Oswestry & Border Chronicle Business Awards shortlist announced
Twenty-one companies have been shortlisted for awards in the Oswestry & Border Chronicle Business Awards 2012.
Twenty-one companies have been shortlisted for awards in the Oswestry & Border Chronicle Business Awards 2012.
The awards are being staged in association with Oswestry Chamber of Commerce and will be hosted by The Lion Quays Resort on April 26.
An independent panel of judges sat last week to determine the finalists from an entry of over 60 businesses from across the Chronicle's circulation area.
All 21 finalists will now attend a glittering dinner and presentation night when the winners will be announced.
Guest speaker will be Malcolm Walker, the man who launched Iceland in Oswestry in 1970 and who recently completed a £1.45million takeover of the company. Also attending will be civic dignitaries from across the region.
Judges shortlisted three companies for the prestigious Business Of The Year Award sponsored by The Chronicle and Chamber of Commerce.
The three are Welshpool web design, SMS and mobile app development company Gloversure; Oswestry solicitors Lanyon Bowdler and Northern Industrial Battery Services of Four Crosses, a standby power company.
Five finalists have been named for The Small Business Award backed by Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors.
They are: Welshpool website designers 27Stars; Derwas of Welshpool the ironmongers and stove specialists; Osfest, Oswestry's annual music spectacular; Pure Beauty, a Welshpool based organic beauty salon and Stonehouse Brewery of Oswestry.
There are also five finalists in the Customer Service Award sponsored by Lion Quays Resort.
They are: BBR Opticians of Oswestry; DRE & Co Chartered Accountants; Derwas of Welshpool; Stonehouse Brewery and Ellesmere based The Gift Experience.
Three companies are shortlisted in the Innovation Award sector, sponsored by Turner Peachey Accountants. They are: Fragile Planet Ltd, suppliers to beekeepers; GWR Fasteners, the quality fastener suppliers from Llanfyllin and ThebestofOswestry, the local business and events web site.
Gloversure and The Gift Experience are also shortlisted in Best Use Of Digital Technology category sponsored by Arthurs Garage of Oswestry.
Ecoframes of Welshpool, Fragile Planet and The Shropshire Housing Alliance are named in the Green Business Award sector sponsored by Morris Cook Chartered Accountants.