those names put forward did not make the final few. The day was also used to give three awards for notable endeavours.
A panel comprising the scheme's three sponsors and Insider decided that Adrian Fawcett, chief operating officer at Burton-on-Trent's Punch Taverns, was the clear winner of the Large Company Award "because of the incredible things he's achieved there." Meanwhile Steve Digva, of Nottingham-based In Phase International, won the award for Best Small Company, beating off stiff competition from Chris Haughey of Coventry's CJ Haughey Construction and Harjeet Johal of Nottingham's Underfivepounds.com.
And the Best Community Contribution title went to Raj Bansal of Wolverhampton's Teleresources, which has helped retrain hundreds of people in an employment blackspot with skills in sales and marketing.
In a keynote speech Paul Bassi, the founder of Midlands property group Bond Wolfe summed up what he thought made a successful young entrepreneur and business leader. He said: "High achievers see nothing mysterious or difficult about success.
They don't think that it's someone else's territory to be successful. "They're highly visionary, they plan and think ahead, they have the ability to conceive, believe and achieve and have a master plan or big picture permanently in their mindset "Successful people do not chase money, it's simply a by- product of success, a way of keeping score. "Money is just a perception; it's the choices, the freedom, and the things that you can buy with money that is what you are really after."
To read the rest of this article click here