tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30827235.post5382219570516664717..comments2024-03-12T08:53:00.766+00:00Comments on The Marple Leaf: Business awards are now a joke Michael Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616909770570609477noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30827235.post-19529588992459816472019-06-19T14:01:22.220+00:002019-06-19T14:01:22.220+00:00I was surprised to discover also that Noir went in...I was surprised to discover also that Noir went into compulsory liquidation also in 2016. In Anthon Logans sob letter he fogot to mention than (and he ran another company into the ground before that). Do these awards not have time to do a simple companies house check?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30827235.post-20988284277752974532019-04-09T13:55:33.637+00:002019-04-09T13:55:33.637+00:00Agree, Tom. We had 18 judges for our Business Tech...Agree, Tom. We had 18 judges for our Business Tech Awards and there was a robust analysis of their achievements. We're not claiming to be infallible, but we were confident that the winners were at the cutting edge of their industries.<br /><br />Jonathan SymcoxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069327517164582986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30827235.post-76045709127748410342019-04-05T06:52:48.407+00:002019-04-05T06:52:48.407+00:00I can't claim that any of the awards I have ju...I can't claim that any of the awards I have judged (and continue to judge) are immune to a Noir-type scenario. But I can say that almost every judging session I've been to has been an incredibly robust examination of the entries *and* the entrants with some pretty forthright debate about whether people deserve to win. I share some of your scepticism, espcespeci since this isn't the first such story in the recent past in Manchester. But I'm not ready to write off all awards as a bad job.Tom Cheesewrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028678645808502492noreply@blogger.com