Secretary named best on Tyneside (From The Northern Echo)

Secretary named best on Tyneside

THE PA to the chief executive of the NewcastleGateshead Initiative has been selected as Best Secretary on Tyneside.

Anne Howes was chosen ahead of more than 70 other contenders from across the NE, SR and DH postcode areas to take the accolade.

Ms Howes’ boss, Andrew Dixon, nominated her, describing her as “an engine of turbo-charged efficiency”.

As well as picking up a trophy, Ms Howes won a weekend in London for two, a year’s membership of the IPA, a leather-bound filofax and a signed copy of The Definitive Personal Assistant and Secretarial Handbook, by Sue France, who spoke at the awards ceremony.

Now in their second year, the awards were held at Tiger Tiger, in Newcastle, and were organised by Pitman Training Newcastle, in association with the Institute of Professional Administrators (IPA).

David Stephens, director of Pitman Training Newcastle and chairman of the judging panel, said: “Once again, we had an impossible task to pick this year’s winner. However, Anne stood out as someone with real passion and commitment to her job and truly deserves the title of Best Secretary.”

Second place was awarded to Kim Forster, of Universities for the North-East, and third place went to Lindsey Rivington, PA to the general manager of the Hilton Newcastle- Gateshead. A special Rising Star Award was made to Samantha Jackson, of onebestway.