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10 Reasons to enter your business in the 30th Northland Business Excellence Awards

I remember the day I turned 30 thinking that my life had just about ended and that I was officially old.

Little did I know then, but having a few years under my belt was actually quite good. Being older has many advantages. My favorite one is that I get automatic respect without earning it. Other benefits are that your investment in health insurance finally begins to pay off and of course in a hostage situation, you're likely to be released first.

Youth is definitely wasted on the young!

2007 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Northland Business Awards.

This Event has been run by the Northland Chamber of Commerce for 30 years in various guises. The common thread being a celebration of business’s, people and companies who risk capital to enable the wheels of the economy to turn.

We have a special event planed this year to celebrate Northland Business and honour some of those past winners.

All Businesses need to consider entering these awards. To help you with your decision we are giving you 10 reasons why you should contact us for entry details.

Going through the awards process gives you an in-depth understanding of your business
The awards process is an external benchmarking opportunity – How does your business stack up against other businesses.
The act of entering the awards moves your business closer to best practice in all areas
Feedback provided to you by judges helps it become focused on continuous business improvement
An award puts your business name out there. Your business receives external recognition and marketing leverage.
Winning a category confirms your business reputation for quality, leadership and innovation
Preparation of an award provides a common goal for your employees and is an excellent way of improving staff morale.
Winning awards boosts staff self-esteem.
Wining awards can lead to new contracts and bottom line improvements.
The awards process is a great networking opportunity with other quality businesses.

On another note we have our AGM on the 28th February 2007.

Worthy of note is the fact that we will have the first Election for board members that we have had for some time. There are more nominations than available vacancies which demonstrates that Northland Business people want to contribute to a healthy vibrant economy and are taking responsibility by putting themselves forward for a position on our board.

All the nominees are excellent Northlanders and leaders in their chosen field and the hard part will be making the decision at the AGM. Profiles of all people nominated for election can be found on the Chamber website.

2007 will see the Northland Chamber become heavily involved in advocacy issues and encouraging change, development and investment to build the Northland Economy on what is becoming an excellent place to do business.
The Northland Chamber looks forward to catching up with all our members at the AGM or during the year at one of the 40 – 50 events that we have planned this year.


The Northland Chamber of Commerce is the networking, education, advocacy and marketing group for Northland business, and is part of a nationwide network of 30 and a world-wide movement of 21,000 chambers. Subscription to the free fortnightly chamber e-news can be arranged on info@northchamber.co.nz. Enquiries to 09-4384771 or www.northchamber.co.nz, www.kaiparachamber.co.nz and www.farnorthchamber.co.nz

You can have a say on this by going to the Northland Chamber of Commerce Feedback website on www.northchamber.blogspot.com