Dartford and Gravesham Business Awards 2008
Dartford and Gravesham Business Awards 2008
Dartford Borough Council sponsored another successful awards evening on Friday 13 June. The entrants were shortlisted to sixteen finalists who were visited by the judging panel throughout April.
Prizes to the value of £5,000 were awarded to the successful businesses in a spectacular gala evening which took place at the Woodville Halls in Gravesend. Cllr Jeremy Kite attended and together with the Leader of Gravesham Borough Council presented the awards.
This year’s overall winner for the Dartford and Gravesham Business Award 2008 was telecommunications company, ComputerTel Ltd who are based in Gravesend. The Dartford Business of the Year Award went to pre-school Dimples Day Nursery who is based in Green Street Green Road, Darenth and the Gravesham Business of the Year Award was presented to Net-Tex Industries Ltd.
A special prize for Renewal and Regeneration was presented to J & B Martin’s (Crayford & Fawkham Ltd) who have converted outbuildings into ergonomic, high quality offices. Their £500 prize money was donated to Arrow Riding School, which was the nominated charity for the evening.
Highly commended awards were presented to: Marks Demolition Contractors Ltd, Calibre Forwarding Ltd, G5 Services Ltd and Regent Development.
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The remaining finalists were: Carbon Energy Solutions, Excel Currencies Ltd, Jackpot Training Ltd, Kent First Aid Training Ltd, New Horizon Systems Ltd, Rock and Ruby Ltd, Simply Care Training and Write-Trak.
The evening raised £1,250 for the Arrow Riding School Charity; Leader of Dartford Borough Council Cllr Jeremy Kite donated a further £7,000.
For information about applications for the 2009 Business Awards, please see back here in early 2009.
If you have any enquiries on any aspect of this year’s Business Awards or next year’s event please contact us on 01322 343094 or businessawards@dartford.gov.uk.
The companies that sponsored this year’s awards were: Dartford Borough Council, Gravesham Borough Council, Adecco Recruitment Solutions, Thames Gateway (Kent) Chamber of Commerce, the University of Kent at Medway, Lloyds TSB Corporate Banking, Barnes Roffe LLP Chartered Accountants, John Lewis Bluewater, Vizards Wyeth, Kimberley Clark and Start International.
Dartford & Gravesham Business Award 2007
- Overall Winner: TAG Learning
- Dartford Business of the Year: Direct Metal Services
- Gravesham Business of the Year: Computer Tel Ltd
- Business Survival: Dartford Football Club
- Business Personality of the Year: Nina Allen of Austen Allen Recruitment
- Small Business of the Year: T Bourne & Sons
