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NORTH CANTERBURY BUSINESS AWARDS<br />
The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>May</strong> 6, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Awards achance for businesses to shine<br />
By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />
The<strong>2021</strong><strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
Business Awards were<br />
launchedinPegasuslast<br />
Wednesday evening.<br />
The FlatWhite Cafe Barin<br />
Pegasushostedthe launch in<br />
associationwith Enterprise<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>(ENC),the<br />
economic development armof<br />
the Waimakariri and Hurunui<br />
districtcouncils.<br />
ENCbusiness growth adviser<br />
GuyGraham,who organises the<br />
awards,saidthey werea<br />
celebration of businesses in<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />
It gavethose whoentered the<br />
opportunity for ‘‘shameless’’<br />
selfpromotion.<br />
Mr Grahamsaysthere has<br />
been keen interestsincethe<br />
launch.<br />
‘‘Businesss are enteringdaily<br />
andexcitement is growing.’’<br />
The awards are open to all<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> businesses,<br />
andofferthem achance to<br />
become betterknown andgrow<br />
their presencein<strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>, he says.<br />
Thisevent is held every two<br />
years, butwas interruptedlast<br />
yearbecauseofCovid19.<br />
Mr Grahamsaidwhenpeople<br />
began fillingout applications to<br />
entertheir businessinone of<br />
the nine categories, it made<br />
themreflect on their<br />
achievements and goals.<br />
Plus, there was alsothe<br />
People’s ChoiceAward, which<br />
onceagain gave <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> businesses a<br />
chancetopromotethemselves<br />
❛Businesss are<br />
entering daily and<br />
excitement is<br />
growing.❜<br />
—Guy Graham<br />
by whatever means,intheir<br />
endeavourstotakeoutthe<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>sponsored<br />
award.<br />
MainPower continues to be<br />
themajor sponsor, andisonce<br />
again backingthe Supreme<br />
Award for theoverall winner<br />
from all sections.<br />
The2018 Supremewinner<br />
was Totalspan <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>, withfranchise<br />
ownersJamie andEllen<br />
Petersen at thehelm.<br />
Ellen told Wednesday<br />
evening’s gatheringthat,while<br />
enteringand filling outthe<br />
application wasalittle<br />
daunting,itwas good to ‘‘drill<br />
down’’and lookatthe business<br />
as awhole —the goodand the<br />
not so goodbits.<br />
It helped themto reflect on<br />
theirbusiness,andconsider if<br />
things could be donedifferently<br />
or better.<br />
Entering wasalsogoodfor<br />
staffmorale and provided a<br />
goodchance to get theirinput<br />
into thoughts around what<br />
madethe business great.<br />
Thesponsorsare:BDO<br />
(Professional Services),<br />
Percival StreetBakery<br />
(Excellence in Retail),Hanmer<br />
SpringsThermalPools andSpa<br />
(Tourismand Hospitality),<br />
MiscoJoinery(Manufacturing<br />
and Trades), Made <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>, supportedby<br />
Harris Meats andPatoa Farms<br />
(Foodand Beverage), Hellers<br />
(Emerging Business), Spark<br />
Business<strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
(Innovation),PAK’nSAVE<br />
Rangiora (Community<br />
Business boost ... Ellen and<br />
Jamie Petersen, owners of<br />
Totalspan <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>, were<br />
the Supreme winners in the <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> Business Awards in<br />
2018. PHOTO: FILE<br />
Enterprise), LimeReal Estate<br />
(Sustainability),andPeople’s<br />
Choice(<strong>North</strong><strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
<strong>News</strong>).<br />
Entriesclose at noon on June<br />
18.<br />
People’sChoicevoting opens<br />
on July 12, and closesonAugust<br />
11. It is opentoall entrants.The<br />
winnerischosen via online<br />
voting by thepeople of <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />
The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />
will run afeature on entrantsin<br />
the People’s Choicesectionon<br />
July 29.<br />
Ablacktie gala event willbe<br />
held in the newMainPower<br />
Stadium in Coldstream Road,<br />
Rangiora on September 24.<br />
with JackieClarke as MC.<br />
Tonominate abusiness or<br />
enter,visit northcanterbury.co.<br />
nz/businessawards.<br />
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