United Arab Emirates, Dubai- 3 September 2009- Leaders Presents, the organiser of the Middle East Business Achievement (MEBA) Awards, announced that the deadline for submission of entries to the region's highly coveted business and leadership excellence recognition programme has been extended to 10 September 2009.
The unprecedented number of entries prompted organisers to extend the due date, to accommodate requests from interested companies and individuals vying for recognition in nine categories, namely: Marketing Strategy of the Year Award, Recommended Employer of the Year Award, Environmental Contribution of the Year Award , Corporate Social Responsibility Leader of the Year Award, Best Small Business of the Year Award, Best Family Business of the Year Award, Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Businessman and Businesswoman of the Year Awards.
The MEBA Awards are the only business awards in the Middle East that fairly reward companies, their policies and people. During the past year, there has been some outstanding success stories, even some stories of survival, through great management and the strategies and polices that have been implemented. MEBA want to receive these great tales of success and publicly recognise them for their ambition and foresight.
For more information on how to enter, and to submit nominations please visit www.mebaawards.com.
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About Leaders Events - part of IIR
'Leaders' is a new division of IIR Middle East designed to provide the IIR delegate a new level of conference experience. Born from the success of the Annual Leaders in Dubai Business Forum, Leaders' events stand out from the rest by providing a superior level of speaker, ensuring up-to-date topics and maintaining an all-around level of excellence throughout the execution of their events. The flagship event - Leaders in Dubai - is a meeting of over 1,500 of the regions' most eminent business leaders from across all industries who come together with some of the most popular business, economic and political leaders from across the globe - to network, learn and debate on the future of business and to share their experiences. Leaders has launched a number of other highly successful events recently including the acclaimed Management Innovation Forum, which was launched in 2007 and met with rave reviews, and the Middle East Business Achievement Awards which honors regional business leaders for their excellence and contribution to business. 2009 sees the development of a variety of Leaders events - all of which promise to evoke thought and creativity, and give real value to the delegates who attend. Speakers current and past at Leaders events include Colin Powell, Jack Welch, Bill Clinton, Richard Branson, Kofi Annan, Michael Porter, Her Majesty Queen Noor, Tom Peters, and Malcolm Gladwell.
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