FOLLOWING more than 800 nominations and thousands of votes we can now reveal the finalists in this year’s Echo-backed Langtry Manor Business Women Awards for Dorset.
All three finalists in each of the 15 categories will be invited to the Grand Awards ceremony at the Langtry Manor Hotel in Bournemouth on May 17.
The Echo-backed Business Mother of the Year award was one of three categories open to the public vote for a week.
Tara Howard, managing director of the Langtry who launched the awards in 2009, said: “I am always impressed by the tenacity, drive and talent along with adversity that has been overcome by the various women in business that enter the awards.
“This year is no exception, I think it is going to be a difficult decision for the judges this year and am interested to see who the 14 winners are going to be!”
Visit the website businesswomenawards.com for information.
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Kate Johnson – Smiley Booth
Ces Loftus – Supportive Business Mums
Hayley Jones – Sweetcheeks Cakes
Heart Employee of the Year
Carly Thompson – Basepoint
Alison Taylor – City Centre Recruitment
Maria Seabright – Greendale Construction
REAL Employer of the Year
Linda Tazzyman – Number 9
Jacqui Walter – City Centre Recruitment
Hollie Gordon – Forever Gorgeous
Bournemouth Chamber Lifetime Achievement
Susan Ferguson – Nova Cleaners
Sharon Canning – Move on Rentals
Frances Cornelius – Variety Club Wessex
HG Walker PA Award
Michelle Canning – Platinum Property Partners
Christine Baker – Greendale Construction
Karen Ambler – What Alice Found
Jobshop Special Woman Award
Paula Giles – The Party Plan Guru
Ces Loftus – Supportive Business Mums & the Light Direction
Helen Reed – Nordcat
WIBN Business Woman of The Future
Hannah Arkell – ‘Belle Enfants’
Brogan Mooney – Brockenhurst College
Kristi Longridge – Bournemouth University
Granite Transformations High Achiever
Fiona McArthur – Quality Solicitors D’Angibau
Jacqui Walter – City Centre Recruitment
Helen Wilson – Academy of Exercise Studies
Princecroft Willis Entrepreneur
Keeley Fox – Di Lusso Interiors
Ali Carter – The Work Shop
Kate Johnson – Smiley Booth
Natwest New Business
Tracy Franklin – Muddy Puddles
Charlotte Bennett – Every Cloud
Claire Adersley – Number 83
The FSB Small Business Award
Sue Cowell – Cobweb Knits
Joanna Davies – The Gilded Teapot
Sally Tanner – Dorset Counselling
Soroptimist International of Poole Home Based Business
Helen Banfield – Body Matters
Jennie Langridge – Clevercow cakes
Katharine Cleall – Travel Counsellor
Bournemouth Town Dot Com Business Award
Zoe Frinskney and Jane Kelly – Nellypepper.co.uk
Nicola Massieu-Cowland – ShoeDevotion.co.uk
Nicki Grainger – TheCherrycloset.com
Lexus Green Award
Jennie Langridge – Clevercow cakes
Melissa Smith – Enas Florists
Denise Wright – Janine Pattison Garden Design
Chapter 2 Lifetime of Excellence
Jo Pritchard – BSG
June Sear – Meyrick Estates
Irene Richards – Talbot Heath
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