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IFG - Vero Business Excellence Awards Finalists Feb 2009

IFG  New Zealand have been nominated in the finals of the prestigious Vero Excellence in Business Support Awards. 

Chris Reid, IFG's New Zealand National Director said "We're absolutely thrilled to be selected as finalists for these important awards.  It's a reflection of how far we've come in the past 5 years since we first established a presence in New Zealand".

Interface were nominated in the "High Growth Sector" category.

The Vero awards are recognised as a benchmark of excellence for New Zealand businesses.  The excerpts below are taken from a recent press release and demonstrate what an excellent achievent this is for Chris and the team:................

"The Vero Excellence in Business Support Awards are held annually. Sponsored by Vero, BDO Spicers and National Business Review and founded by business sector specialist, Sarah Trotman of Bizzone, the awards are a key event during the annual Bizzone Business Expo, New Zealand's largest event for business. The winners will be announced on 28 May in Auckland at a gala black-tie dinner attended by 600 people.

 Entries for 2009 were stronger than ever says Bizzone managing director Sarah Trotman. “New Zealand businesses are being well supported by companies that are not buying into the doom and gloom mentality,” she says. “The evaluators were thoroughly impressed by the quality and number of entries – choosing winners this year will be extremely difficult.” The award finalists were from large, small, private, government sector and not-for-profit organisations – all with an interest in supporting business in New Zealand Sarah Trotman says. “They included business advisers, educators, government departments, councils, product suppliers, information technology businesses and service industry companies; altogether the support services being offered by these companies are truly inspirational.” 

Finalists were spread throughout New Zealand with government and Chamber of Commerce sectors having particularly strong entries; finalists from these categories included The Otago Chamber of Commerce, Rotorua Chamber of Commerce, Southland Enterprises Incorporated, Manukau City Council, Dunedin Economic Development (Dunedin City Council) and South Waikato District Council, Department of Labour - Immigration New Zealand,

Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), Ministry of Economic Development, Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand and Ministry of Social Development.

 

Some of the country’s largest companies are also finalists: Telecom

Kiwibank, Converga, Zeacom and Working In Limited will all compete in the Large business $10 million+ category."