Call for Nominations - 2008 Lunenburg County Business Excellence Awards

Written by BACC Admin | 24 May 2010

Date: October 27, 2008

Oak Island Resort

The Lunenburg County Business Excellence Awards Organizing Committee invites you to nominate a local business for the awards. The categories are listed below with a brief overview of the criteria. Upon receiving a nomination, a member of the nominating committee will contact the business owner and provide them with a nomination package to be completed and returned by August 15th. As in past years a business may be nominated by the owner or a staff member of that business.

Please note there is a new category this year “New Business Award”

Award Categories – 2008

Small Business   (Sponsored by Business Development Bank of Canada)

• Must operate with less than 16 full time employees
• Primary business operation must be in Lunenburg County
• Must have an established reputation for providing a superior level of customer service
• Must provide a brief description of the business philosophy of purchasing locally
• Provide examples of community support and involvement (employer or employees)
• List any awards or commendations received for business products or services.

Large Business (Sponsored by Aliant)

• Must operate with 16 or more full time employees
• Primary business operation must be in Lunenburg County
• Must have an established reputation for providing a superior level of customer service
• Must provide a brief description of the business philosophy of purchasing locally
• Provide examples of community support and involvement (employer or employees)
• List any awards or commendations received for business products or services 

Entrepreneurial Achievement Award (Sponsored by BMO)

• Primary business operations must be in Lunenburg County
• Has shown a unique approach to market entry or expansion
• Growth in employment
• Positive impact on local economy
• Provide examples of resourcefulness, and creative thinking
• List any awards or commendations received for business products or services

Innovation Award (Sponsored by Michelin)

• Provide examples of where the business has shown innovation and ingenuity to achieve growth
• Primarybusiness operation must be in Lunenburg County
• List of any awards or commendations received for products or service

Grassroots Award (Sponsored by Clearwater)

• Primary business operations must be in Lunenburg County
• Business must have been in operations for at least five years
• Provide examples of growth in Number of employees, products and services and customers under the present ownership

Export Achievement Award (Sponsored by NSBI)

• Primary business operations must be in Lunenburg County
• Increase in export business during the past year (either domestic or foreign markets)
• Number of new export markets developed
• Approach used to develop new markets
• Provide information about the impact on the local economy

New Business Award (Sponsored by ACSBE)

• Business must be operating for less than 24 months
• Primary business operations must be in Lunenburg County
• Employment created
• Provide examples of how the business approach used is unique
• Brief overview of the personal vision of the owner
• List of any awards or commendations received for products or service

For a nomination form please use the following link: Call for Nominations July 08