Smartest, Savviest businesses bag awards

The Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2017 – West has celebrated business success in Auckland

Smartest, Savviest businesses bag awards
Cruising and racing yacht company Southern Spars has won the Supreme Business Excellence Award at the Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2017 – West.

Southern Spars General Manager Peter Batcheler said their reputation grows from their world-leading expertise.

Batcheler said: “Innovation is in everything we do. We take the combination of discipline and passion to help us create new products every single day, and international trade is all we do.

The reality is 99.5% of what we do goes straight off shore.”

Other Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2017 - WEST winners include:

Best Emerging Business – Crafty Canners Ltd

Excellence in Customer Service Delivery – World World Moving and Storage

Excellence in Innovation – PLN Group

Excellence in International Trade – Southern Spars

Excellence in Marketing – Heart Saver NZ Ltd

Excellence in Strategy and Planning – Heart Saver NZ

Employer of the Year – Nitrogenx

Best Small Business – Nitrogenx

Auckland Chamber of Commerce CEO Michael Barnett said the winners represent the diversity of Auckland’s economy in size, management style and commitment to business excellence.

“These awards are all about celebrating businesses in our community that are making a difference,” Barnett said. “These are the employers, producers and leaders for today and tomorrow – who make Auckland the thriving centre it is,” Barnett said.

Westpac Regional Commercial Manager Auckland Jeff Driscoll said the awards are about taking time-out to recognise the smartest, savviest and strongest businesses in the Auckland community.

“It’s been fantastic to see the high calibre of entries this year. Auckland is the biggest cog in New Zealand’s economy and fundamentally important to our global success,” Driscoll said.


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