Come On Medway - Don't be Shy
 Tim Levey, chairman of judges offers insight into his demanding job
With the 25th anniversary year of the Medway Business Awards over, it is time to look back and compare this year with others from the past. Given the economic climate, we approached this year's judging with just a little trepidation. What if Medway's best businesses were too tied up with the recession to even enter, would we have so few entries that we have to put every entrant into the final? What would that mean for next year?
Of course, the Awards, like many of Medway's businesses have come through recessions before and are now stronger than ever as gauged by the quality of this year's entrants and finalists. From the finalists that we visited this year, I can say that we did not have second thoughts about any of them afterwards. They were all worthy finalists and as a group were the strongest that I have seen in recent years.
Quite a few of them are what I would call the "quiet successes" of Medway. They look after their clients and customers with care and ingenuity, but do not make a lot of noise about it. As judges of the Awards we are happy to do some shouting for them.
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