Urgent Couriers Selected As Finalist In AUT Business Awards

Urgent Couriers Selected As Finalist In AUT Business School 2013 Excellence In Business Support Awards

Urgent Couriers has been selected as a finalist in the 2013 AUT Business School Excellence in Business Support Awards.

Recognised for excellence in the Business $5m - $10m turnover category, Urgent Couriers will join other finalists across 11 categories in this years’ AUT Excellence in Business Support Awards.

For Dean of AUT Business School Dr Geoff Perry, being aligned with the awards provides an important opportunity to build on the Schools existing engagement with industry.

Dr Perry said: “The Excellence in Business Support Awards are regarded highly among industry, providing organisations the chance to benchmark their performance alongside others in their field. As a Business School, it’s important for us to celebrate the businesses that contribute to the economic development of our region, so that together, we can continue to add value to the changing world of business.”

The robust entry and evaluation process of the awards enables finalists to reflect on how effectively their organisation achieves business excellence in all key areas including leadership and planning, customer and market focus, provision of business support, evaluation and improvement, and business results.

Finalists now have until 14 June to submit their final applications. The winners will then be announced on 5 September at a black-tie gala dinner in Auckland. The AUT Business School Supreme Award will be chosen from the category winners.

Evaluation of all entrants will be overseen by The New Zealand Business Excellence Foundation using the international Baldridge criteria. Evaluators are drawn from the Management Department of AUT Business School.

The Excellence in Business Support Awards are the only national performance measure available to New Zealand business support organisations.

Now into their eighth year the awards continue to produce high quality finalists from a large number of strong entries. The awards were set up in 2005 by Sarah Trotman, now Director of Business Relations at AUT Business School.

The 2013 finalists of the AUT Business School Excellence in Business Support Awards are:

Business under $5m turnover – Management Services

HRtoolkit
Valentine Addis
Stellar Consulting Group Ltd
Create IP

Business under $5m turnover – Sales & Marketing

Plato Design Agency
The Research Agency Ltd
Porter Novelli
Buzz Channel Ltd

Business under $5m turnover – Technology

Perceptive Insight Ltd
Aura RedEye Security Ltd
BigEars Ltd
The I.T. Team Ltd

Business $5m - $10m turnover

National Credit Insurance
Key Research Group
Urgent Couriers Ltd

Large Business $10m - $100m turnover

Kiwibank
Orbit Corporate Travel
Madison Recruitment
Qual IT Solutions Ltd
Advanced Security Group Ltd

Large Business $100m plus turnover

ANZ
DHL Express

Export Services

World Wide Access
ANZ
National Credit Insurance
AJ Park
DHL Express

Not for Profit

NZ SME Business Network
Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce
CPA Australia Ltd

Not for Profit - Large

Kea New Zealand
Auckland Chamber of Commerce
Marketing Association
Young Enterprise Trust

Government

CarboNZero
ATEED
Dunedin City Council Economic Development Unit
Ministry Of Education (Voluntary Pathways Programme)
Te Puni Kokiri (Maori Business Facilitation Service)

Leadership (Individual)

Brett O’Riley (ATEED)
Peter Townsend (CECC)
Sam Hazeldine (MedRecruit)
Annah Stretton (Her Business)

The AUT Business School Excellence in Business Support Awards are sponsored by Fuji Xerox, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, WHK, Idealog, Image Print and the New Zealand Business Excellence Foundation.

www.aut.ac.nz/business/ebsa

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