Congratulations to the finalists for the Westpac Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards 2014.

The special finalist function was held on Wednesday 8 October 2014 with nearly 120 people attending to congratulate the finalists.

CATEGORIES FINALIST

Innovation (Sponsored by GNS Science)

James Henry
Layer3 Limited
Sanpro Industries Ltd

Not For Profit (Sponsored by Spark Business Hutt-Kapiti)

Earthlink Incorporated
Petone Working Men’s Club
Volunteer Hutt

Manufacturing and Distribution (Sponsored by BNZ)

Aztech Engineering
Howard Material Handling
Masterpet

Small Business (Sponsored by Gibson Sheat)

Caci Lower Hutt
Duo Photography Ltd
Driving Miss Daisy Upper Hutt
Future Thinking Limited
The Surveying Company

Professional Services (Sponsored by Boulcott Hospital)

Enterprise Recruitment Wellington Limited
FlexiForce Limited
Laurenson Chartered Accountants Ltd
Neos Systems

Retail – North, Central, South (Sponsored by Petone Working Men’s Club)

Cupcake Sweeties
La Bella Italia
Rasha Taylor Couture

Trade Services (Sponsored by Crowe Horwath (NZ) Limited)

Quickstart Auto Electrical Ltd
Saxton Auto Group Ltd
Vogel Motors Hutt City

Hospitality and Tourism (Sponsored by Hutt News)

Cobar Restaurant
The Sprig & Fern on Jackson Street
Trentham Function & Events Centre

Education in Business (Sponsored by Open Polytechnic)

GoFi8ure

Special Categories:

Best Emerging Business (Sponsored by Grow Wellington)

Duo Photography Ltd
Future Thinking Limited
James Henry
Quickstart Auto Electrical Ltd

Young Business Person of the Year (Sponsored by Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce)

Hayden Kirk – Layer3 Limited
Kate Clancy – The Surveying Company

Sustainability (Sponsored by Hutt City Council)

James Henry
van Baarle Construction Limited

Leadership – Individual (Sponsored by Westpac)

Adrian de la Fuente – Duo Photography Ltd
Lisa Martin – GoFi8ure
Gaylene Hughes – JDI Business Coaching Ltd
Alan Parkin – The Surveying Company

Mayoral Award – Individual

Lynda Moore – Driving Miss Daisy Upper Hutt
Shirley Cressy – Earthlink Incorporated
Gaylene Hughes – JDI Business Coaching Ltd
Antonio Cacace – La Bella Italia
Rudy van Baarle – van Baarle Construction Limited

Retail Supreme Award (Sponsored by Upper Hutt City Council)

To be announced on the Awards Night

Supreme Award (Sponsored by Westpac)

To be announced on the Awards Night