Award for Business Co-operation in Cyprus |
Winners announced for Stelios award for business co-operation in Cyprus 2011Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou presented five entrepreneurs with EUR50,000 each for their work in promoting business cooperation in Cyprus at an award ceremony at the Chateau Status restaurant in Nicosia's buffer zone. The winners are:
Winners announced for Stelios Awards for Business Cooperation in Cyprus 2010 Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, founder of easyJet and serial entrepreneur, today presented five entrepreneurs with EUR50,000 each for their work in promoting business cooperation in Cyprus at an awards ceremony at the Chateau Status restaurant in Nicosia's buffer zone. Read more ...  Stelios and Matthew Kidd, Her Majesty's High Commissioner to the Republic of Cyprus Stelios short-lists 10 finalists for his award!On October 20th 2010, Stelios will announce the five winning teams of the second annual Stelios Award for Business Cooperation in Cyprus - 2010 at an evening reception hosted by the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot Chambers of Commerce. Members of the two chambers will hear Stelios speak on the importance of bi-communal trade in normalizing relations between the two communities as a lead-in to the exciting announcement of this year's winners of Stelios' Award. The ten shortlisted entrepreneurial teams come from a range of disciplines, but all demonstrate island-wide entrepreneurial activity, and consist of at least one Greek-Cypriot and one Turkish-Cypriot partner. The shortlist for the Stelios Award for Business Cooperation in Cyprus - 2010 include: Constantinos and Firat of Orkin, providing pest control solutions throughout the island of Cyprus; Kyriacos and Hasan of Cypress Handcrafts, a long-time partnership producing and distributing traditional handicrafts from Cyprus; Kyriacos and Can of C&K Natural Stones, two partners who sell stone, marble and other construction material throughout the island; Andreas and Mustafa of eSelis, a partnership specializing in the digitization of books and documents; Ioannis and Huseyin of United Distribution who produce and distribute bakery products throughout the island of Cyprus; Harry and Emre of I.W.F.E., providing building cladding solutions on the island; Christakis and Hasan of Sonostroke, developers of rehabilatory medical devices for stroke patients; George, Erol and Tamer of Green Growth Energy Services, providing energy audits and renewable energy products and services for commercial real-estate; Theodoros and Emre of AccountsTech, a partnership specializing in the development, marketing, distribution and technical support for accounting software; Panayiotis Zintilis and Osman Nay of Berkal Market, a bakery in the north of the island expanding to the south. The Stelios Award for Business Cooperation in Cyprus promotes island-wide, bi-communal business cooperation between entrepreneurs by giving promising ventures the funding boost they need to grow. Stelios is personally funding the awards through the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, which is dedicated to the three E's - Education, Entrepreneurship and the Environment. Commenting on the upcoming Award announcement, Stelios said: "I am so pleased at the enthusiastic response to my Award again this year and am impressed at the breadth of business represented in this short-list and their commitment to partnership. I am a firm believer in business as a catalyst for bringing communities together and - especially now - it is crucial that entrepreneurs get the support and recognition that they deserve."  Stelios launches Award for Business Co-operation in Cyprus 2010 On May 17, 2010 Stelios and the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation launched the Stelios Award for Business Cooperation in Cyprus 2010 with a Networking Event aimed at bringing together entrepreneurs from the Turkish-Cypriot and Greek-Cypriot communities to meet, understand each others businesses and find potential partners. Over 120 people from both communities joined the Foundation team, last year's winners and special guest Sir Trevor Macdonald who was in Cyprus with his crew to film a segment for the upcoming documentary series "Secrets of the Mediterranean" in the UK. Invited to address the gathering, Sir Trevor talked about how he had witnessed positive change in another divided area - Northern Ireland - happening ultimately through the catalyst of business creation and how similar efforts in Cyprus could promote reunification of the two communities.
As the evening wound down, Stelios invited everyone to find their partners, build their business ideas and submit their applications: "Entrepreneurship is the oil that greases economic and societal progress, crossing lines of division - you all need to start talking to each other and working together!  Winners announced for Stelios Awards for Business Co-operation in CyprusCyprus, 18 December: Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, founder of easyJet and serial entrepreneur, today presented five entrepreneurs with EUR50,000 each for their work in promoting business cooperation in Cyprus at an award ceremony at the Chateau Status restaurant in Nicosia's buffer zone.
€1 million to be won by Cypriot entrepreneurs!That's how much of his own money Stelios is willing to spend to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship and bi-communal business teamwork in Cyprus!
If your business is young, dynamic and in need of growth funding; if you have formed or you are willing to form a entrepreneurial business team that includes at least one Greek-Cypriot and one Turkish-Cypriot, each born on the island of Cyprus; and if your team will have demonstrated entrepreneurial activity island-wide by the end of the Summer 2009, then you may be eligible for:
The Stelios Award for Business Cooperation in Cyprus
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the serial entrepreneur and founder of easyGroup, is personally funding these awards to promote island-wide, bi-communal business cooperation between entrepreneurs. Pledging to give away as much as €1 million over the next 4 years, Sir Stelios will review applications personally and select the winning teams best able to demonstrate effective teamwork, mutual trust and the best prospects for business viability in the future.
Up to 5 winning teams per year will each be presented a personal check for €50.000 (fifty thousand euro) per team by Stelios himself in a ceremony in Nicosia at the end of 2009 and each year thereafter for up to 4 years, depending on the caliber of applicants.
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