Business Leader Magazine is delighted to announce the finalists for the 2013 North Somerset Business Awards.
The winners will be unveiled at a spectacular gala dinner held at the prestigious Double Tree Hilton, Cadbury House, on Thursday September 26.
World-renowned explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes is the host for the evening.
Andrew Scott, Managing Director of Business Leader comments: “This is the first major awards event for North Somerset and the quality of entries has been outstanding.
“Well over 100 entries have been received and companies have gone to great lengths to provide comprehensive, well written entries with supporting documentation.”
The panel of 10 judges have carefully assessed entries and the final votes are in.
The nominations for each Award are as follows, in no particular order:
Sustainability in Business Award
Solarsense
Burleigh Portishead
Alliance Homes
Business in Community Award
Curzon Community Cinema
Weston College
Alliance Homes
Employer of the Year
Smurfit Kappa
Sparkol
Weston College
Customer Excellence Award
Pure Comms
Castellan Group
Avery Estate Agents
Innovation of the Year
Nickel Electro
Staff Guardian
Sparkol
Marketing Campaign of the Year
North Somerset Council
Quality Solicitors Burroughs Day
Noah’s Ark Zoo
Training Initiative Award
Weston College
Smurfit Kappa
Pursuit Training
Young Business Person of the Year
Mike Turner, Turnkey IT
Suzi Hull, Sparkol
Gemma Hughes, Dowlas
Entrepreneur of the Year
Kelly Hooper, The Barn
Hayden Rushton, Britannia Windows
Nick Taplin, Double Tree by Hilton
Sian Lloyd Jones Award, in association with North Somerset Enterprise Agency
Pursuit Training
LiteTile
Amalgam Landscapes
Small Business of the Year Award
AllWater Technologies Ltd
Pursuit Training
Debbie Fortune Estate Agents
Business of the Year Award
Double Tree by Hilton, Cadbury House
Britannia Windows
The Grand Pier