CM Groep to represent The Netherlands in European Business Awards 2010 competition

July 12, 2010 - PRLog -- Europe’s most prestigious business awards competition, The European Business Awards, has announced that CM Groep is to represent The Netherlands in the 2010 Awards programme. CM Groep beat off stiff competition to be selected as one of 15 Country Representatives and will now compete for a coveted Ruban d’Honneur in the next round of the competition. Final category Award winners will be unveiled in Paris on 16th November.

Now in its fourth successful year, the European Business Awards has identified some of Europe’s brightest businesses based on their ability to demonstrate the three core principles at the heart of the Awards programme. The esteemed panel of judges were looking for organisations to represent the Dutch, who exhibited innovation, business excellence and sustainability.

Jeroen van Glabbeek, CEO CM Groep is pleased with this achievement: “At CM, we are proud to be selected as a representative for The Netherlands. We have been operating for over 10 years in mobile messaging technology and it is an honour to be recognised as one of the leading organisations in our country and in our field. The European Business Awards is widely recognised as the showcase for Europe’s most dynamic companies. We are looking forward to the next round of the competition where we will be competing across Europe to receive a Ruban d’Honneur and hopefully one of the eight excellent award categories as well."

The European Business Awards is dedicated to raising the visibility and progress of companies who excel in delivering innovation twinned with successful commercial results whilst acting responsibly and positively affecting the social environment they operate in. In 2009, the 99 Ruban d’Honneur recipients had a combined turnover greater than €570 billion and recorded an average annual profit growth of 56%.

Adrian Tripp, CEO of the European Business Awards says, “Over the past 4 years we’ve received an incredibly high standard of entries from organisations who are passionate about their business. However, very few get the chance to fly the flag for their country and compete across Europe to be recognised as one of the EU’s leading companies. It really is an exceptional accolade to be picked as a Country Representative, and together with HSBC we’re looking forward to seeing The Netherlands in the next round.”

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About CM
CM holds a leading position in the Dutch market of B2B SMS and MMS services. CM handles SMS traffic, e.g. for national tv stations, financial institutes and mvnos. Further, CM plays an innovative role in the field of mobile payment, content delivery and mobile marketing (bulk and premium SMS services in around 180 countries).

The company has been ranked in the prestigious Technology Fast50/Fast500 EMEA, High Growth Awards (Marketing Award 2009 winner) and FD Gazellen. Also, CM has been officially honoured with the title ‘Best Managed Company 2010’ by Deloitte and has been nominated for the title ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2010’.

For further information on CM, please contact:
Rowena de Jonge, PR & Communications Coordinator
T: +31(0)76 572 4086
E: rdj@cm.nl
W: www.cm.nl

For media enquiries relating to European Business Awards, please contact:
Ivor Peters
Mobile : +44 (0) 7500 003486 Landline: +44 (0) 207 234 3535
Email: ivor.peters@businessawardseurope.com
Visit: www.businessawardseurope.com

For enquiries relating to HSBC, please contact:
Melissa Jobson, Media Relations Manager, HSBC CMB Europe
Landline: +44(0) 20 7992 1558
Email: Melissa.jobson@hsbc.com OR
Sian Smith, Consolidated PR
Landline: +44(0)20 7781 2300
Email: hsbceurope@consolidatedpr.com

About the European Business Awards 2010:
The European Business Awards recognises and rewards excellence, best practice and innovation in companies across the European Union. The competition is free to enter and open to organisations of all sizes and from any industry sector.

The European Business Awards programme serves three purposes for the European business community:

• It provides examples for the business community to aspire to
• It celebrates and endorses individual’s and organisation’s success
• It provides case studies and content for learning from these exceptional organizations

An innovative, strong and thriving business community makes a successful and prosperous Europe.

*There are eight categories:

- The Infosys Business of the Year Award
- The RSM International Entrepreneur of the Year Award
- The UKTI Award for Innovation
- The HSBC Growth Strategy of the Year Award
- The Award for Customer Focus
- The Award for Corporate Sustainability
- The Environmental Awareness Award
- The Employer of the Year Award

Images available upon request.

HSBC Holdings plc
HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of the HSBC Group, is headquartered in London. The Group serves customers worldwide from around 8,500 offices in 86 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. With assets of US$2,422 billion at 30 June 2009, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations. HSBC is marketed worldwide as ‘the world’s local bank’.

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About CM
CM holds a leading position in the Dutch market of B2B SMS and MMS services. CM handles SMS traffic, e.g. for national tv stations, financial institutes and mvnos. Further, CM plays an innovative role in the field of mobile payment, content delivery and mobile marketing (bulk and premium SMS services in around 180 countries).

The company has been ranked in the prestigious Technology Fast50/Fast500 EMEA, High Growth Awards (Marketing Award 2009 winner) and FD Gazellen. Also, CM has been officially honoured with the title ‘Best Managed Company 2010’ by Deloitte and has been nominated for the title ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2010’.