Since 2003, educational and Research Project «Leader of the Year. Small and medium Business» has been realized by NBD-Bank with the support of the administration of Nizhny Novgorod region and the Center for USA-Russia Entrepreneurship. The project is a complex of activities targeted at developing system view in entrepreneurs of Nizhny Novgorod on the process of business management and interest in advanced technology business. As a part of an education, the project has received the support of the National Research University «Higher School of Economics»-Nizhny Novgorod since 2010.
The results of the educational and research project «Leader of the Year. Small and Medium Business-2012» were announced on December the 12th in Nizhny Novgorod and the best companies of small and medium business of Nizhny Novgorod region were named. The event is designed to show the relation between the forces at the business market of Nizhny Novgorod region.
The solemn ceremony of «Access Code 12.12.12» gathered the managers and the owners of the leading companies of the business in Nizhny Novgorod, who pretend to be the leader in the field, the deputies of the City Duma, the heads of the Nizhny Novgorod region Administration, and the media.
«The Leader of the Year has already existed for 10 years which is serious and great. I think that the symbiosis in which the entrepreneurs along with bankers are seeking the ways to develop together - is great…» said Denis Labuza, the Minister for support and development of small business and consumer market and services in Nizhny Novgorod region at the ceremony opening.
The leading security organizations of Nizhny Novgorod region became the nominees in security services. The Association of guard and legal companies «Berkut» won the first place in the voting. Alexander Sharonov, a member of Legislative Assembly and the Chairman of NBD-Bank, gave the award to the management of the Association of guard and legal companies «Berkut».
This ceremony has been covered by the media of Nizhny Novgorod region.