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27th January 2015Chateau Impney, Worcestershire
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How to Find Us
Conveniently located in the Heart of England, Chateau Impney Hotel & Exhibition Centre is easily reached by both road and rail. Birmingham International Airport is just 25 minutes away, and our on-site helipad o�ers the ultimate accessibility!
By road
From junction 5 of the M5, follow the A38 towards Droitwich Spa and Worcester for approximately �ve minutes. You’ll see signs directing you to the hotel.
By rail
The nearest train station is Droit-wich Spa, which is just over a mile from the hotel.
By air
The nearest airport is Birming-ham International. Helicopter landings are permitted in our grounds through prior arrange-ment.
Map and Directions
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The British Muslim Awards 2015 presented by Al Rayan Bank
The British Muslim Awards will celebrate and showcase the determination, hard work and personal achievements of British Asian men and women at the forefront of their industries.
The prestigious Awards have been celebrated annually since 2013 – They embody the continuing strength of the Britain’s Asian community, recognis-ing those whose vision, courage, and creativity has led to their success in an ever evolving economic landscape.
This year the competition has become more intense as the event itself has grown into a highly respected outlet where the best and brightest are hon-oured. Good luck to all the �nalists and thank you all for attending.
Yasmin Mahmood
Yasmin MahmoodOperations DirectorOceanic Group
By rail
The nearest train station is Droit-wich Spa, which is just over a mile from the hotel.
By air
The nearest airport is Birming-ham International. Helicopter landings are permitted in our grounds through prior arrange-ment.
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CK Foods (Hull)Tubzee (Halifax)Quiz Clothing (Glasgow)Karali LTD (Burger King, London)Euro Quality Lambs (Shropshire)Kashmir Crown Bakeries (Bradford)Haji Baba (Hounslow, London)
Spirit of Britain
Anas Sarwar (MP, Glasgow)Mosaic Network (London)Active Change Foundation (London)Waqar Azmi (Waterhouse Consulting Group, Birmingham) Shavanah Taj (PCS Wales Secretary, Cardi�)Sughra Ahmed (Islamic Society of Britain, Cambridge)Mirza Waqas Ahmad (Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, London)
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6.30pm Drinks Reception
7.10pm Entertainment – Naseem Khan
7.15pm The evening commences with a welcome from your host for the 3rd annual British Muslim Awards presented by Al Rayan Bank, Ajmal Mushtaq
7.20pm Key note speeches & an introduction to our O�cial Charity Partners, The Well Foundation
7.30pm The Awards begin
8.45pm Dinner is served by our O�cial Caterers for the event, Sa�ron Events UK
10.05pm More entertainment from Naseem Khan
10.10pm Fundraising for our O�cial Charity Partner The Well Foundation
10.15pm The Awards continue...
10.50pm The evening comes to an end
Award winning TV Chef, Ajmal Mushtaq will be hosting the Awards.
Speeches from Irfan Younis (CEO and Founder of Oceanic Group and The British Muslim Awards), Sultan Choudhury (CEO at Al Rayan Bank) and Sobya Sattar (Volunteer at The Well Foundation).
Entertaining you on the evening will be a former mc and producer known as Nas-T, now turned Nausheed Artist who has just released his fourth album, Naseem Khan.
Event Programme
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Finalists 2015
Muslim in the Community
Muslim Women’s Network (Birmingham)Mile End Community Project (London)Ali Khan (Roshni, Glasgow)Noori Bibi (Jawaab, London)Adill Hadi (Birmingham City Council, Birmingham)Muslim Women’s Council (Bradford)Better Community Business Network (London)
Arts & Culture Awareness
Tabinda Kauser Ishaq (London College of Fashion, London)Samuir Rahman (House of Calligraphy, London)Shahida Rahman (Perfect Publishers, Cambridge)Abdullah Shari� (Spoken Word Poet, Yarlet)Milton Keynes Islamic Arts & Culture (Milton Keynes)Sisters Magazine (London)Waseem M Aslam (Author, Newcastle)
Charity of the Year
Penny Appeal (Wake�eld)Orphans in Need (London)Lady Fatimah Trust (Buckinghamshire)Islamic Relief (London)Nour Domestic Violence (London)Human Appeal (Manchester)Islamic Help (Birmingham)
Responsible Media of the Year
Muslims News (Harrow)Noor TV (Birmingham)Islam Channel (London)Peace TV (London)British Muslim TV (Wake�eld, Yorkshire)Channel 4 (London)Hu�ngton Post (London)
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Finalists 2015
Best at Sport
Qasim Niaz (Blackburn)Ambreen Sadiq (Yorkshire)Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)Samera Ashraf (Edinburgh)Haseeb Hameed (Lancashire)Ateeq Javid (Warwickshire)Ali Al Hasbi (Wigan)
Services to Civil/Third Sector
Saleh Saeed (DEC, London)Yasmin Shabir (HMRC, West Yorkshire)Salim Sidat MBE (Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Blackburn)Hasan Bakhshi (Nesta, London)Syed Mizan Rahman (Cabinet O�ce, London)Salim Mitha (HMRC, Liverpool)Wasim Mir (Foreign & Commonwealth O�ce, London)
Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Award for Muslim Woman of the Year
Amirah Foundation (Birmingham)Amenakin (Leicester)Myira Khan (Leicester)Baroness Sayeeda Warsi (Wake�eld)Mehmuda Mian (Windsor)Rimla Akhtar (London)Sara Khan (Inspire, Bradford)
Services to Finance & Accounting
Moorad Choudhry (RBS, London)Nadeem Ahmed (Hentons, Leeds)Mohammed Khan (PWC, London)Ga�ar Khalid (London)Islamic Finance Council (London)Faizal Karbani (Simply Sharia, Middlesex)Mohamed Iqbal Asaria (Afkar Consulting Ltd, London)
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Finalists 2015 Dr. Abbas Khan Memorial Award for Services to Medicine
Professor Alimudin Zumla (London)Dr Syed Nayyer Abidi (Manchester)Dr Mohammad Saqib Anwar (Leicester)Dean Dentists (Surrey)Dr Mohammed Jawad (London)Dr Nadia Khalid (London)Professor Aziz Sheikh (Edinburgh)
Services to Media
Yasmin Khatun (Islam Channel, London)Sameena Ali Khan (ITV Central, Birmingham)Noreen Khan (BBC Asian Network, Birmingham)Faisal Islam (Sky, London)Mishal Husain (BBC, London)Nina Hossain (ITV, London)Rageh Omaar (ITV, London)
Services to Education
Al Isharah (London)Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad Dean (Cambridge Muslim College, Cambridge)Shahed Ahmed Battiwala (Elmhurst Primary, London)So�na Aktar Motin Islam (Stanton Bridge, Coventry)Zaidah Ahmed MBE (Rotherham Borough Council, Rotherham)Professor Iram Siraj (University of London, London)Ashfaq Chowdhury (Association of Muslim Schools, Birmingham)
Services to Science & Engineering
Haroon Ahmed (Cambridge)Jawed Siddiqui (She�eld)Saeed Vaseghi (Uxbridge)Muslim Engineers Network (UK)Ehsan Masood (London)Zaha Hadid (London)Farid Khan (Manchester)
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Finalists 2015 Services to Law
Tariq Sadiq (St Philips Chambers, Birmingham)Forz Khan (The Chambers of F Khan, London)Atif Hanif (Allen Overy, London)Farmida Bi (Norton Rose Fulbright, London)Badr Al-Hasan (Dome Advisory, London)Bilkis Mahmood (Blackstone Law, Leeds)Shehneela Ahmed (Platinum FA, London)
Services Creativity & Technology
Air 21 (Birmingham)Muslim & Single (London)Remit One (London)Book Friends Forever (Cardi�) Hussain Architectural Design (Burnley)Uzma Asghar (Success Coach & Trainer, Birmingham)Sabirul Islam (Inspire1million, Stratford)
Religious Advocate of the Year
Imam Asim Ha�z (UK Ministry of Defence, London)Hamza Andreas Tzortzis (London)Qari Mohammed Asim (Leeds Makkah Mosque, Leeds)Imam Shahid Raza (Leicester Central Mosque, Leicester)Molana Rayan Mahmud (Iqra TV, London)Imam Irfan Chisti (Light of Islam Academy, Rochdale)Qari Noman Yousef (Harem Academy, Coventry)
Young Achiever of the Year
Aysha Boshor (Aysha Academy Trust, Bedfordshire)Ayan Qureshi (Youngest Microsoft Certi�ed Professional, Birmingham)Zain Awan (Creative Consultant, London)Enaam Ahmed (Enaam Motor Sport, London)Shahid Khan (Naughty Boy, Watford) Hamzah Hafesji (Islamic Help, Birmingham)
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Finalists 2015 Politician of the Year
Mohammed Asghar (South Wales)Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham)Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton)Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove)Sadiq Khan (Tooting)Sajjad Karim (Blackburn)Amjad Bashir (Yorkshire)
Businesswoman of the Year
Farzana Baduel (Curzon PR, London)Henna Riaz (360 Royalty Audit, Manchester)Nabila Sadiq (Marlin Hawk, London)Pinky Lilani (Spice Magic, London)Shaheen Unis (Mrs Unis, Edinburgh)Ruzwana Bashir (Peek.com, Rochdale)Saira Khan (TV Personality, London)
Businessman of the Year
Asif Aziz (Criterion Capital, London)Iqbal Ahmed (Seamark, Manchester)Aref Karim (Quality Capital Management, London)Saleem Asaria (Cambian Group, UK)James Caan (Entrepreneur, London)Shahid Azeem (Arcom IT,Surrey)Farouq Sheikh (CareTech Holdings Plc, Hertfordshire)
Entrepreneur of the Year
Shazia Saleem (IEat Foods, London)Syed Ahmed (SAVORTEX, London)Shade 7 Publishing (London)Noman Khawaja (Twickenham)Ammar Mirza CBE (ABC, Newcastle)Zaynab Mirza (Provoke Cosmetics, London)Nazia Nasreen (Ibraheem Toy House, Birmingham)
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Finalists 2015
Business of the Year
CK Foods (Hull)Tubzee (Halifax)Quiz Clothing (Glasgow)Karali LTD (Burger King, London)Euro Quality Lambs (Shropshire)Kashmir Crown Bakeries (Bradford)Haji Baba (Hounslow, London)
Spirit of Britain
Anas Sarwar (MP, Glasgow)Mosaic Network (London)Active Change Foundation (London)Waqar Azmi (Waterhouse Consulting Group, Birmingham) Shavanah Taj (PCS Wales Secretary, Cardi�)Sughra Ahmed (Islamic Society of Britain, Cambridge)Mirza Waqas Ahmad (Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, London)
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The brainchild of Gurinder Chadha, known for Bend it Like Beckham and Bride & Prejudice, this fresh, new, non-scripted drama series will chronicle the lives of a multi-generational cast within the British-Asian community and will air on Sky Living.Shot on location in West London and the suburbs which are home to a rich, diverse population, in places such as Southall, Harrow and Gerrards Cross, Desi Rascals will tell the stories of a modern, dynamic and aspirational group of characters across a range of ages as they navigate their social, professional and family lives in a fast changing community.The series will be rooted in the social media landscape, shot in real time and using social networks so the cast can interact with Sky Living customers as their lives unfold on screen. It will be shown twice a week at 8pm, with each
audience react to what's just happened.Antonia Hurford-Jones, Director, Sky Living said, "I am so excited to be bringing our customers a genuinely authentic and warm approach to the non-scripted drama genre with Desi Rascals. It has exactly the tone and sensibilities we look for in a Living show and I loved the idea from the minute I heard it. I am so excited to be working with the supremely talented Gurinder and
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to see a show from where I grew up with people talking about their world and lives in their own words - I could never write dialogue as rich as this!"Tony Wood, CEO, Buccaneer Media said, "Having been at the start of the British structured reality boom, it's great to be back. Desi Rascals moves the genre on and brings the massive tale of young British Asians to a whole new audience. I'm thrilled to be working with Sky Living and Gurinder; this is a brilliant opportunity."
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ASIAN COMMUNITY RECOGNISED IN NEW YEARS HONOURS LIST
A 103-year-old marathon runner leads this year’s New Year
Honours list. Fauja Singh, who is widely believed to be the oldest marathon runner in the world, has been honoured with a British Empire Medal (BME). An active member of the Redbridge-based running club Sikhs in the City, the Essex based athlete took up marathon challenges at the age of 89. A spokesperson from the club, on behalf of Fauja said, “He’s so chuffed, he feels his life has been extended by another couple of years. He really wants to thank Her Majesty for even thinking of him. He’s really
grateful, he feels so blessed.”Bhai Sahib Dr. Mohinder
Singh, Chairman of the Nishkam group of charitable organisations, based in Birmingham, has been appointed Officer of British Empire (OBE) in recognition of his unstinting and inexorable work over forty years to promote peace and coexistence by bringing people of different faiths together to contribute to the common good of humanity.
On the award in the Queen’s 2015 New Year Honours list, Bhai Sahib said, “It is a great personal honour to receive this prestigious award from Her Majesty the Queen, by the grace of God, the Defender of the Faith."
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