The Swift Current & District Chamber of Commerce hosted their 20th Spirit of Swift Current Business Excellence Awards (SCBEX) on Friday evening.

Aiming to highlight local business, the awards saw 10 awards handed out to businesses and individuals that were nominated by the general public.

The event was hosted in the Living Sky Casino, also won a SCBEX award during the night.

The winners of each of the 10 awards are as follows.

New business of the year - Olea Oil and Vinegar Tasting Room

Member Business of the Year - Living Sky Casino

Small Business of the Year - Sputtergotch Toy Company

Medium Business of the Year - Great West Auto Electric / Bumper to Bumper

Large Business of the Year - Ag Growth International

Not-For-Profit Business of the Year - Swift Current Ag & Ex

Citizen of the Year - Larry Johnson

Hall of Fame Inductee - MNP LLP

Employer of Persons with Disabilities - Giant Tiger

Home Based Business - JAG Landscaping & Yard Maintenance

Karla Wiens, the CEO of the Swift Current & District Chamber of Commerce, said that this year's awards had their largest amount of nominations in the history of the two-decade-old event.

"We had a record-breaking number of nominations this year, we started the awards season a little bit early, opened up nominations in July, so everyone had all summer to think about who they wanted to nominate, and we just like to kind of keep the momentum going for the nominees, they can use it to promote their businesses I'm hoping, that's the goal."

Wiens went on to say that the amount of support businesses received through nominations was amazing.

"It's amazing how our community supports people when they think it's deserved, so I encourage everyone (to) take that time to give somebody a pat on the back as I was saying through the awards season, it takes seconds to recognize excellence, a few minutes to write something down on paper, and you can really make someone's day or year."

According to Wiens, the awards winners are picked from the list of finalists by a board of past SCBEX awards winners.