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BUSINESS BEE’S KNEES 2010 LIFT TOP AWARDS

Parma Vintage, Evergreen Home Support and Remix Hairdressing, have won the Bee’s Knees Awards 2010 category titles in the seventh annual Greenock Chamber of Commerce business honours. Vintage clothing retailer Parma Vintage went on to lift the new overall Best Business title, as it celebrates its first year in business this month and gears up for a launch of its wholesale division, a first for Scotland.

Selected out of nine finalists across three categories, each winner picked up a unique hand crafted Bee’s Knees trophy, a cheque for £1,000 and certificate, at the special awards dinner in Greenock Town Hall. The category winners were:

Bee’s Knees Award for Emerging Business - Sponsored by Riverside Inverclyde (ri)
Winner - Parma Vintage, a Gourock-based vintage clothing retailer about to branch into the wholesale market
Finalists included - Remix Hairdressing, Renfrewshire Physiotherapy

Bee’s Knees Award for Community Spirit - Sponsored by James Watt Dock LLP
Winner - Evergreen Home Support, a Greenock-based social enterprise, which
encourages people to live life more fully, within the boundaries of their own physical and
mental capabilities
Finalists included - Inverclyde Association for Mental Health, Inverclyde Tourist Group,
T-Mobile (UK) Ltd

Bee’s Knees Award for Innovation & Excellence - Sponsored by Inverclyde Council
Winner - Remix Hairdressing, a Gourock-based hairdresser that has used innovative
techniques to develop new custom
Finalists included - Prontaprint, Sew Vintage

Community Spirit - Stepwell Consultancy Ltd

Emerging Business - AGM Group

Excellence -  Xircon Ltd

Innovation - PG Paper Company Ltd

Bee’s Knees Awards 2008

Best Service to Community – Greenock Arts Guild
Best Developed Business – The Hawthorne Boyle Partnership Ltd
Best Emerging Business – Synergy Civil Engineering Ltd

Bee’s Knees Awards 2006

Best Service to Community - Inverclyde Leisure
Best Developed Business - Blairs of Scotland Ltd
Best Emerging Entrepreneur - Invec Solutions Ltd

Bee’s Knees Awards 2005

Best Service to Community - Greenock Medical Aid Society
Best Developed Business - Royal Bank of Scotland Mortgage Centre
Best Emerging Entrepreneur - Pack-2-Solutions Ltd

Bee’s Knees Awards 2004

Best for Innovation/Growth - Cardwell Garden Nursery Centre
Best for Revival - Greenock Morton FC
Best for Service - White Bell Group

Photographs © Greenock Telegraph