Record turnout for Kent Excellence in Business Awards

Wendy Raeside
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Sponsors Pete Kenyon and Carole Barron with winner Jon Rissik, Dovetail games

Kent is being celebrated as a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship with a record-breaking attendance at a business awards evening.

More than 630 guests attended the Kent Excellence in Business Awards (KEiBA), which took place at the Kent Event Centre in Detling on 25 June 2015.

This year’s event, staged and produced by Kent County Council and the KM Group, was attended by a record number of 46 finalists across 15 categories.

Carole Barron, Director of Innovation and Enterprise at Kent  teamed up with the University’s Dr Gary Robinson,  Senior Commercialisation Manager, Lucy Druesne, Senior Operations Manager, and Pete Kenyon of Cripps lawyers to judge the Technology Business of the Year category.

The panellists chose Chatham-based video games developer Dovetail Games as their category winner. They  were impressed by the company’s entrepreneurial spirit and ambition to become the world’s leading simulation gaming company.

Judges praised the firm’s “exceptional quality, impressive attention to detail, inspiring team, and clear display of excellence and passion for what they are doing”.

Carole Barron presented the award to Jon Rissik, Senior Vice President and General Manager on the evening.

For more information , see: www.keiba.co.uk.