West Coast Business Excellence Awards finalists

Media release – 14 June 2011

West Coast Leading Light Business Excellence Awards finalists announced

Twelve finalists across six categories have today been announced in the West Coast Leading Light Business Excellence Awards.

Development West Coast CEO John Chang says the Trust, sponsors and supporters of the awards wish to congratulate the finalists.

“It is important to thank the West Coast business community for their support and commitment to this inaugural celebration of West Coast business excellence,” he says.

“It is encouraging to have received close to forty quality entries in the first year. We thank all entrants and acknowledge the considerable effort put towards their entries. We would encourage all entrants to continue their support of this celebration of business excellence by entering again next year,” says Dr Chang.

Dr Chang would like to thank the independent judging panel for their time and commitment. The judges have commented on the difficulty in separating the finalists, given entries were of a high standard and demonstrated aspects of business excellence.

Dr Chang says the awards would not have been possible without the generosity of sponsors. The Greymouth Star is the major sponsor with Westland Milk Products, Buddle Findlay, Tourism West Coast, Duncan Cotterill and ACC sponsoring specific awards. Silver sponsors include JB Were, Cuff Booth-Ross Chartered Accountants, Bancorp, ANZ, Classic Hits West Coast and Henry’s Beer Wine and Spirits. The awards are also supported by the Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce, NZ Institute of Management, Monteiths Brewery and Kingsgate Hotel.

The next step in the awards process will see all category finalists reassessed to determine the winner of each category. Category winners will then be judged to determine the first West Coast Leading Light Super Nova Award winner.

Winners will be announced at the gala dinner to be held at Shantytown on Friday the 8th July 2011.

The 12 finalists in the inaugural 2011 West Coast Leading Light Business Excellence Awards are:

Solid Energy - Leading Light – Small/Medium Enterprise - Service & Retail

Unichem Olsen’s Pharmacy

Blackball Salami

West Coast Shuttle 2007 Ltd

Westland Milk Products - Leading Light – Construction/Engineering/Manufacturing

GT Liddell Contracting Ltd

Westpower/ElectroNet Group

Buddle Findlay - Leading Light - Community/Charity Organisation

Tai Poutini Polytechnic

West Coast Blue Penguin Trust

New Coasters Inc

Tourism West Coast - Leading Light - Tourism

Kea Heritage Tours

Franz Josef Waiau Area, Department of Conservation

Westland Tourism Ltd

Duncan Cotterill - Leading Light - Primary Producer

Westland Milk Products

ACC - Leading Light - Health & Safety

Westland Milk Products

Westland Tourism Ltd

GT Liddell Contracting Ltd

ENDS

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