Piako Post

Business night set in September

- KATRINA TANIRAU

Join the Matamata-Piako District Council along with business people from across the district for a night of great food, networking, and entertainm­ent featuring keynote speaker Teresa Gattung, former CEO of Telecom and co-founder of My Food Bag.

The 2016 Business Night Out is set to take place on Thursday September 1 at the Matamata Memorial Centre from 5.30pm and provides an opportunit­y to recognise the efforts and success of local businesses.

Nomination­s have now closed for the Gull Customer Service Award. The top four finalists will go to a public vote from Wednesday August 3 - Friday August 12.

This year the Bayleys Business Excellence Award is recognisin­g top businesses in the district, with the winners receiving a $1500 Mediaworks radio advertisin­g voucher.

Businesses are invited to put themselves forward and enter.

All entries of this award will be judged by a panel of business experts who will choose the finalists and one winner for each of the Te Aroha, Matamata and Morrinsvil­le areas.

Nomination­s close on Wednesday August 3.

The keynote speaker is Teresa Gattung.

She worked in senior marketing roles at National Mutual and the Bank of New Zealand before taking up her role at Telecom (now Spark) New Zealand.

Gattung was the first woman to run a large New Zealand public company and lead them through world-changing technology developmen­ts. During her tenure as CEO Gattung led Telecom through worldchang­ing technology developmen­ts.

Ticket sales close on Monday August 15, if not sold out prior so get in quick. Last year’s tickets to the event were sold out with a crowd of almost 300 people attended last year’s district business awards.

Tickets are non-refundable, however you may arrange for transfer of your tickets.

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