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And The Winners are…..

The stars shone brightly over Weymouth College last night during the Open 4 Business Award Dinner and Ceremony where 175 business people enjoyed a superb night hosted by the staff and students of Weymouth College.  The standard of all award entries was excellent with 40 businesses entering the awards with 51 applications. 

Over 15% of the entries were from new businesses and the new Tourism award attracted many businesses along the Jurassic Coast into Purbeck.  

5 Businesses were finalists in two categories.

SOUTH & WEST OPEN 4 BUSINESS AWARDS 2009
       
    AWARD                        SPONSOR                 

West Dorset Small Business         :    West Dorset District Council       
       
    Catwards Draughting
   
       
Weymouth & Portland Small Business :    Federation of Small Businesses
   
    Sunflowers Floral Design
   
New  Business                :    Enterprise Connection
   
    Equation Accounting

Apprentice of the Year (new)        :    Weymouth College

    Wowz Design & Print
   
Customer Service            :    Champagne Video and Film
     
    Farmer Palmers
   
Exporter of the Year  (new)        :    D J Property ( new)

    Aquarium Technology

Tourism Business of the Year  (new)    :    Getaway Digital (new)

    Sunshine Ceramics
   
Technology in Business  (new)    :    Universal Engineering (new )


    Cocoa Media
   
Jurassic Coast Sustainability        :    Jurassic Coast / DNFP

    Bagwell Farm Touring Park


Flame Award   :    Awarded by the Open 4 Business Steering Committee to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to local business

    Andrew Dyke of the Pineapple Group


Business of the Year    2009        :    Business Link – MAIN SPONSOR

    Aquarium Technology

Congratulations to all the Winners and thank you to all businesses who entered the 2009 Open 4 Business Awards
The Open 4 Business fortnight of events continue until 16th October.   The final event will be a Closing Lunch sponsored by the Weymouth Chamber and held at the Bock that Rocks café at Portland Marina.  

You can book any of the events now -  Free of Charge on www.o4business.co.uk
Full details can be found on the Open 4 Business Website www.o4business.co.uk
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