Bigmouthmedia takes home National Business Award

Bigmouthmedia, the Full Search Agency, was this week awarded ‘The AXA Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award’ at the National Business Awards 2006.

The coveted Awards were presented before more than 1200 business leaders, Parliamentarians and other VIPs at a prestigious gala ceremony, hosted by the BBC’s Fiona Bruce at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. The agency, which handles search engine marketing for major global brands, was the only digital marketing company to reach the finals.

The National Business Awards, sponsored by Orange, recognises and rewards excellence, innovation and success. Uniquely open to organisations of all sizes and from any industry sector – public or private - the programme allows Britain's best businesses to showcase their achievements and pit their success against firms and bodies of all types. The combined turnover of entrants this year was £366 billion, with a profit of £32 billion; it represented 1.8 million UK employees and 250,000 personnel overseas.

Bigmouthmedia won the award in the face of competition from an array of excellent finalists including BestThatQuote.com, Tyrells Potato Chips, Farmhouse Fayre and Telinet. Speaking after collecting the trophy, bigmouthmedia founder and CEO, Steve Leach commented:

“What fantastic recognition of the hard work and excellence of my team over the past decade. That we were up against very stiff competition makes the win even more welcome. We’re utterly over the moon.”

Cynthia Gordon, Orange UK Vice President of Business Services, said:

"All the winners of the National Business Awards demonstrate drive, passion and optimism for business. We are proud to be associated with such successful British business talent and congratulate all the winners on achieving this fantastic accolade."

Notes to Editor:

- Bigmouthmedia, “the full search agency” is a leading digital marketing agency, working with major brands including Barclays, British Airways, Hilton, Tesco and Early Learning Centre. It has full multilingual capabilities and is active in over 20 languages. The 60-strong SEO consultancy agency has offices in Edinburgh, London and New York and is headed up by CEO and founding director Steve Leach.

- A National Business Award is the UK’s most sought after business accolade. In a little over four years the programme has grown to include five regional events, a stand-alone event for Scotland and new for 2007 a European programme too. The Awards has achieved coverage in over 500 publications, been featured on SkyTV, and referred to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as the ‘Business Oscars’.

Contact bigmouthmedia:

Heather Luscombe
Marketing and Communications Director
Bigmouthmedia Ltd
Tel: 0131 561 2178
email: Heather.luscombe@bigmouthmedia.com