The Afro Card Company, based in Wolverhampton are delighted to have scooped yet another award, this time at the Birmingham Creative City Awards 2007 held at the ICC in Birmingham, 19 July 2007. The company took away the award for ‘Small Regional Business of the Year 2007’ sponsored by Advantage West Midlands.
Since their inception 19 months ago, The Afro Card Company have gone from strength to strength and are gaining respect and recognition as publishers of quality African Caribbean greeting cards which are now selling throughout the UK, South Africa, USA and the Caribbean.
The Small Regional Business award rewards the company that can prove it adopts and practices the fundamentals of good business through continual improvements to service, training and customer satisfaction. It takes account of how the business has performed in recent years and how they act within their local community and towards their customers.
Frederick Wisdom, Managing Director of The Afro Card Company comments on their win: “We are absolutely delighted to be presented with the award and the prize money at a regional awards ceremony. It’s the first year they have extended the Birmingham Creative City Award to the region (West Midlands) and we were the first ones to win it! We really want to highlight the lack of black greeting cards available for the regional, national and international community and this is what we are hoping to change.”
Catherine Wisdom, Assistant Director, adds ‘Competition was tough, only 16 companies were nominated out of 70 entries. It’s our third award in the space of one year. We have worked hard for this and are very proud.”
The prestigious event was hosted by ITV News presenter Mary Nightingale. The Award presenters included Ashley Blake and Ed Doolan from the BBC, ITV Central
