White Rock and South Surrey businesses are among top-five finalists for the 13th Annual Small Business BC Awards.
Businesses – there were 535 nominees from 71 communities – were nominated and voted on between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30. Those with the highest number of votes in each award category were announced as semi-finalists on Dec. 11.
Semiahmoo Peninsula businesses made the top-five list – announced Friday (Jan. 29) – in the Best Online Marketer category.
South Surrey's Glitter & Spice and The Counselling Group in White Rock are vying against Vancouver's 6S Marketing Inc, Port Moody's Butter Studios and Sunberry Fitness of Richmond.
Surrey's Solid Rock Steel Fabricating Co. Ltd. is a finalist for Best Apprentice Training.
The finalists have been invited to present a 10-minute pitch to judges to prove themselves as B.C.'s best.
Winners are to be announced Feb. 25 at the Small Business BC Awards Ceremony at the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel.
For more information, visit www.sbbcawards.ca