Every year at the Dorchester Hotel in London, the NatWest sponsored EveryWoman Awards takes place. The EveryWoman IRIS Award recognises the top woman in the UK whose “business success and growth” is a result of successful application and use of communications and IT I am the award winner! I was selected from the nominees of the four categories. Iris is messenger of the gods and the personal messenger of Hera, Queen of the Gods. A bit like an electronic DHL. BT Business sponsors the NatWest EveryWoman Iris Award, along with EveryWoman title sponsor, NatWest bank. NatWest has sponsored the Every Woman Awards since 2002, when the Awards were launched. The EveryWoman Awards play a massive role in recognising and honouring the remarkable achievements of many women across the UK. These women prove that with determination, passion and drive, they can juggle demanding and highly successful careers in business, along with their personal lives. Other EveryWoman Award sponsors include IBM, Coutts Bank, the Aspire Fund, Exemplas, and the Royal Mail. The Financial Mail on Sunday is the EveryWoman Awards media partner. The UKs leading female entrepreneurs are today recognised for their inspiring achievements at the annual NatWest everywoman Awards, acting as role models for the next generation of young women wanting to go it alone. Ling Valentine, from Gateshead has been chosen as winner of the everywoman Iris Award sponsored by BT Business for a woman whose business growth and success . . .