by Raj Francis Pereira – UK

London :

Keith Lobo, son of Richard and Christine Lobo of London is the first Mangalorean to win the prestigious English Asian Business Award for the year 2014. This event was compered by the Lloyds Banking Group on 29th of September 2014 at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester UK.

The “English Asian Business Awards” is awarded to accolade the resoluteness, strenuous effort and personal achievements of English Asian Business men and women at the forefront of their industries. Each year, the competition has become more excruciating as the event itself has grown into a highly reverenced occurrence, where the best and most effulgent are adored.

Businesses from across the UK gathered at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester to celebrate success at this year’s Lloyds Banking Group English Asian Business Awards. There were 16 awards presented, a triumpher from each category. Keith Lobo was a finalist in the new business of the year category.

Over 300 attendees, including golden glove champion and actor Joe Egan, Author Fiaz Rafiq and DJ Noreen Khan, the black tie event was hosted by Miss United Kingdom Supranational, Rachelle Perez along with businessman and chef director at Mushtaq’s Restaurant, Ajmal Mushtaq.

Attending the black tie event on the night the judges decided who the victor was, they had secret shoppers and researchers scouting the business who were finalist. Within the catergory the other finalist were the following:

New Business of the Year award is for a business which has been prosperously operating for approximately 24 months and was set up despite the negativity that subsists in the current climate. The following were the nominees under the incipient business category.

LOBO Meat & Poultry (London)

Timber Door Merchants (Keighley)

Tipu Sultan (Birmingham)

GMR (Birmingham)

Usortd.com (London)

Scarlet Bindi (London)

Gift Wellness.co.uk (Derby)

Keith Lobo of Lobo Meat & Poultry was announced the winner for new business of the year 2014 in the evening. A very jubilant Keith Lobo accepted the award. In his brief speech he expressed his thanks to his parents for their fortification and being such a great inspiration. He also thanked his wife Sushma Lobo for being a woman behind his success.

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