In the 1st phase of public voting, 156,573 votes were received for the video entries posted by companies online, and Streetspotr got the highest number of votes for Germany. It was chosen out of 709 other businesses, and is one of 33 National Public Champions announced today from countries across Europe.

The National Public Champions will now go head-to-head in a second public vote which opens today and runs until 16 April 2015, and will result in the company with the most votes being announced as the European Public Champion' at a Gala Event on 26 May 2015 in London.

Dorothea Utzt, CEO of Streetspotr, states: "We are extremely proud to be named the National Public Champion of Germany, the European Business Awards is widely recognised as the showcase for Europe's most dynamic companies. We are now looking forward to the next round and would like to encourage as many people as possible to visit our video and vote for us.

Adrian Tripp, CEO of the European Business Awards, said: "It is a fantastic stamp of approval to be voted best in class by the public, and this voting stage has provided a wonderful opportunity to engage clients, staff, stakeholders, and potential new customers. Well done to all our National Public Champions.

The European Business Awards is an independent Awards programme designed to recognise and promote excellence, best practice and innovation in the European business community. This year it engaged with over 43,000 businesses from 33 European countries. It is now open for entrants for the 2015-16 competition.