North West Leadership Awards winners announced - The Business Desk

20 winners were crowned in front of the North West business community at the Midland Hotel in Manchester city centre tonight (5 March 2026). The winner of the Leader of the Year was Emma Degg, CEO of the North West Business Leadership team, who also won the Transformational Leader category. Asked what her secret is to build what the judges identified as "the businesses of the North West," who, she said: "face budget statements, changes to policy, and just carry on.

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