Southland Business Chamber has announced the finalists for the Southland Business Excellence Awards 2021.

Chamber chief executive Sheree Carey says: “The Chamber were thrilled to have a record number of businesses apply with 141 applications received over the 11 categories. 

"The companies should be commended for the time and effort spent on putting together top-class applications.

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"The Judges have spent the past four weeks working through them and were truly inspired by the innovative and passionate stories from throughout the region, and the resilience shown in the past 18 months during the pandemic."

The Awards Gala Dinner will take place at Transport World, Invercargill on Friday, 15 October, 2021. 

The 2021 Southland Business Excellence Awards finalists are:

Findex (NZ) Ltd Primary & Primary Services Sector Award

•  Alliance Group
• Prime Range Meats
• WM Environmental

Invercargill City Council Construction, Trade, Manufacturing & Distribution Award

• FI Innovations
• Kiwi Skips
• Morrifield Greenhouses
• PowerNet

Powernet New and Emerging Award

• Auld Farm Distillery
• Crunchy
• MSK Ultrasound

The Southland Times Consumer Award

• Black Shag Boutique Café
• Fat Bastard Pies
• Prime Range Meats
• The Batch
• Transport World

Invercargill Licensing Trust Not for Profit Award

• Jubilee Budget Advisory Services
• Koha Kai
• Miharo Murihiku
• South Invercargill Urban Rejuvenation

Progress People Professional Services Award

·       BDO Invercargill

• BDO Invercargill
• Digital Stock
• Malloch McClean
• Mrs Tradie
• The Headache Clinic
• WM Environmental

Market South Innovation Award

• Crunchy
• Digital Stock
• Fi Innovations
• Kiwi Skips

Blue River Dairy LP Workplace Wellbeing Award

• Alliance Group
• Aquila Sustainable Farming
• PowerNet

ACC Workplace Injury Prevention Award

• Altitude Resurfacing
• Aquila Sustainable Farming
• Prime Range Meats

Southern Institute of Technology Business Personality Award

• Janice Lee (Koha Kai)
• Jocelyn O’Donnell (HW Richardson Group/Transport World)
• Tangaroa Walker (Farm 4 Life)

Meridian Energy One to Watch Award

• Benji Biswas (Crunchy)
• Fiona Walker (WM Environmental)
• Gareth Dykes (Fi Innovations)
• Jim Dowling (Digital Stock)
• Rob & Toni Auld (Auld Farm Distillery)