Shortlisted businesses

The 2012 Belfast Business Awards received entries of the highest calibre across the 11 award categories, making the job of the independent judging panel very difficult.

Shortlisted businesses for each of the 11 award categories are highlighted below.

This year, the winner of the Best Hospitality Business, Young Business Person of the Year and Business Person of the Year award categories went to a public vote.

Winners were announced at a Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Thursday 8 November 2012 at Belfast City Hall.

Categories
Award	Shortlisted	Sponsored by
Best New Business	Belfast Cookery School belfastcookeryschool.com The Undie Factory undiefactory.co.uk The MAC themaclive.com JMD Training www.jmdtraining.com OMG Software Ltd www.briefed.pro Scottish Provident Building www.scottishprovidentbuilding.co.uk Bespoke Belfast www.bespokebelfast.com	Telephone: 08456 080 088 Email: furtherinfo@firmusenergy.co.uk Web: www.firmusenergy.co.uk

Best Business Expansion	The Cookery School at James Street South www.jamesstreetsouth.co.uk/Cookery-School Marlborough Engineering Ltd www.marlborough-eng.com The Zip Yard www.thezipyard.com The Mount Charles Group www.mountcharles.com Seopa Ltd www.seopa.com TODD Architects www.toddarch.co.uk Firstsource Solutions www.firstsource.com	Telephone: 028 9033 2499 Email: info@profilepublishing.com Web: www.profilepublishing.com

Best Social Economy Business	Puddleducks Day Nursery www.puddleducksnursery.org Ortus - The Business Development Agency www.ortus.org Clanmil Housing Association www.clanmil.org Ulster Supported Employment Ltd www.usel.co.uk East Belfast Mission www.ebm.org.uk Common Grounds Café www.commongrounds.co.uk	Telephone: 028 9052 9900 Email: information@detini.gov.uk

Best Green Business	Paperclip Architects www.papercliparchitects.com CastleCourt Shopping Centre www.castlecourt-uk.com Premier Bakeries Ltd www.premierfoods.co.uk Queens University www.qub.ac.uk Translink www.translink.co.uk IKEA www.ikea.com/gb/en/store/belfast East Belfast Mission www.ebm.org.uk	Telephone: 08457 455455 Email: business@powerni.co.uk Web: www.powerni.co.uk

Best Creative Business	Sixteen South Television www.sixteensouth.tv Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People www.cinemagic.org.uk Lyric Theatre Belfast www.lyrictheatre.co.uk Go Berserk www.go-berserk.com The MAC themaclive.com Kabosh www.kabosh.net	Telephone: 0800 181 4422 Web: www.investni.com

Customer Excellence - Retail	Equinox www.equinoxshop.com Oasis Travel www.oasis-travel.co.uk Skin Medi-Spa www.skinmedispa.co.uk Boojum Ltd www.boojummex.com The Beauty Company www.beautycompanybelfast.com RNIB NI Resource Centre www.rnib.org.uk/aboutus/contactdetails/nireland/rnibnishops/Pages/RNIB_NI_Shops.aspx	Telephone: 028 9023 4591 Web: www.castlecourt-uk.com

Best Hospitality Business	The Bar & Grill at James Street South www.belfastbargrill.co.uk Canteen at The MAC themaclive.com/visiting-the-mac/canteen/ Titanic Belfast Ltd www.titanicbelfast.com The Potted Hen www.thepottedhen.co.uk Greens Pizza greenspizza.com The John Hewitt www.thejohnhewitt.com	Telephone: 028 9023 1221 Email: info@nitb.com Web: www.discovernorthernireland.com

Best Business Innovation	Sixteen South Television www.sixteensouth.tv Go Berserk www.go-berserk.com Translink www.translink.co.uk Regency Print and Display www.regencyprint.com Connect Telecom www.connect-tele.co.uk	Telephone: 028 7012 3456 Web: www.ulster.ac.uk

Best International Trade	Sixteen South TV www.sixteensouth.tv OCO www.ocoglobal.com Andor Technology www.andor.com The Undie Factory theundiefactory.co.uk CEM Systems cemsys.com Delegate Recruitment delegaterecruitment.com	Telephone: 028 9088 2929 Web: www.barclays.co.uk

Young Business Person of the Year	Liam McStravick - Copius Group www.copiusgroup.co.uk Esme Porter - Suki Tea www.suki-tea.co.uk Neil Conlon - CPS www.cps-property.com William Barr - BillyGoat Entertainment Ltd www.billygoat.tv Rory McNaughton - Contract Services www.contractservicesni.com Claire Bradshaw - Titanic Belfast www.titanicbelfast.com	Telephone: 028 9032 2277 Email: marketing@victoriasquare.com Web: www.victoriasquare.com

Business Person of the Year	Trevor Annon - The Mount Charles Group www.mountcharles.com Michael Deane - Deanes www.michaeldeane.co.uk Tim Husbands - Titanic Belfast www.titanicbelfast.com Colin Williams - Sixteen South www.sixteensouth.tv	Web: www.dell.co.uk