THE winners of the Business Women Awards will be revealed in a glittering ceremony tonight.
The three finalists in each of the 15 categories are invited to the Grand Awards do at the Langtry Manor Hotel in Bournemouth.
Tara Howard, managing director of the Langtry Manor and Jackie Phillipson of P-PR Media Solutions, created the awards in 2010 to recognise the efforts of business women in Dorset and the New Forest.
You can see all the finalists below and follow tweets from the Business Women Awards Twitter account in the build-up to the bash this evening.
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Kate Johnson – Smiley Booth
Ces Loftus – Supportive Business Mums
Hayley Jones – Sweetcheeks Bakehouse
Heart Employee of the Year
Carly Thompson – Basepoint
Alison Taylor – City Centre Recruitment
Maria Seabright – Greendale Construction
REAL Employer of the Year
Linda Tazzyman – Number 9
Jacqui Walter – City Centre Recruitment
Hollie Gordon – Forever Gorgeous
Bournemouth Chamber Lifetime Achievement
Susan Ferguson – Nova Cleaners
Sharon Canning – Move on Rentals
Frances Cornelius – Variety Club Wessex
HG Walker PA Award
Michelle Canning – Platinum Property Partners
Christine Baker – Greendale Construction
Karen Ambler – What Alice Found
Jobshop Special Woman Award
Paula Giles – The Party Plan Guru
Ces Loftus – Supportive Business Mums & the Light Direction
Helen Reed – Nordcat
WIBN Business Woman of The Future
Hannah Arkell – ‘Belle Enfants’
Brogan Mooney – Brockenhurst College
Kristi Longridge – Bournemouth University
Granite Transformations High Achiever
Fiona McArthur – Quality Solicitors D’Angibau
Jacqui Walter – City Centre Recruitment
Helen Wilson – Academy of Exercise Studies
Princecroft Willis Entrepreneur
Keeley Fox – Di Lusso Interiors
Ali Carter – The Work Shop
Kate Johnson – Smiley Booth
Natwest New Business
Tracy Franklin – Muddy Puddles
Charlotte Bennett – Every Cloud
Claire Adersley – Number 83
The FSB Small Business Award
Sue Cowell – Cobweb Knits
Joanna Davies – The Gilded Teapot
Sally Tanner – Dorset Counselling
Soroptimist International of Poole Home Based Business
Helen Banfield – Body Matters
Jennie Langridge – Clevercow cakes
Katharine Cleall – Travel Counsellor
Bournemouth Town Dot Com Business Award
Zoe Frinskney and Jane Kelly – Nellypepper.co.uk
Nicola Massieu-Cowland – ShoeDevotion.co.uk
Nicki Grainger – TheCherrycloset.com
Lexus Green Award
Jennie Langridge – Clevercow cakes
Melissa Smith – Enas Florists
Denise Wright – Janine Pattison Garden Design
Chapter 2 Lifetime of Excellence
Jo Pritchard – BSG
June Sear – Meyrick Estates
Irene Richards – Talbot Heath
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