Category: Excellence in Training

CCD Architects take top honours

Local architects CCD received the top accolade at last night’s Guernsey Awards for Achievement when they were crowned the Commerce & Employment Guernsey Business of the Year.  The other main business winners of the night were Two Degrees North who took home the NatWest Best Small Business award and BDO who lifted the Healthspan Best Large Business trophy.  RBS International won the NP Silver Salver for Excellence in Training.

CCD Architects were in the running for the main award when they first took to the stage to collect the BWCI Best Medium Business Award in front of a 780 strong audience made up of local dignitaries and business men and women. They saw off weighty competition from Aztec Group and Clydesdale Bank International.

At the end of the Awards gala evening they were named as  overall winners of the night when they were presented with the Commerce & Employment Guernsey Business of the Year Award by the Lieutenant Governor, Air Marshal Peter Walker, who was attending his first Guernsey Awards for Achievement evening.

Chairman of the judging panel, Deputy Robert Sillars, said CCD Architects were outstanding and extremely worthy of the title, Guernsey Business of the Year.

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And the winners are….

The winners of the 2011 Awards for Achievement are:

Commerce and Employment Business of the Year….CCD Architects

NatWest Best Small Business…..Two Degrees North

BWCI Best Medium Business…..CCD Architects

Healthspan Best Large Business…..BDO

NP Group – IOD – GTA University Centre Excellence in Training…..RBS International

Specsavers Unsung Hero…..Kim Marquis

Guiton Group Ambassador of the Year…..Roger Allsopp

You have to be in it to win it!

Great to see such a good turn out at the Workshop! Thanks to all the panelists who had some really interesting tips about how they went about the process of applying, and also from the judges about what they are looking for. We learnt that it wasn’t the fact that the OGH brought food with them that persuaded the judges – honest!

The Awards have obviously been a huge success story for those who were talking this morning and the positive vibe was so apparent listening to the winners recount their experiences.

So go for it – the message was clear, you have to be in it to win it – download the entry form and DO IT!!

Kathy Tracey
The Learning Company

Are you interested in entering the 2011 Awards for Achievement?

Do you have questions that you would like to ask?

Wednesday 14 September 2011 / Old Government House Hotel

Timings

08.30    Guests arrive for coffee, tea & biscuits
09.00    The Winning Team
09.45    Meet The Judges
10.30    Networking

The Winning Team

  • Andrew Chantrell, The OGH Hotel & Spa (Triple Winner 2010)
  • Alison Ozanne, AO Hall (BWCI Best Medium Business Award Winner 2010)
  • Jay Aylmer, The Potting Shed (NatWest Best Small Business Award Winner 2009)
  • Debbie Smith, KPMG (Excellence in Training Award Winner 2009)

Meet The Judges

  • Julian Winser, Chamber of Commerce
  • Larry Granger, Confederation of Guernsey industry
  • Robert Sillars, Commerce & Employment
  • Jane Le Maitre, GIBA
  • Fiona Naftel, GTA University Centre

Kathy Tracey, Founder and Managing Director of The Learning Company will be facilitating both panels to ensure that you get the answers to the questions that you want to ask. Kathy and The Learning Company are no strangers to the Guernsey Awards for Achievement as they won 2008 Best Small Business Award.

To book your complimentary place, email natalie@eventguernsey.com. This is your chance to ask the questions!

The Excellence in Training shortlist is announced

The three companies shortlisted for the 2011 Excellence in Training Award, sponsored by IOD Guernsey Branch, NP Group and the GTA University Centre, are all from industry sectors where company success and reputation can live or die on the delivery of front line service.

The short-listed companies are Guernsey Post, Island Coachways and The Old Government House Hotel and Spa.

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The shortlists for the three Best Business Awards are announced

Nine local companies have made it through to the next round of the Guernsey Awards for Achievement. The short-list for the business awards has been drawn up, with three companies having been chosen for each of the three main categories. The final winners will be revealed at a special gala dinner evening to celebrate 25 years of the Awards for Achievement, on Thursday 3rd February 2011 at Beau Sejour.

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