Sydney chamber announces award nominees

The Sydney Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the nominees for this year’s Excellence in Business awards.

Seventeen awards will be handed out Tuesday evening at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre in Sydney.

Now in its 28th year, the awards gala recognizes the hard work of business owners and operators in their field of expertise.

The nominees are:

Export Achievement Award

• Ubique

• Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design • A&L Seafoods

Best Immigrant Entrepreneur Award

• Mezza

• Fiddler’s Lake B&B/MacHoll IT Services • Mian’s

Best Social Enterprise Business Award

• Pathways to Employment

• Best of Cape Breton Gift Shop • Pan Cape Breton Food Hub Outstanding Customer Service Award

• Curtis Curvel Contractor

• City Print +

• AMC Arts and Entertainment Award

• Lumiere

• Louisburg Playhouse

• Savoy Theatre Community Sector Award

• Loaves & Fishes

• Undercurrents Youth Centre

• Every Woman’s Centre Chamber Member of the Year Award

• Sydco Fuels

• Connors Basics

• Sydney Credit Union Financial Services Award

• CBDC

• TD Canada Trust

• BDC Professional Services Award

• Breton Law

• CBCL

• Breton CPA Rising Star Award

• Novastream

• Doktor Luke’s

• Escape Outdoors Jack Yazer Young Entrepreneur of the Year

• Brittany Woodworth (Timeless Moments)

• Tyrone Levingston (Cape Breton Highlanders Basketball)

• Ashley MacKenzie (Grassfire Films) Irving Schwartz Business Person of the Year

• Al Pace

• Marjorie Fougere

• Kirk MacRae CBRM Ambassador of Year Bernadette MacNeil Frankie MacDonald Tyrone Levingston