Family Awards charity fundraiser at Quenby

The Midlands first and all-new Family Business Awards, underwritten by Nottingham-based insurance broker and financial advisor The Wilson Organisation, is hosting a mouth-watering charity fundraiser at Leicestershire’s Quenby Hall.

Quenby Hall is a 300-year family business, with enterprises today including the increasingly renowned Quenby Stilton, the showcase of the fundraising cheese and wine tasting evening on Thursday 10th June.

Andrew Gillespie of Montforte Wines, another local family-run business, will introduce the wine tasting, among which will be a selection of its own speciality Piemontese wines from northern Italy, introduced.

Tickets are £40 per person and all proceeds will go to the Awards' three charities - The Willow Foundation, The Children's Society and The Venture Foundation.

Project manager of the Midlands Family Business Awards, Hilary Campton, comments: "The event presents an opportunity to raise funds for the three charities supported by the Awards, as well as provide an opportunity - in a spectacular location - for our Awards' sponsors, judges and fellow family businesses to get together and enjoy some delicious wine, and the increasingly renowned Quenby Stilton!"

Supporters of The Midlands Family Business Awards are RSM Tenon, sponsor of the headline category - The Family Business of the Year, with other individual category sponsors including EFG Private Bank, Connect Midlands, Aviva, Young & Pearce Solicitors, AXA Elevate, Blusource and The Mitre Group, with additional support from Regional Development Agency emda.

Awards categories will recognise: ‘Best development of talent', ‘Overcoming adversity', ‘Personal excellence', ‘Development of international markets', ‘Business innovation of the year', ‘Fastest growing family business', ‘Commitment to the community', ‘Leading adviser to family businesses', and ‘Best newly established family business'.

Entries for the Awards are free and can be made on-line until the 30th June at http://www.familybusinessawards.co.uk/ For more information and to order tickets for the Quenby Hall event, contact Wilsons' Marketing Manager Leah Bradley, tel: 0115 942 0111, email: lbradley@wilorg.com before the 27th May 2010.