GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – GenevaLunch editor Ellen Wallace was named “Unsung hero” by the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce at its first Business Awards Wednesday 30 November in Geneva for her work in developing an online news source in English for the Lake Geneva region and Switzerland. GenevaLunch, staffed by volunteers, will soon hit the 3 million pages viewed mark, with 1 million of those in 2011.
The prize was one of five at the first annual awards by the business organization.
The other awards:
Company of the year: Withers LLP
Most Promising Business/Entrepreneur: Avaloq UK
Excellence in Customer Service award: La Cote International School, Gland
Corporate Social Responsibility: HSBC Private Bank
Some 150 people attended the awards dinner, including British Ambassador to Switzerland Sarah Gillett.
GenevaLunch has a strong commitment to high-quality journalism and is staffed by a core group of seven regular contributors and a number of other occasional contributors (see About GenevaLunch) who share a wealth of international journalism experience. Nearly 100,000 pages are viewed a month (November 2011). The news service provides not only daily news but an ongoing historical record of life in the region, in English.
The mission of the annual Business Awards is to recognize the achievements of companies who have made an outstanding contribution towards bilateral trade and investment between the UK and Switzerland, the BSCC notes. They are organized by the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Lloyds TSB Private Banking.
Ed. note: the awards dinner gave us the opportunity to talk to a number of businesses about their work and we’ll be adding them in the next few days to our resources section, which we are currently updating. Be sure to check back!
So Money Productions video about GenevaLunch, made for the BSCC Business Awards
Philippa Malmgren, president & founder of Principalis Asset Management, the Canonbury Group, London, and
former Special Assistant to the President of the US for Economic Policy on the National Economic Council; joint presentation, American Int. Club of Geneva and British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce
Location: Ramada Park Hotel, Geneva
Link out: http://www.bscc.co.uk/events
Date: 9 Jun 2010
Start time: 18:30
End time: 20:30
Title: Q & A at the Hotel Richemond, by the BSCC
Location: Hotel Richemond, Jardin Brunswick, Geneva
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Description: Drinks and sandwiches with an expert panel on the question: “Green shoots in the economy?”
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 04 Nov 2009
End Time: 20:00
Please register on-line at www.bscc.co.uk/events before 2 November. Questions for the panelist can be emailed to Michael McKay at michael.mckay@bscc.co.uk.
BSCC members and guests, CHF25; non-members, CHF45
Title: An Evening with Paddy Ashdown
Location: Geneva
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Description: Dinner will be followed by a book signing ceremony of his recently published autobiography, A Fortunate Life. At the British Swiss chamber of commerce.
Date: 01 Jul 2009
Title: Lecture: The changing face of Britain today
Location: Geneva
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Description: Lord Ahmed of Rotherham on how the Middle East and South Asia still affect British home and foreign policy post-empire. Sponsored by the British Swiss chamber of commerce.
Date: 11 Jun 2009
Sir Rocco Forte, Geneva, 7 May 2009
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – British hotel chain owner Sir Rocco Forte was in town Thursday to share his thoughts on the state of the economy with the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and to officially open the terrace of hotel Le Richemond, which he closed for nearly two years for major renovations.
Photo: Jonell Galloway
Title: Commonwealth Ambassadors’ forum and cocktails
Location: Geneva
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Description: Inaugural gala with the British Swiss chamber of commerce and the Geneva Group of Commonwealth Countries.
Date: 19 Nov 2008
