Two businesses win regional recognition

The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has congratulated two local business who have won regional recognition.

Home Instead Senior Care and Jasmine Greens cafe both won their categories at the Central Coast Business Excellence Awards held at Mingara Recreation Club on August 27.

Home Instead Senior Care won the Excellence in Business category and Jasmine Greens won the Excellence in Sustainability category.

"The Chamber is extremely proud of both businesses who were up against some stiff competition in order to win through their categories," said Chamber president Mr Matthew Wales.

"This is the first time that the Peninsula has won two categories at a regional level so it is a credit to Ms Jasmine Hopwood and her team at Home Instead Senior Care and Ms Gabby Greyem and her team at Jasmine Greens.

"Both these businesses now move onto the NSW State Awards which will be held in Sydney on November 25," he said.

The Chamber offered its congratulations to other local businesses who were nominated including Mr Isaac Adele from Yes Optus Woy Woy in the Young Entrepreneur category; Mr Bill Jackson from Ettalong Beach Diggers in the Business Leader category; Peninsula Villages in the Employer of Choice category and Excellence in Business Ethics category; and True Blue Quality Meats in Excellence in Small Business.

"It is a credit to all our Peninsula businesses who entered local Chamber Awards and those who moved through to the Central Coast Business Excellence Awards," Mr Wales said.

Email, 13 Sep 2016

Matthew Wales, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce