Entries opened for West Coast Leading Light Business Awards

Media release – 12 January 2015

Entries open for business awards

Entries have today opened for the fourth West Coast Leading Light Business Excellence Awards.

The 2015 awards and gala dinner will be held at Shantytown on 8 May and will include two new awards. The Department of Conservation is sponsoring an Environment Award which recognises businesses or organisations that demonstrate guardianship of the natural environment and ACC is extending its Workplace Health and Safety Award to both large and small businesses.

DWC Business Development Manger Helen Wilson says she would love to see employees encouraging their managers to enter this year.

“Entering the awards is such a strategic thing to do for your business. It boosts company pride and engenders a sense of team work that ultimately can improve business outcomes. Even becoming a finalist is worthwhile as every finalist gets a video which is an excellent marketing tool,” she says.

Buller civil construction and maintenance company WestReef Services Ltd won the Duncan CotterillLeading Light Enterprise 30+ award in 2013.

“The awards process offered us the opportunity to ‘take a step back’, look at what we have achieved, and celebrate it. Equally as important, it has emphasised areas of our business that could require improvement,” says Operations Manager Dylan Taylor.

DWC is running seminars in late January to assist with the entry process. They will be held in Westport, Greymouth and Hokitika and will give ideas and tips on filling out the entry forms.

Helen Wilson says the awards would not be possible without the continued support of sponsors, many of which have been involved in the West Coast business awards since their inception in 2011.

The 2015 awards categories are Greymouth Star Super Nova Award, Duncan Cotterill Enterprise 30+ Award, Newstalk ZB Retail Award, New Zealand Institute of Management Southern Professional Service Award, Crombie Lockwood Trades/Manufacturing/Primary Producer Award, Tourism West Coast Tourism & Hospitality Award, Westland Milk Products Not for Profit Award, ACC Workplace Safety Award and Department of Conservation Environment Award. Silver sponsors include ANZ and Air New Zealand. .

For more information on the seminars or entry forms go to www.leadinglight.org.nz. Entries open on 12 January and close on 27 February.

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