Small businesses all over Vancouver Island are in the running for this year’s Better Business Bureau Torch Awards.
From Victoria to Campbell River, Island businesses have been nominated by their customers for the awards. The annual awards are intended to let people recognize a local business for outstanding commitment to honest and ethical business practices, and customer service excellence.
In total 52 Island businesses have been nominated across all sectors, from the trades to insurance and everything in between. Finalists were chosen by an independent panel of volunteer judges.
Winners will be announced in 15 different categories at an awards gala on November 1 at the Union Club of BC.
The nominees are (in alphabetical order):
- 40 Knots Winery (Courtenay)
- Aerotherm Solutions Ltd. (Campbell River)
- Assured Asbestos Abatement Ltd. (Powell River)
- Auxilium Mortgage Corporation (Victoria)
- B.J.’S Cleaning (Comox)
- Big O Tires Victoria (Victoria)
- Bin There Dump That (Duncan)
- Birch Bark Builders Inc. (Victoria)
- Black Fern Plumbing and Gas Ltd. (Sooke)
- CBS Masonry Ltd. (Victoria)
- CBS Stoneworks (Victoria)
- Clark Brothers Flooring (Victoria)
- Coastal Heat Pumps (Sidney)
- Coastal Shores Window Cleaning (Victoria)
- Comfort Keepers (Victoria)
- D&D Clean Exteriors Ltd. (Nanaimo)
- Drain Pro Plumbing (Victoria)
- Emerson Exteriors Ltd. (Victoria)
- Enerheat Windows (Victoria)
- Gideon Plumbing and Drain Services (Duncan)
- Gladiator Drywall Ltd. (Sooke)
- Green City Glass Ltd. (Victoria)
- High Definition Roofing Ltd. (Duncan)
- HomeWise Plumbing & Drainage Services Ltd. (Victoria)
- Island Dream Kitchens (Sidney)
- Island Walk in Tubs Renovation (Victoria)
- Kathleen’s Yoga-in-a-Chair (Victoria)
- Kyla Kleaning & Contracting Ltd. (Victoria)
- Luv-A-Rug Services Inc. (Victoria)
- M&N Mattress & Sofa (Parksville)
- Mikus Transport (Parksville)
- Noble Roofing Ltd. (Victoria)
- Oasis Landscape Design (Victoria)
- Parker Johnston Industries Ltd. (Saanichton)
- Pride Painting Ltd. (Nanaimo)
- Prioritas Property Services (Victoria)
- Pro Sweep Plus (Victoria)
- Ruffell & Brown Window Fashions (Victoria)
- ServiceXCEL (Nanaimo)
- Soare Contracting Inc. (Victoria)
- Tedford Garage Doors (Victoria)
- Tellwell Talent Inc. (Victoria)
- The Bride’s Closet (Nanaimo)
- The Comfort Group (Nanaimo)
- Total Prepare Inc. (Victoria)
- Triple R Construction Inc. (Victoria)
- Van Isle Windows Ltd. (Victoria)
- Victoria Tank Service Ltd. (Victoria)
- Waterworks Irrigation and Landscaping Inc. (Victoria)
- Waypoint Insurance Services Inc. (Victoria)
- Western Canada Security (Victoria)
- You Move Me – Vancouver Island (Victoria)
Visit the BBB’s website for more information about the Torch Awards.