Joanna Watts, Managing Director, Jones Watts

Wow!!!  We are just so excited to be recognised in a competition which celebrates the commercial success of Guernsey.  After spending countless hours scrutinising our business model and many drafts and redrafts, the team rose to the challenge and we finally got our submission down to the obligatory number of words and submitted our application in the vain hope that, if nothing else, it had proved a useful exercise in helping us become a better, more rounded company.

But now, having been told we have made it to the final, with a shortlist including some of the Island’s best, the task before us has only just hit home.  With such a broad representation of businesses from such diverse sectors, we can’t begin to think what a difficult job the judges will have selecting the final candidates.  With presentations, film clips and press interviews all in the making, there is certainly a tall order ahead!

But, in spite of the challenge and the fear and trepidation of being involved in such a high profile award, we are just delighted to have been acknowledged as worthy enough to get this far. 

And I can tell you one thing for sure – with such a glamorous evening to come – us girls in the office certainly have a good excuse for buying a new dress!!