New Awards Format for Export Awards Celebrates Businesses of All Shapes and Size

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Eleven companies will be honoured for their success in exporting at the Nova Scotia Export Achievement Awards, June 12.

This year’s 34th annual awards received a record number of applications under a revised format. Now, with five new categories, the awards will honour and celebrate businesses of diversity, new and innovating exporters, and those excelling nationally and internationally.

This year’s keynote speaker is Ross Simmonds, a digital marketing strategist, entrepreneur, and founder of Foundation Marketing. Simmonds will speak to his global experiences under the topic of, Embracing the Chaos: How to create opportunity from smart experiments.

“We’re proud to present a new and updated format for the awards, which includes shining a spotlight on the new, and diverse companies championing export in our province,” said Laurel Broten, president and CEO of Nova Scotia Business Inc.

“Exporters in our province are working tirelessly to sell Nova Scotia goods and services to the world, and we’re excited to celebrate their accomplishments through the awards.”

This year’s awards and nominees include:

New Exporter Champion of the Year:
Nominees:
— Dormie Workshop, Halifax
— Passive Design Solutions, Hubley, Halifax Regional Municipality
— Spring Loaded Technology, Dartmouth

Business of Diversity Champion of the Year:
Nominees:
— Eleanor Beaton and Company Communications, Windsor
— My Home Apparel, Truro
— Passive Design Solutions, Hubley, Halifax Regional Municipality

Canadian Market Champion of the Year:
Nominees:
— NOVACAD Systems Inc., Dartmouth
— Shree Ganesh, Bridgewater
— Tony’s Meats, Antigonish

International Market Champion of the Year:
Nominees:
BlueLight Analytics, Halifax
— InterTalk Critical Information Systems, Dartmouth
— NeoCon, Dartmouth

Innovation in Business Champion of the Year:
Nominees:
— BlueLight Analytics, Halifax
— InterTalk Critical Information Systems, Dartmouth
— Tony’s Meats, Antigonish

In addition to the awards, there will be two free business workshops hosted at Pier 21’s Windsor Foundation Classroom:
— 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. – Making Global Feel Like Local: Growing your business through e-commerce
— 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m – Harnessing Data Intelligence: What is your business desperately trying to tell you?

The awards luncheon will take place from noon to 2 p.m. at Kenneth C. Rowe Hall, Pier 21, 1055 Marginal Rd., Halifax.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://www.novascotiabusiness.com/export-achievement-awards .

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Source: Release