Forbes Bulgaria handed out for third consecutive year its business awards that distinguish good business practices and encourage the entrepreneurial spirit in Bulgaria.
Late last night on the official ceremony, realized with general sponsorship of BNP Paribas and the kind support of Gentlemen Jack and Ernst & Young, on January 14, 2014 in hotel Balkan in Sofia, Forbes announced in the presence of over 350 guests, the winners in the eight categories of Forbes Business Awards 2013. Guest of honor at the event was Mr. Sasho Donchev.
This year most presented were the companies from the information technology sector. The big winner is the technology company "Focus Scale," which won two firsts places – for client policy and business development, and second place in the category Best startup business, thanks to its innovative strategy and unique business practices. Among the finalists and winners excelled both large companies and small but dynamic companies with high growth potential.
The three finalists with the highest score in each category received special award and the winners – a statuette in addition. Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.
• Client Policy
I-st place SkeylFokus
II-nd place Happy
III-d place Denkstatt Bulgaria
• Business Development
I-st place Scale Focus
II-nd place MARS Armor
III-d place Sirma Solutions
• Excellence in Products
I-st place United Milk Company
II-nd place Walltopia
III-d place Zagorka
• Excellence in Services
I-st place Black Sea Rama
II-nd place AVO-Bell
III-d place Despark
• Employee of the Year
I-st place Nelly Malakova, Senior Specialist "Selection" in JobTiger
II-nd place Rumen Radushev, Head of "Mortgage Lending" in Postbank
III-d place Peter Luleov, senior designer at E-act
• Community Involvement Award
I-st place Vivacom
II-nd place Ucha.se
III-d place Globul
• Best Startup
I-st place Dzhampido
II-nd place Scale Focus
III-d place Operations Safety Guide
• People Development
I-st place Musala Soft
II-nd place Siemens Bulgaria
III-d place Publicis Bulgaria
Forbes Bulgaria presented three special awards – The Mall received for encouraging the consumption, Innovative concepts for shopping went to CMB Bulgaria and Family business development to Refan company.
All 131 received applications were evaluated according to the methodology of Forbes, ensuring the correctness of the final result of the 10-member jury of representatives of the business community
