Online mobile accessories retailer's 2011 awards success
continues with an Online Retail Award and finalist status for the
National Business Awards and IoD Young Director of the Year
Birmingham, 2 August 2011. Mobile Fun has won an international
Online Retail Award 2011 for its mobile accessories business. Its
customer service, product range and speedy delivery contributed to
the award win.
Additionally, the Institute of Directors (IoD) West Midlands has
announced that one of the Midlands's most successful and
influential young directors, Mohammed Hussain, MD of Mobile Fun,
has been shortlisted for the Young Director of the Year Award. More
than 40 of the UK's most successful company directors will discover
on 23 September 2011 whether they have won a
prestigious award at the IoD Director of the Year Awards UK Final
award ceremony, which will be held at the Lancaster Hotel London in
Hyde Park, and presented by Michael Portillo.
Mobile Fun is also shortlisted within the National Business
Awards' Small Online Business of the Year category. Over 150
of Britain's most innovative and sustainable public and private
sector businesses have been announced today as finalists of the
National Business Awards in partnership with Orange. Mobile
Fun will now prepare to make its Dragons Den style presentation in
person before an independent, expert judging panel in September at
the offices of Coutts & Co, London.
Earlier this year Mohammed Hussain won the Young Director
category at the IoD (West Midlands) Director of the Year Awards.
John Philips, Regional Director of IoD West Midlands, said: "We
were very impressed with Mohammed's enthusiasm. It is wonderful to
see someone who is so passionate about their product and so very
focused and dedicated to staff development. Mohammed has worked
very hard to achieve all he has done in his business life, at such
a young age, and very much deserves this award.
"It is heartening to see directors like Mohammed Hussain
demonstrating their commitment to driving the economy forward,
creating and preserving jobs and fostering a culture of excellence
in their businesses."
This year an awards-filled one for the company, which has
already received recognition as the Mobile News Online Retailer of
the Year and #6 website in the Entertainment - Mobile Phones
industry for 2010, in the Hitwise rankings.