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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4, 2017
Hoare appointed new director
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Community recognises 543 local businesses
GREATER Shepparton City Council has appointed Phillip Hoare as its new director infrastructure/city engineer, who began the role from Monday last week. Mr Hoare has a strong connection to Greater Shepparton having been born, raised and educated in the area. He also lives locally and comes from a family with a farming background in the area. Continued on page 15
BUSINESSES RECOGNISED… From left, White King-Pental production manager, Carmine Conte and engineering manager, Paul Moore are pleased to once again be the major sponsor for the 2017 White King-Pental 95.3 Triple M Business Awards. This year’s awards night of nights this Friday will see the winners of each of this year’s categories announced as well as the Hall of Fame recipient. Photo: Alicia Niglia.
100 businesses eagerly await naming of winners for 2017 White King – Pental 95.3 Triple M Business Awards ANOTHER successful year of paying recognition to the work that local businesses are doing concludes this Friday night. Each of the 100 finalists as part of the 2017 White King – Pental 95.3 Triple M Business Awards are eagerly awaiting who will be named victors of each of the categories, and who will come
out on top as this year’s Hall of Fame winner. Shepparton Chamber of Commerce and Industry executive officer, Lucy Cerrone said, “This year we have once again seen a rise in the number of nominations we received. In total we received over 543 nominations, which is almost 50 more than last year.
This is a really positive indication for the business awards because it highlights that our nomination processes are reaching ‘Greater Shepparton’ and going forward, this move will make our business community stronger in all areas. Continued on page 19