Category: Judges

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 then there were nine…Best Business Awards shortlists announced


Nine local companies now have a chance of being crowned Guernsey Business of the Year after making it through the first round of the Guernsey Awards for Achievement’s judging process.

The NatWest Best Small Business Award will be contested by surveying practice Jones Watts Limited, jewellers Ray & Scott and design studio Two Degrees North Limited.

Two companies from the finance industry, Aztec Group, and Clydesdale Bank International, will compete against CCD Architects for the honour of lifting the BWCI Best Medium Award trophy.

And the Healthspan Best Large Business Award will be won by either BDO Limited, Cable & Wireless Communications or Islands Insurance.

One of the winners of the above three awards will then be the proud recipient of the overall Commerce & Employment Business of the Year Award.

Chairman of the judging panel, Deputy Robert Sillars, said the nominations were once again of a strong calibre and demonstrated the strength of Guernsey’s business environment.  ‘Judging the nominations for the business awards is always a challenge, not least because every company demonstrates strengths in very different areas. We work independently to an agreed set of criteria and the combined scores of all the judges give us our final three in each business category.’

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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 entries are in and judging begins

The first round of the judging process for the main Business Awards of this year’s Guernsey Awards for Achievement is set to begin over the next couple of weeks. Entries are now in for three main business awards; the NatWest Best Small Business Award, the BWCI Best Medium Business Award and the Healthspan Best Large Business Award and the process is underway to find three short listed companies for each category.

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