ECQ Group Needs Your Help to Become the National ‘Public’ Champion for Sweden in the European Business Awards.

2015-01-06 – EQC Group from Sweden will today compete for the title of ‘National Public Champion’ in this year’s European Business Awards, sponsored by RSM International, as the public vote opens for the first time.

The company, already named as one of the National Champions in the internally judged part of the competition, has submitted a video of its company online, giving a powerful insight into the story of their business and its successes. It will now compete against all other country National Champions for the public vote. The company with the most votes will be named ‘National Public Champion’ for Sweden on 3^rd March 2015.

This first phase of the online voting is open from 6^th January 2015 to 24^th February 2015, giving EQC Group 7 weeks to get as many votes as possible. All the videos for this year’s National Champions can be found at the European Business Awards website: www.businessawardseurope.com.

Magnus Trollius, CEO, EQC Group says: “With just over 7 weeks for people to vote online for their favorite company, we are hoping that the public will view our video and vote for us. The public vote means a great deal as it is both our existing and potential customers and clients giving their approval to our success.”

The second public vote will take place between 3^rd March 2015 and 16^th April 2015 and the result of this final round of voting is the selection of one overall ‘European Public Champion’ who will be announced and awarded at the Awards Gala event in May 2015.

Adrian Tripp, CEO of the European Business Awards said: “The public vote is a very important part of the Awards as it gives these entrepreneurial companies another way of showcasing their achievements to a wider audience across Europe. It was a huge success last year, with over 93,000 votes cast.”

He continued: “This year’s videos show some of the most successful and sustainable companies in Europe and we hope that anyone interested in business will take some time to watch the videos, either from their own country or from other countries, and then cast their vote.”

Separately the video entries from all National Champions representing 33 countries across Europe will be reviewed and scored by the European Business Awards’ panel of judges and on 10^th February 2015, the Chairman of Judges will announce the 100 Ruban d’Honneur recipients. The overall European winners of the ten European Business Awards categories will be announced at the same time as the European Public Champion at the Gala Event in May.

For more information on the European Business Awards, please visit www.businessawardseurope.com.

For further press information or for case studies/interviews, please contact:

EQC Group: Peter Lindberg, PR and Communication, peter.lindberg@eqcgroup.se +46 70 108 92 59

How Does Public Voting Work?

On 6^th January 2015, all video submissions produced by our National Champions for the 2014/15 European Business Awards will be available to view online at http://www.businessawardseurope.com

There are 2 stages of achievement as a result of public voting:

1. National Public Champion

2. European Public Champion

About the European Business Awards 2014/15:

The European Business Awards recognizes and rewards excellence, best practice and innovation in companies across the European Union. The competition is free to enter and open to organizations of all sizes and from any industry sector.

The European Business Awards programme serves three purposes for the European business community:

About UK Trade & Investment:

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