Blueberry Marketing Solutions | The English Asian Business Awards

Kate Heron 30th July 2018

The English Asian Business Awards

We are pleased to announce that our Director, Faresh Masuria, has been nominated for Creative Entrepreneur of the Year at the English Asian Business Awards, with the ceremony taking place in Manchester tonight!

These awards recognise the personal achievements and hard work of English Asian business people who are leaders in their industries.

It’s great that our company’s positive social and economic impact is being recognised as we strive to help businesses grow and flourish. We deliver on campaigns for both the public and private sector across the UK promoting products and services which truly help businesses thrive. For example, some of the marketing campaigns we carry out include promoting funded business support and apprenticeship schemes on behalf of local councils, universities and local enterprise partnerships.

Creativity is encouraged in all our day-to-day activities and as such we’ve integrated the Blueberry Academy not only to upskill our team but also to instil passion in everything we do. This enables our employees to break out of their comfort zones and excel in new areas, as well as in those they love. It’s important to us to nurture the development of our team as they have been the backbone to all we’ve achieved the last 13 years.

Faresh also plays a role at Leeds Business School as an Entrepreneur in Residence, encouraging the creative ideas of masters’ students and guiding those wishing to start their own business. As Blueberry was set up in the incubator of Leeds Beckett University our journey has come full circle.

We’re thrilled to have been entered and wishing the best of luck to all those nominated tonight!

Written By Kate Heron

Kate graduated with a first in Marketing & communications. She supports delivery of multi-channel marketing campaigns, ensuring that communications are aligned across telephone and email marketing channels.

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