By Shaun Inguanzo
IT’S the night of nights for Greater Dandenong’s business community.
The 2006 Greater Dandenong Chamber of Commerce Premier Regional Business Awards will reach their climax this coming Tuesday night when the seven category winners, youth enterprise winner, and overall Premier Regional Business Award winner will be announced.
There are 15 businesses in the running for the awards across the categories of Environment, Export, Innovation, Employment, Service Excellence, Small Business and Retail.
To celebrate young people and their venture into the world of business, the Chamber of Commerce will also announce its Youth Enterprise winner from a field of five candidates.
The winner of each category is automatically entered into the running for the Premier Regional Business Award, the most distinguished prize on offer to Greater Dandenong businesses.
Last year’s winner was Hilton manufacturing.
Nominees for this year’s awards were announced in groups of threes across the five awards breakfasts held during the past 12 months.
This year’s nominees and their categories are: Lettieri Constructions (Service Excellence, Small Business, Innovation); SDI International (Small Business, Innovation, Service Excellence); Micro Plastics (Service Excellence, Innovation, Small Business); Colorform trading as Rapid Aluminium (Innovation, Service Excellence, Employment, Small Business); Country Life Bakery and Flinders Bread (Service Excellence, Innovation, Employment); Access Sailing Systems (Service Excellence, Innovation, Small Business); Steritech (Service Excellence, Employment, Innovation, Environment, Export); Jax Wax (Service Excellence, Innovation, Export, Small Business); Roshan’s Fashions (Service Excellence, Small Business, Retail); Exfoliators Australia (Small Business, Environment, Export, Innovation, Service Excellence); The Hobbyman (Retail, Innovation, Small Business); Lumen Australia (Service Excellence, Innovation, Employment); PZ Cussons Australia (Service Excellence, Employment, Innovation); Hy Gain Feeds (Export, Service Excellence, Employment, Innovation); Baby Second Heaven (Service Excellence, Small Business, Retail).
Make sure to pick up your copy of the Star next week for a special 16-page wrap of the awards ceremony and a list of winners.
