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Article: Rewarding the survivors; The Fastest 50 has a distinguished history of highlighting the region's business success stories. As the build-up to this year's event continues, Iain Laing looks back at some past award winners and the ongoing importance of the event.(Awards list)
- Article from:
- The Journal (Newcastle, England)
- Article date:
- September 9, 2009
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LAST October was not a time to be optimistic about the future. US banking giant Lehman Brothers had collapsed, there were genuine fears about a number of British banks going the same way and predictions of a vast global meltdown were gathering pace.
The desire and need for some good news was palpable and, in its own way, the Fastest 50 Awards did just that, celebrating the region's achievements and injecting a note of positivity that the end of the world was not nigh.
In that respect, the event was living up to its original raison d'tre.
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