Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand, Lady Susan Satyanand, Prime Minister John Key, Opposition Leader Phil Goff, Auckland Mayor Len Brown and Indian High Commissioner Retired Admiral Sureesh Mehta were among the Guests of Honour at a Gala Black Tie Dinner and Awards Presentation Ceremony held at the Stamford Plaza Hotel on November 15, 2010.
Members of Parliament including former Ministers and businesspersons were among 500 guests present at the function.
Companies owned, operated, managed and franchised in New Zealand by people of Indian origin were eligible to enter 11 Awards Categories announced in our March 1, 2010 issue. Entries to the Best Exporter to India Business category was open to all companies registered in New Zealand but exporting a product or service to India.
Rules of entry and other details were carried in our Awards website www.inliba.co.nz
The 11 categories included Best Retailer Business, Best Restaurant Business, Best Business Innovation, Best Marketing Excellence, Best Professional Services Business, Best Small Business, Best Medium Business, Best Large Business, Best Young Entrepreneur of the Year and Best Businesswoman of the Year, the last two of which were new categories introduced this year.
The winner of the Supreme Business of the Year was chosen out of the winners of the 11 individual categories.
Following is the complete list of the Finalists and Winners in each of the Eleven Categories of the Indian Newslink Indian Business Awards 2010.
The list was announced and trophies awarded to the winners at Awards Presentation Ceremony.
Following are the details:
Best Retailer Business:
Sponsored by the Supreme Sikh Council of New Zealand
Finalists: Toys R Fun; Magsons Hardware; Flatbush Supervalue
The Winner: Magsons Hardware
Best Restaurant Business:
Sponsored by Millennium Group
Finalists: Nando’s DPRA Group; Mani Group- McDonalds West
The Winner: Mani Group- McDonalds West
Best Business Innovation:
Sponsored by Stamford Plaza Hotel Auckland
Finalists: Xlerate Technologies Limited; Mani Group-McDonalds West; GMP Pharmaceuticals; Spice N Easy
The Winner: GMP Pharmaceuticals
Best Marketing Excellence:
Sponsored by Radio Tarana
Finalists: Xlerate Technologies Limited; Global Financial Services; Zindia Ltd
The Winner: Xlerate Technologies Limited
Best Professional Services:
Sponsored by Kalamazoo Group
Finalists: D’Mello Chartered Accountants; Global Financial Services; New Zealand Career College
The Winner: Global Financial Services
Best Small Business:
Sponsored by National Bank of New Zealand
Finalists: Focus Hair, Beauty, Nails; Ranchhod Group; Total Holiday Options; Global Financial Services
The Winner: Global Financial Services
Best Medium Business:
Sponsored by WAML Group Ltd & Teledata Informatics Ltd
Finalists: Toys R Fun; Nando’s DPR Group
The Winner: Toys R Fun
Best Large Business:
Sponsored by East Tamaki Health Care
Finalists: Flatbush Supervalue; GMP Pharmaceuticals; Magsons Hardware
Winner: Magsons Hardware
Best Exporter to India Business:
Sponsored by Dream World New Zealand
Finalists: Zindia; Professional Bar & Restaurant School
The Winner: Professional Bar & Restaurant School
Best Young Entrepreneur of the Year:
Sponsored by Patton New Zealand
Finalists: Chetan Mongia of Focus Hair, Beauty, Nails; Aseem Agarwal of Global Financial Services; Azhar Bhamji of 4and Rotary
The Winner: Aseem Agarwal of Global Financial Services
Best Businesswoman of the Year:
Sponsored by TV 3 (Media Works Limited)
Finalists: Anita Thomas of Total Holiday Options; Joanne Godinho of Allure Hair & Beauty; Raga D’Silva of Global Village Unlimited; Vibha Soni of Spice N Easy
The Winner: Joanne Godinho of Allure Hair & Beauty
Supreme Business of the Year
Sponsored by National Bank of New Zealand
The Winner:
Global Financial Services
Judges comments and photographs of individual winners appear elsewhere in this Awards Special.
