It was a winning night to remember at Network Group's annual Gala and Awards 2017

What a fantastic and event-full day we had yesterday at our annual Exhibition, Gala & Awards in the summer sunshine of Brighton - with the best of the IT channel industry in one place!

A day that began with great insights from our headline sponsor, HP, and with our group members moving on into key Breakout and Focus sessions with current topics relevant to their business, a lot of market conversation and learnings took place - both in the sessions and in the main exhibition area.

A big thank you to all our key sponsors who contributed to making the whole day - and evening - such a memorable one. Also, to the fantastic line-up of entertainment, from singing waiters to Danny Baker to keep us entertained. And to all our wonderful members and industry partners who donated so generously to our chosen charity, MNDA - Motor Neuron Disease Association. We raised £11,000 on the night! And, of course, to the whole team who worked tirelessly behind the scenes for months to make sure it was the best event ever!

Lots more info and photographs are still to follow, but we thought you'd like to see everyone's winning names up in bright shiny lights - so here they are:

NETWORK GROUP AWARDS 2017 - WINNERS:

Network Group Business to Business Reseller of the Year 2017 - Urban Network

Network Group Retailer of the Year 2017 - Microbitz

Network Group Vendor of the Year 2017 - Epson

Network Group Specialist Vendor of the Year 2017 - Continuum

Network Group Distributor of the Year 2017 - Ingram Micro

Network Group Specialist Distributor of the Year 2017 - UFP

Network Group Distribution Account Managers of the Year 2017 - Ingram Micro team

Network Group Vendor Account Manager of the Year 2017 - Jeremy Blount (Epson)

Network Group Biggest Impact New Partner of the Year 2017 - IASME

Network Group Managed Service Provider of the Year 2017 - ATG-IT

Network Group Business Product of the Year 2017 - Continuum Elite Server Care

Network Group Consumer Product of the Year 2017 - Microsoft 365

Network Group Best Growth in Spend with Distribution of the Year 2017 - Richardson Business Equipment

Network Group Special Recognition Award 2017 - Neil Somaia

Congratulations to everyone - to all nominees as well as our worthy winners. It has definitely been a day, and a night, to remember! And we'll post more here shortly.

Social media was alight throughout yesterday, and here is a quick selection of some of the posts in case you missed them: