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All the winners from KOS Media's £1m challenge
Countywide publishing group KOS Media staged its inaugural £1 Million Business Challenge Awards this week.

The publisher of Kent on Sunday, Kent on Saturda, the popular midweek Yourlocals series, Tunbridge Wells on Saturday and Tunbridge Wells on Sunday, as well as websites under the www.kentnews.co.uk banner, conceived the challenge early this year.

Managing director Paul Stannard said: “We wanted to encourage businesses and organisations to stand up in the face of the downturn and show that Kent’s business community is determined to thrive and not just survive.

“We challenged them to give us a reason to help them reach out to more of their customers and communities with our £1m     advertising and marketing prize fund.”

More than 200 entries were received from firms and organisations large and small, all looking to impress the judges with their passion, drive and vision.

The results were:

• Charity Award Winner: Council for the Protection of Rural England, Kent.
Highly Commended: RSPCA Isle of Thanet branch incorporating East Kent Animal Centre, the Aspinall Foundation and the Caldecott Foundation.

• New Business/Product Award Winner: Move ’n’ Smooth. Highly Commended: UBLOW, Herne Bay Mobility and Mediterranean Direct.

• Innovation Award Winner: Charity Bank. Highly Commended: Scents of Time, TextQube and Jali.

• Public Sector Award Winner: Fulston Manor School. Highly Commended: Education Sense and Kent Youth Theatre.

• Community Award Winner: Kent and Medway Biological Records Centre. Highly Commended: Theatre Royal, Margate.

• Employer Award Winner: Charity Bank.  Highly Commended: D&D Autos, GerrardWhite and Porchlight.

• Leisure and Tourism Award Joint Winners: The Secret Gardens of Sandwich and Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust. Highly Commended: The Bell Hotel and Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest.

• Retailer Award Winner: Macknade Fine Foods. Highly Commended: Ecorium, Jali and Heading Up The Aisle.

• Service Award Winner: Basepoint. Highly Commended: Housemartins and Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust.

• Training and Staff Development Award Winner: South East Coachworks. Highly Commended: GerrardWhite, Kent Trainers, Unlimited Potential and Porchlight.
Posted on : 30/10/2009 09:14:56
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Added: Monday 09/11/2009 09:28:14 UK
Please note our business should be referred to as Jali Home Design and not just Jali - (we were awarded Highly commended twice in the Business Awards) Many thanks Maureen Willson
Maureen Willson, Canterbury, Kent
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