iVote Named National Champion in The European Business Awards 2014/15

Skopje, Macedonia, September 9, 2014 (Newswire.com) - iVote, the leading provider of election management, e-commerce and e-learning systems, has been named as a National Champion from Macedonia in the European Business Awards, sponsored by RSM International. It is supported by businesses leaders, academics, media and political representatives from across Europe. 

iVote as a fast growing IT company, competed with the best national businesses to win the accolade of representing Macedonia  in The UKTI Award for Innovation. 

The European Business Awards is the largest and the most significant cross-sector business recognition program. This year it is engaged with over 24,000 businesses from 33 European countries. 709 companies from across Europe have been named as National Champions and are going through to the second phase of the competition.

“We are honoured to receive this prestigious award.  Our constant drive for innovative solutions and techniques was recognized and brought us to the second phase of the competition as a representative of Macedonia in the category of UKTI Award for Innovation. In the next phase we will showcase iVote’s best practices and business potential for international growth- said Saso Jovanovski, CEO of iVote.

“Congratulations to iVote, it is a great achievement to be named National Champion and we wish them luck in the next stage.- said  Adrian Tripp, CEO of the European Business Awards. “The European Business Awards is going from strength to strength, inspiring businesses to greater success and helping to improve the competitive edge of companies across Europe.”

Jean Stephens, CEO of RSM International, said: “Every year this competition gets tougher and more competitive as more companies, of varied sizes and across all sectors, chose to compete in this prestigious competition.  With the increased number of entries and countries, this year looks to become the toughest Awards yet.  It will be exciting to watch as we move through to the next round.”

Supported since their inception by lead sponsor and promoter RSM International, the seventh largest audit, tax and advisory network worldwide with a major presence across Europe , the European Business Awards was set up to recognise and reward excellence, best practice and innovation across the European business community.

About the European Business Awards:

The European Business Awards recognises and rewards excellence, best practice and innovation. The competition is free to enter and open to organisations of all sizes and from any industry sector.

The European Business Awards programme serves three purposes for the European business community:

• It provides examples for the business community to aspire to

• It celebrates and endorses individual’s and organisation’s success

• It provides an active platform for debate

About RSM International

RSM International is the lead sponsor of the European Business Awards and has sponsored the Awards programme since its inception. RSM International is a worldwide network of independent accounting and consulting firms. Member firms are driven by a common vision of providing high quality professional services, both in their domestic markets and in serving the international professional service needs of their client base.