{"id":1813,"date":"2012-10-16T10:44:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T10:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ballymenachamber.co.uk\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2012-10-17T12:02:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T12:02:46","slug":"2012-winners-and-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/?p=1813","title":{"rendered":"2012 Winners and Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Customer Service Award Retail Sector (Independent Retailer) \u2013 First Trust Bank<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner:<\/strong> Gloonan Gallery<\/p>\n

Finalists<\/strong>: K & G McAtamney (Butcher & Deli), <\/strong>Waveney Eye Care (NI) Ltd<\/p>\n

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Customer Service Award Retail Sector (Multiple Retailer) \u2013 McKillens Footwear<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>The Perfume Shop<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Goldsmiths, Ann Summers, Clockwork Orange<\/p>\n

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Customer Service Award Convenience Store \u2013 Ballymena Borough Chamber of\u00a0<\/strong>Commerce and Industry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>Eurospar Cullybackey<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> James McNeill Grocery Ltd T\/A Vivoxtra, Spar Doury Road, Spar Ahoghill<\/p>\n

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Best Eating Establishment Award \u2013 Patton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>Millside Restaurant (Gracehill)<\/p>\n

Finalists<\/strong>: The Wild Duck, <\/strong>Adair Arms Hotel, <\/strong>Go Sun Restaurant<\/p>\n

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Best Small Eatery\/Coffee Shop Award \u2013 firmus energy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>Nobel Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Jensens Caf\u00e9, <\/strong>O\u2019Briens, <\/strong>Caffe Nero<\/p>\n

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<\/strong>Customer Service Award Service Sector \u2013 Riada Resourcing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>Jacqueline Kennedy Hairdressing & Grooming for Men<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Tourist Information Centre, <\/strong>Fenaghy Veterinary Clinic, <\/strong>Grafton Recruitment<\/p>\n

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Customer Service Award Hospitality Sector \u2013 Autoline Insurance Group<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>Millside Restaurant (Gracehill)<\/p>\n

Highly Commended: <\/strong>Nobel Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Galgorm Resort and Spa, <\/strong>Front Page Bar<\/p>\n

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Business Premises Award \u2013 Fairhill Shopping Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>Galgorm Resort and Spa<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Mobalpa Kitchens, <\/strong>Eurospar Cullybackey, <\/strong>Cafe Couture<\/p>\n

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Best Business Website Award \u2013 Northern Bank<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>Patton<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> ballyprint.com, Wee Voucher Book, Slemish Design Studios<\/p>\n

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Excellence in Customer Service Award \u2013 JTI<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>Autoline Insurance Group<\/p>\n

Highly Commended:<\/strong> Northern Bank Ltd<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Grafton Recruitment, <\/strong>O\u2019Briens<\/p>\n

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Right Place to Work Award \u2013 Black Advertising<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>Goldsmiths<\/p>\n

Finalists: <\/strong>Next, Debenhams, <\/strong>The Sitting Room Hairdressing<\/p>\n

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Most Promising New Business Award \u2013 Into Business Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>ballyprint.com<\/p>\n

Finalists: <\/strong>Discovereverafter.com, <\/strong>The Music Rooms, <\/strong>Doggy Daycare<\/p>\n

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Best Small Business Award \u2013 Michelin Tyre PLC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winners: <\/strong>K & G McAtamney (Wholesale Butchers)<\/p>\n

Finalists: <\/strong>The Sitting Room Hairdressing, <\/strong>MET Healthcare Limited, <\/strong>Castle Couture<\/p>\n

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Export Business of the Year Award \u2013 Wrightbus<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>Francis Dinsmore Ltd<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Garage Door Systems, <\/strong>Martin Engineering Supplies Ltd, <\/strong>Robinson Services<\/p>\n

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Environment Award \u2013 Power NI<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>Patton<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Moy Park, <\/strong>Nampak Plastics<\/p>\n

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Innovation Award \u2013 Invest Northern Ireland<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>Discovereverafter.com<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Autoline Insurance Group, <\/strong>Quad-X, <\/strong>The Wild Duck<\/p>\n

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Involvement in the Community Award \u2013 Diamond Recruitment<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>Fairhill Shopping Centre<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Front Page Bar, <\/strong>Ballymena Retailers Against Crime, <\/strong>Ballymena Arts Partnership<\/p>\n

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Apprentice of the Year Award \u2013 Northern Regional College<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>Michael Curtis (Grants Electrical)<\/p>\n

Finalists: <\/strong>Paddy Quinn (Fearghas Quinn Hearse and Limousines), <\/strong>Nicola Pattison (Goldsmiths)<\/p>\n

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Employee of the Year Award \u2013 Grafton Recruitment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joint Winners: <\/strong>Stella Grant (Adair Arms Hotel), Brian Kerr (Nampak Plastics)<\/p>\n

Finalists: <\/strong>Deborah Law (Studio Shake), <\/strong>Ian Wallace (Francis Dinsmore Ltd)<\/p>\n

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Business Growth Award \u2013 Ulster Bank<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner: <\/strong>K & G McAtamney (Wholesale Butchers)<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/strong> Riada Resourcing, <\/strong>MET Healthcare Limited, <\/strong>Ground Espresso Bar<\/p>\n

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Commitment to Ballymena Award \u2013 Ballymena Borough Council<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner:<\/strong> Audrey Wales MBE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Customer Service Award Retail Sector (Independent Retailer) \u2013 First Trust Bank Winner: Gloonan Gallery Finalists: K & G McAtamney (Butcher & Deli), Waveney Eye Care (NI) Ltd \u00a0 Customer Service Award Retail Sector (Multiple Retailer) \u2013 McKillens Footwear Winner: The Perfume Shop Finalists: Goldsmiths, Ann Summers, Clockwork Orange   Customer Service Award Convenience Store \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1813"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1826,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions\/1826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}