It was recently announced that the final touches are being put in place for one of Lancashire’s biggest business events; the OBAS sponsored Be Inspired Business Awards (BIBAs).

The awards evening will take place this Friday evening at Blackpool’s spectacular Tower Circus and Tower Ballroom at an event which will see over 1,100 people in attendance.

Babs Murphy, chief executive of the North and Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce which organises the annual awards, said they had yet another surprise awaiting guests as they enter the Tower Ballroom.

She said: “The BIBAs is all about taking people’s breath away, whether that is with the quality of our finalists and winners, the stunning presentation of our awards, or our all-star line-up of entertainment.

“We never rest on our laurels and 2014 is no exception, we have something which I am confident will make people stop and look – and listen.”

At OBAS we’re especially proud to be sponsoring the BIBAs in a year that’s seen a record number of entrants apply across the range of categories of these much coveted awards.

As previous winners, we have a huge understanding of the importance and prestige of these awards, with our CEO Norman Tenray playing a key role in chairing the judging of a number of the BIBAs most vied-for categories.