FDM Group for 'Company of the Year'

Online, October 28, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Some of Britain's most high-growth companies have been identified in this year's Growing Business Awards, including the largest IT graduate employer in the UK, FDM Group. The list highlights the rise and resilience of more than 50 businesses and individuals who have prospered in the face of recession.

FDM will directly compete with four other finalists for the prestigious award of 'Company of the Year', judged by some of the world's leading entrepreneurs including Dragons' Den's James Caan and Sir Andrew Cahn, CEO of UKTI.

The Growing Business Awards champion Britain's finest leaders and businesses in the industry, with 'Company of the Year' identifying independently owned UK companies that convey business excellence, outstanding financial results and superb management and people practices. Previous winners of the award include innovative DVD rental company LOVEFILM and British luxury toiletries brand King of Shaves.

Winners will be announced at the Growing Business Awards ceremony at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square on November 25 2010.

Matthew Rock, Editor of Real Business, comments: 'The Company of the Year shortlist shows that UK companies can be world leaders in the most cutting-edge and global industries. The FDM Academy is one of the most respected training facilities for IT graduates in the UK. If the future is information technology, FDM will provide the schooling'.

Kate Pritchard, Managing Editor of Real Business, said: 'This year's shortlists are among the strongest we've ever found. We've identified a raft of substantial, entrepreneurial, growth and digital-focused companies that can face the future with optimism. A key theme this year is SMEs with international expansion in their sights.

'This year's Growing Business Awards shortlists are exactly what our economy needs. These businesses instill real confidence that the UK economy possesses innovation, ambition and professionalism in abundance'.