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Form NZ takes out supreme title

Form Building and Developments
Manufacturing/Distribution
Westpac Business of the Year 2008

AS a new company with young owner/directors, Form Building & Developments tended to be overly critical of its own performance and procedures, says its CEO Shannon Moyle.

‘‘We believed in ourselves, but had never been able to measure ourselves against other businesses, rather than just our building peers,’’ he says in explaining the reasons for entering the Westpac business awards.

But by any measure, Form is now first class as the newly crowned winner of the Westpac Business of the Year
2008 Award.

‘‘The competition is huge in the building sector, with different levels of finish and service.

‘‘We always knew our standards would pay off. We put up against the best, and came out on top,’’ says Shannon.

With fellow owner/directors Matt Sands and Andy Dew, he has taken the company created by the 2007 merger of Moyle Construction and Eaton Developments to the top; making it as a finalist in four categories:

    Manufacturing/Distribution Award, which it won, and
    Community Service/Social Responsibility Award;
    Workplace Safety Award; and
    Excellence in Brand, Marketing and Design Award.

‘‘The judges asked some pretty heavy questions,’’ recalls Shannon. ‘‘There was us up against eight or nine judges.

‘‘The Business of the Year award benchmarks the professional manner in which we go about our business, and such acknowledgement is vital for the market we are driving for.
 
’’Form specialises in top-end residential and commercial design and builds. ‘‘This award gives us exposure.
People know you have won the Business of the Year and it gives our clients a level of confidence, and gives us an edge over our rivals. It will certainly help our case where we are already in a tendering process.’’

He says another boost is the encouragement its gives to the whole team at Form to keep doing things well, and to keep improving.

‘‘It is magnificent to win it. We do try hard. The process pushed our people to look back at the core values that got us here, and to make it the basis for going forward. ‘‘Some are quite basic values — what the clients want and what our people love.’’ 

Shannon says it was ‘a big wow’ on the night, as the Form table was full of the people who had been a big driving force behind the entry process, people such as administration manager Julie James and business development manager Alan Winstanley.

‘‘Our wives were there as well. They are a real big part of what we do. Without their support, we wouldn’t have been able to achieve this.’’

And the winners were...

WESTPAC Business of the Year, sponsored by WestpacWinner: Form NZ
Finalists: Waihi Beach Top 10; Oasis Engineering

Community Service/Social Responsibility, sponsored by Beca
Winner: Holistic Veterinary Services
Finalists: House of Travel; Maketu Pies; Form NZ; Waihi Beach Top 10

Workplace Safety, sponsored by ACC
Winner: Oasis Engineering
Finalist: Form NZ

Brand Marketing and Design, sponsored by Wave Design
Winner: HOTmilk
Finalist: Form NZ

Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship, sponsored by James and Wells
Winner: Simple As Refunds
Finalists: House of Travel; Yours Truly Portraits; Oasis Engineering

Customer Service, sponsored by TrustPower
Winner: Hotel on Devonport
Finalists: Brookfield New World; Coastline Honda

Business Leader of the Year, sponsored by Zespri
Winner: Neil Craig

Community Organisation, sponsored by BOP Polytechnic
Winner: Homes of Hope
Finalists: Te Puna Quarry Park; Creative Tauranga

Retail Excellence, sponsored by United Travel Corporate
Winner: House of Travel
Finalist: Simple as Refunds

Service Excellence, sponsored by United Travel Corporate
Winner: Carmel Country Estate
Finalist: Boffa Miskell

Tourism, sponsored by Tourism BOP
Winner: Waihi Beach Top 10
Finalist: Hotel on Devonport

Emerging Business, sponsored by Cooney Lees Morgan
Winner: Modern Office
Finalists: Yours Truly Portraits; Datasafe New Zealand

Manufacturing/Distribution, sponsored by Bay Engineers Supplies Ltd & Hose Supplies
Winner: Form NZ
Finalists: Maketu Pies; HOTmilk

Business Growth, sponsored by Connell Wagner
Winner: Oasis Engineering
Finalist: Grindz Café

 

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