CHAMBER BUSINESS AWARDS 2012 – A TRULY MAGICAL NIGHT!
Kent businesses joined together to celebrate business excellence on Wednesday 28th March, at the prestigious Canterbury Cathedral Lodge set within the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral. The Kent Invicta Chamber’s ‘Excellence in Business’ Awards evening turned out to be a magical evening not only for the winners, but for all those who attended, with an entertaining performance of Magic and Illusion from ‘Magic on the Menu’.
Now in their 7th year, the Awards have been a great catalyst to promote the excellence in business that is in abundance within Kent. The Awards were in 5 categories, and with a record number of entries for all categories, making it difficult to selected only three finalists for each.
This year’s Category Winners were:
Business of the Year: Sponsored by: University of Kent
Winner: RIFT Ltd
Finalist: Chaucer Group
Finalist: DDS (International) Ltd
Excellence In Customer Service: Sponsored by: Wonderful Creative Agency
Winner: Canterbury Cathedral Lodge
Finalist: The Woodley Coles LLP
Finalist: Ashford International Hotel
Achievement In International Business: Sponsored by: HSBC
Winner: QuorumTechnologies Ltd
Finalist: DDS (International) Ltd
Finalist: Kemet International Ltd
Most Promising New Business: Sponsored by: Lloyds TSB
Winner: Think3e
Finalist: Minimise Ltd
Finalist: Geo-Mole Ltd
Entrepreneur of the Year: Sponsored by: Kent Innovation & Enterprise
Winner: Lynn James of Quay Assessment Community Interest Company
Finalist: Jan Post of RIFT Ltd
Finalist: Wayne Hodgson of Red Eagle Ltd
All the Winners and Finalists will now go forward to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) National Awards and Kent Invicta are confident in continuing their success in these Awards. For the past two years the South East Business of the Year has come from Kent, with the Chamber’s 2011 Most Promising New Business, Recruitment Genius, going on to win the BCC national Award.
Summing up at the end of the event, Chamber Chief Executive Jo James said “I hope everybody enjoyed themselves; I certainly did. ”
“Not only with reference to the entertainment, but also with regard to the ‘Excellence in Business’ represented by the Award winners and finalists – and indeed all the entrants for the Awards. The quality and quantity of applications received this year just go to show in what an entrepreneurial County we work.”
