Wilsons Auctions named National Champion in the European Business Awards 2016/17

We are delighted to announce Wilsons Auctions has been named the National Champion for the UK in The RSM Entrepreneur of the Year Award category.

We are delighted to announce Wilsons Auctions has been named the National Champion for the UK in The RSM Entrepreneur of the Year Award category at this year’s The European Business Awards. 

The Awards, Europe’s largest business competition, was set up 10 years ago to celebrate business excellence and best practice in the European business community. Supported by business leaders, academics and political representatives from across Europe, this year’s awards will engage with over 33,000 businesses from 34 countries.  

Wilsons Auctions was chosen following the first phase of judging by an independent panel, evaluated on the core European Business Awards values of innovation, ethics and success. and will now go through to the second stage of the competition, which includes a video and a public vote. 

Spanning eight branches across the UK & Ireland, Wilsons Auctions is a progressive and forward thinking company with a passion for continually finding new ways to offer first rate sales and services to both buyers and sellers alike.  

Peter Johnston, Group Operations Director of Wilsons Auctions said, “We’re very proud to be selected to represent the UK as a National Champion. The European Business Awards is widely recognised as the showcase for Europe’s most dynamic companies and we are proud to be recognised at this level.” 

Adrian Tripp, CEO of the European Business Awards said: “Congratulations to Wilsons Auctions who have been selected to represent their country as National Champions. They are central to the success of Europe’s strong business community, and have shown the core principles we look for of innovation, ethics and success.” 

The next round will require a presentation video submitted explaining the company's business success and independent judges will award the top National Champion with the Ruban d’Honneur status who will go on to the Gala Final in 2017. 

We will also need your support to vote for our video entry which will be online towards the end of the year, we will keep you up to date once voting goes live.