Drum roll, please!
The Electra Business & Innovation Award 2021 winners have been announced!
Following the bold and innovative move to take the Awards Night online in 2021, for the first time in the Awards history due to alert level restrictions - the 2021 winners can now be revealed!
Chairman Brendan Duffy commented - We applaud those businesses that were brave enough to put themselves forward for this year’s Awards during what has once again been a challenging year. We recognise the energy and commitment it takes to complete an entry alongside navigating a business through such changing landscapes. Our congratulations go to all of our 2021 entrants and we loved watching the winners' faces live on-screen at our virtual event! We are very grateful for the technology that allowed us to recognise our finalists and winners and we congratulate them all once again.
And the winners are:
Manufacturing, Production and Processing, sponsored by Steel-it Framing Ltd - Imagination Distilling
Hospitality, Entertainment and Tourism, sponsored by Air Chatham - Handmaid
Professional and Business Services, or Technology, sponsored by Graphic Press & Packaging - Tall Poppy Real Estate
Not for Profit, Community and Public Services, sponsored by Kapinua - Kāpiti Youth Support - KYS
Retail, sponsored by New World Foxton - Paulas Home & Living
New/Emerging Award, sponsored by Kāpiti Coast Chamber of Commerce - Leith Consulting Ltd
Small Business Award, sponsored by NZME - Foxx & Filly Homestaging
Innovation Award, sponsored by Templeton Group - Paulas Home & Living
Sustainability Award, sponsored by Recreational Services - We Love Local
Kāpiti Top Shop, sponsored by Vodafone - Kāpiti Youth Support - KYS
Horowhenua Top Shop, sponsored by Vodafone - Steeds Pharmacy
Kāpiti Hall of Fame, sponsored by Kāpiti Coast District Council - Wilson Lattey
Horowhenua Hall of Fame, sponsored by Horowhenua District Council - Bruce Little
Lifetime Membership, sponsored by Business Kāpiri Horowhenua - GTB Solutions LTD - Mark Ternent
Electra Business of the Year, sponsored by Electra - Paulas Home & Living
Charlotte from PomPom Events and Marketing - the Programme Manager commented, 2021 once again provided us with a challenging environment to run events but we have loved the fact that this also provided us with an opportunity to be innovative and bring the event to our business communities in an accessible and inventive way. The online event has meant that we have been able to engage with a host of local businesses and viewers that may not have attended the live event, making it more accessible and sharing the news of our 2021 winners even further. We are grateful to our AV partners - Vidcom, who provided us with the technology to deliver the event as well as our partners, sponsors, speakers, finalists and winners who all embraced the idea and got on board with delivering the event in an entirely new way - our thanks go to them as well as a huge congratulations to the 2021 winners!
