Adido announced as National Business Awards Finalist!

Aug. 21, 2012 - PRLog -- This week Adido has been shortlisted for the Transformational Change of the Year Award at this year’s National Business Awards in partnership with Orange. With expertise in creating bespoke websites and search engine optimisation, the Bournemouth based digital marketing agency offers a full service package including PPC, social network advertising, user experience and mobile marketing.

Going up against the likes of Michelin Tyres and Belu Water they will battle it out for the prestigious award, with the winner being revealed at the National Business Awards gala dinner held on 13th November in London.

Charles Ward, COO of Intellect, judge for the category said: “Adido has shown that traditional approaches - such as engaging the local community and putting something back in - yields results. Consequent improvements in esteem and confidence have led to a growth in sales.”

Andy Headington. Marketing Director and Co-Founder of Adido said: “After a period of re-invention, radical change and exponential growth, we are honoured to have our innovative approach recognised by the award judges amongst the pride of British business.”

The National Business Awards has revealed over 150 of Britain’s leading businesses and business leaders as finalists in the prestigious awards programme. Organisations shortlisted include a range of private, public and third sector companies, including National Grid, Marks and Spencer, and London Early Years Foundation.

All National Business Awards finalists represent an annual turnover in excess of £135 billion and collectively employ over 700,000. They cover activities as diverse as digital marketing, international road haulage and logistics, water engineering and life sciences: sectors that reflect key areas of UK capability with high potential for international expansion.

The diverse size of the companies entering is also huge – ranging from a business with an annual turnover of less than £50k to high growth and high value companies with multi-billion pound revenues.

Baroness Virginia Bottomley, Chair of Judges said: “This year has been a challenging environment for British businesses: these finalists demonstrate how companies are succeeding in the current climate through innovation, originality and tenacity. It’s good to see a broad range of companies both in sector and size – an impressive representation of the potential British businesses have. Congratulations to all our finalists.”

The National Business Awards supports Help for Heroes, a charity that offers support and advice for wounded soldiers.

Visit www.nationalbusinessawards.co.uk for a full list of all finalists and to book a table at the event.

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For further information or interview opportunities contact:

Rachel Branigan
PR Manager
UBM Awards and Partnerships
Tel: 0207 955 3843
Email: Rachel.branigan@ubm.com

Annelle Botha
Head of PR and Marketing
UBM Awards and Partnerships
Tel: 0207 234 8753
Email: annelle.botha@ubm.com

Notes for editors:

Awards categories 2012
Categories open to enter:

 The Orange Innovation Award
 The BlackBerry Growth Strategy of the Year
 The ICAEW Sustainability Award
 The Santander Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year
 The Huawei Customer Focus Award
 The Croner Employer of the Year
 Transformational Change of the Year
 Start-up Business of the Year
 Small Online Business of the Year
 E-Commerce Strategy of the Year
 Business Enabler of the Year
 The Entrepreneur of the Year

Categories run by nomination only:

 The Orange Leader of the Year
 The Daily Telegraph Award for a Decade of Excellence
 The 3i International Growth Business of the Year
 The Leadership Diversity Award
 The Coutts FTSE 100 Business of the Year

The Grichan Partnership is the official executive search partner for the National Business Awards.

About Adido

Having worked with an excess of 500 clients since its inception almost ten years ago, Adido is the top web design and digital marketing agency in the South West.
With expertise in creating bespoke websites and maintaining search engine optimisation for clients, the agency offers a full service package including PPC, advertising, social network advertising and mobile marketing.

Adido was named one of the Britain’s top fifty search agencies by New Media Age following the achievement of the title “Entrepreneur of the Year” at the Dorset Business Awards, as well as winning a number of other awards for their digital marketing.

Adido’s philosophy is to ‘do digital better’ and they strive to achieve this on a daily basis. They never rest on their laurels and their passion is central to all of their work.

Find out more about this digital agency by going to http://www.adido-digital.co.uk