Waikato Business News November/December 2017

22 WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS November/December 2017
WESTPAC WAIKATO BUSINESS AWARDS
Westpac Waikato Business Awards
winners announced
Foster Construction has been named as
Supreme Winner at the 2017 Westpac
Waikato Business Awards.
Award winners as well
as 2017 Laureates to
the Waikato Business
Hall of Fame were announced
at the annual gala dinner
on Friday, November 3 at
Claudelands Event Centre.
Waikato Chamber of Commerce
chief executive, William
Durning said that once
again the business community
from across Waikato, came
together with a strong unified
voice representing all those
in business and the role that
business plays in supporting
and enabling the Waikato
community.
“Waikato business has never
been stronger, more dynamic
or caring in its support of
the community at large. We
take great pride in saying here
in the Mighty Waikato there
are great things happening in
business that impact not just
our region, but across New
Zealand and the globe.”
Mr Durning said the Waikato
region continues to play a
significant role in contributing
to success in New Zealand
and this was endorsed by the
extensive range and quality of
those businesses and business
leaders that were recognised
at this year’s event.
Businesses that participated
in the awards have benefited
in several ways. Those
that have made the finals and
the category winners have had
their business profiles raised;
strengthening existing commercial
relationships and laid
the groundwork for new relationships
to develop.
“With the new format of
our awards we continue to
see not only those that are
re-engaging to improve and
develop on lessons learned
from last year but also a
significant number of new
participants who have also
seen the quality of the previous
year’s finalists and hear
from their peers about how
beneficial the process is. On
this basis they have decided
that now is a great time to
learn and be measured against
the other great businesses and
business leaders that our region
is fortunate to have,” Mr
Durning said.
“This year has again seen
intense competition driven by
the quality of entries. We love
the fact that our judges continue
to remark that it gets harder
and harder to select the Supreme
Winner because of this
quality. This year’s Supreme
Winner - Foster Construction
is the perfect example of just
why we are the Mighty Waika-
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Premier Group International:
Service Excellence Award.
The Waikato Chamber of Commerce team.
Virbac NZ: Marketing Award.
Ultrafast Fibre Ltd: Business Growth Award.
Supreme Business of the Year 2017: Foster Construction Group.
Resultz Group: Micro Business Award.
Westpac Waikato Business Awards
Congratulations Foster Construction Group,
2017 Supreme Winner.
Westpac Waikato
Business Awards
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Westpac New Zealand Limited.