Congratulations to the Open 4 Business Dorset 2012 award winners!
The winners of the Open 4 Business Dorset Awards have been celebrating at a glittering award ceremony which was held on Thursday 25th October at Weymouth College.
The Open 4 Business Dorset 2012 award winners
Best Small & Medium-sized Business Award sponsored by Lloyds TSB
Dorwest Herbs, Shipton Gorge
Best Large Business Award sponsored by Old Mill Financial
New Look, Weymouth
Best Community Engagement Project Award sponsored by Battens Solicitors
Blondz, Weymouth
Best New Business Award sponsored by Dorset LEP
Food Lynx Ltd, Shaftesbury
Best New Innovation or Service Award sponsored by SALT
Odeoflare, Weymouth
Best Marketing Campaign Award sponsored by Resort Marketing
Marketing West, Beaminster
Best Employer Award sponsored by Wessex FM
Createful, Bournemouth
Best Customer Focus Award sponsored by Puragen
Chalbury Food & Wines, Weymouth
Best of Dorset Food and Drink Award sponsored by DJ Property
The Dining Room, Weymouth
Inspirational Young Person Award sponsored by Equation Accounting
Elysia Munday Weymouth
Outstanding Contribution to Business Award sponsored by Porter Dodson
Anna Maria Geare, President of Weymouth & Portland Chamber of Commerce & Business Manager at Lloyds TSB Commercial in Weymouth
Business of the Year 2012 sponsored by Weymouth College
Marketing West, Beaminster / Furleigh Estates Campaign
Each award winner will be given a complimentary copy of their finalist film to use for their marketing purposes. During the Awards Dinner, guests were invited to play the “Heads and Tails” game & auction which raised over £1600 for the RNLI. The fundraising was supported by the Dorset Echo who donated a book of Dorset 2012 photography, signed by Olympian Nick Dempsey, and by Albert Goodman, Chartered Accountants, who donated two bottles of champagne. Funds were matched £1 for £1 by Lloyds TSB Commercial.
The Open 4 Business Dorset Awards Dinner was hosted by Weymouth College, sponsored by Albert Goodman, Chartered Accountants, award sponsors and supported by media partners Dorset Echo.
Julie Cleaver, Managing Director, said: “I would like to thank everyone who has been involved in making the Awards Ceremony and Dinner an absolute success. 2012 has been a tough year for a lot of businesses with many new challenges and opportunities. Tonight provided a great opportunity to get together and celebrate the very best of Dorset business. Open 4 Business Dorset continues to bring out the best in local business and we should all be very proud of what we have achieved this year. 2013 will bring a whole new set of challenges and opportunities and Open 4 Business Dorset will be there, once again, to celebrate and recognise the very best.”
If anyone is interested in taking part in the stakeholder group or becoming a sponsor in 2013, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
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