CADE Marbella
Avd. Ricardo Soriano 66,
29600 Marbella, Málaga
cade.marbella@andaluciaemprende.es
951 27 02 01
Winners of the Costa del Sol Business Awards 2009
Based on theory that rewards for good practices are the best challenge for the Andalusian business community, CADE Marbella, the business support centre of the Junta de Andalucia, celebrates every year the Costa del Sol Business Awards in close cooperation with the Malaga Chamber of Commerce and the international department of Unicaja.
Through the organisation of these prestigious business awards CADE Marbella aims to honour, support and promote the foreign business community of Andalucia through six categories. And the winners for year 2009 have been:
Business Promotion of Andalusia: Plush World
Promoting the online development and helping with the marketing needs of local businesses is the aim of Plush World. They provide low cost solutions in the audio visual sector to satisfy the growing demand for high quality Virtual Tours, Photography, Videos and Web Presence, achieving a model which is highly cost effective (through the use of Search Engine Optimization) and very versatile, which have contributed to an extraordinary promotion of our region.
Innovation: Kálida Producciones
The innovation award has gone in 2009 to this audiovisual production company, based in Málaga, dedicated to conventional and non-conventional audiovisual products. Produces regular tv programmes for mayor broadcasters and innovates in the field of non-conventional television through R&D projects with the support of the Junta de Andalucia and the Ministry of Culture. It combines its traditional production to develop its new business area in the non-conventional market.
Integration in Andalusia: Marbella Design Academy
State recognised by the Ministry of Education of the Junta de Andalucia, the academy was founded in 1995. It is an International Design Academy offering design educations at 1 year, 2 years or 3 years to students coming from all over the World. More than 33 different nationalities are represented. The courses offered vary from Interior Design, Graphic Design, Fashion Design to Web Design. The new beautiful Academy building, of near 2000m2 on a 10.000m2 plot, is situated in Monda, with capacity for 200 students.
Business Association: British Chamber of Commerce in Spain
The British Chamber of Commerce is a non profit organisation that promotes trade relations between the UK and Spain, as well as providing business opportunities for its members. Founded in 1908, the Chamber today has strong roots throughout Spain with members ranging from large MNCs to individual entrepreneurs. They offer these members an extensive platform from which to network, build business relation ships and gain visibility. The Andalusia delegation founded in 2007 is at present welcoming an increasing number of members based on the Costa del Sol, for whom they provide vast opportunities for business growth and development.
Young Entrepreneur: Terra Sana
Poised to become a leading eco/healthy restaurant, this is a Marbella-based innovative restaurant chain, active in Costa del Sol for 10 years. It has created a solid brand, a tremendously loyal client base (especially among foreigners) and is preparing its national and international expansion, following numerous franchises requests from all over the world. The company is currently operating 8 restaurants, from Estepona to Fuengirola. It has opened 4 locations in 2009 despite the economic crisis and created many jobs, employing around 100 people. It is analyzing potential locations in Malaga, Gibraltar and Madrid.
Company of the Year: CWA Internet España
As an internet advertising company they have customers across all countries in Europe operating from the Costa del Sol. They are also developing e-commerce in Spain and combine a variety of nationalities with their in-depth skills, innovative approaches and client service second to none in the online marketing industry. The business model of CWA Internet España includes partnering their International client base (Spanish, UK, USA, German, Austrian, French, Serbian etc.) as if each client's business is their own. The work of CWA Internet España includes developing innovative, cost effective and profitable online advertising campaigns across the main search engines. Additionally CWA offers SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) which focuses also on making their client's companies more profitable by targeting useful, converting keywords to become higher in the natural search listings. Online press releases are done on behalf of clients which sometimes are picked up by the Google News, as well as informative articles to create SEO links and attract more customers.
