PLC Awards Dinner: Sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers
The PLC Awards event was founded in 1987 to reward excellence in the smaller quoted company sector. The winners of each of the seven award categories are presented with their awards at the annual PLC Awards Dinner, which is held in March. The PLC Awards Dinner is "the" City event of the year and is attended by 1,500 guests, including quoted companies, investment banks, fund managers, investment analysts, and corporate advisors.

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PLC Awards Archive - 2003

Best Investor Communication award
Sponsored by: WILink plc

Winner: Hornby plc

Winner Picture shows, left to right: Nigel Burton, WILink plc; Frank Martin, Chief Executive, Hornby plc (winner); Rodger Hughes, Managing Partner - Clients & Markets, PricewaterhouseCoopers; and awards presenter Penny Smith.

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Best Performing Share award
Sponsored by: Winterflood Securities

Winner: Photo-Me International plc

Winner Picture shows, left to right: Rodger Hughes, Managing Partner - Clients & Markets, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Robert Lowes, Photo-Me International plc (winner); awards presenter Penny Smith; and Brian Winterflood.

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Best Performing Smaller Company Fund award
Sponsored by: KBC Peel Hunt Limited

Winner: Marlborough Special Situations Trust

Winner Picture shows, left to right: Rodger Hughes, Managing Partner - Clients & Markets, PricewaterhouseCoopers; awards presenter Penny Smith; Giles Hargreave, Fund Manager - Marlborough Special Situations Trust (winner); and Tim Cockroft, KBC Peel Huntand Brian Winterflood.

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New Company of the Year award
Sponsored by: Arbuthnot Securities

Winner: Wolfson Microelectronics plc

Winner Picture shows, left to right: Rodger Hughes, Managing Partner - Clients & Markets, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Jim Reid, Wolfson Microelectronics plc (winner); Guy Peters, Arbuthnot Securities; and awards presenter Penny Smith.

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Best Technology award
Sponsored by: SJ Berwin

Winner: Biocompatibles International plc

Winner Picture shows, left to right: Rodger Hughes, Managing Partner - Clients & Markets, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Delphine Currie, SJ Berwin, Swag Mukerji, Biocompatibles plc (winner); and awards presenter Penny Smith.

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Entrepreneur of the Year award
Sponsored by: Credit Lyonnais Securities

Winner: Richard Rose - Whittard of Chelsea plc

Winner Picture shows, left to right: Simon Bennett, Credit Lyonnais Securities; Rodger Hughes, Managing Partner - Clients & Markets, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Richard Rose, Whittard of Chelsea plc (winner); and awards presenter Penny Smith.

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Company of the Year award
Sponsored by: College Hill Associates

Winner: Topps Tiles plc

Winner Picture shows, left to right: Matthew Gregorowski, College Hill; Rodger Hughes, Managing Partner - Clients & Markets, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Nick Ounstead, Chief Executive, Topps Tiles plc (winner); and awards presenter Penny Smith.

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