A drinks reception was held for finalists and sponsors ahead of our celebration evening and business awards later this month.

Guests gathered at new city centre bar and restaurant Albert's Schloss for the event which was a precursor to the Birmingham BusinessLive Awards in association with the Birmingham Post.

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They heard from Marc Reeves, Midlands marketplace publisher with BusinessLive owner Reach plc, and Adin Memetovic, general manager of our host

Our celebration evening and business awards takes place on Friday March 18 at the ICC in Broad Street and will feature live music from The Tzars and Heart FM broadcaster Ed James as host.

and email paige.jackson@reachplc.com for information or to enquire about sponsorship opportunities.

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Danayet Gezaie, Ineta Svedaite, Jon Abbott and Camille Gill

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Sophie Clarke, James Haslam, Sandra Kucinskaite and James Farmer

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Mark Smith, Jenny Holden, Chris van den Broek, Claire Fisher and David Woakes

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Catrania Lowers, Wendy Fellows, Sally Rea Morris and Louise Arnold

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Marc Reeves, Henrietta Brealey and Pakhi Sharma

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Ravi Ranjan, Ronan Hymes, Vernon Hogg and David Tomalin

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Chris Leggett, Andy Heald and Paul Griffiths

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Marc Reeves, Midlands marketplace publisher for BusinessLive's owner Reach plc, addresses guests

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Eleni Constantinou and Paige Jackson

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Arianne Atkinson, Marc Walker and Sarah Jordan

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Liz Burley, Jiya Kaur, Sonia Rai and Des Burley

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Albert's Schloss general manager Adin Memetovic addresses guests

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Chris Meah, Ross Alexander, Guy Rippon and Kyle Semple

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