Twenty-seven local businesses have been announced as finalists in one or more Burnaby Board of Trade award categories.
The 2013 Burnaby Business Excellence awards finalists were announced last week at the annual Burnaby business hall of fame induction luncheon. Winners will receive their awards at a gala on Nov. 14.
The categories and finalists are:
- Burnaby Community Spirit Award: Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society, Burnaby NewsLeader, Coast Kinetics, Metropolis at Metrotown and Vancity.
- Environmental Sustainability: Computers for Schools B.C., False Creek Collision ECO, Gateway Casinos & Entertainment, Para Space Landscaping and Vancity.
- Small Business of the Year: The Pear Tree Restaurant, Acuere Consulting, Hellbent Games, Snaptech Marketing and Everland Natural Foods.
- Family Friendly Business: Ames Tile & Stone and Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.
- Business Person of the year: Teresa Tibbutt, Coast Kinetics; Corrine Kessel, Greenscape Design & Décor; and Stephanie and Scott Jaeger, The Pear Tree Restaurant.
- Business of the Year: Alpha Technologies, Ames Tile & Stone, Para Space Landscaping and Webtech Wireless.
- Not-for-profit: Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society, Tourism Burnaby, Burnaby Hospital Foundation, The Salvation Army and Down Syndrome Research Foundation.
- Entrepreneurial Spirit: Acuere Consulting, Alture Properties, Crius Financial Services Corporation and Hellbent Games.
- Business Innovation: Webtech Wireless, Jim Pattison Lease and Concord Security Corporation.
Every year, the Burnaby Board of Trade partners with the City of Burnaby and recognizes businesses that demonstrated outstanding business practices over the years.
The 14th annual Burnaby Business Excellence Awards Gala on Nov. 14 will be at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown.
For more information, visit www.bbot.ca.
