About 20 of Hawke's Bay's top businesses have a nervous wait to find out who will come out on top at Friday's annual Pan Pac Hawke's Bay Business Awards.
Hawke's Bay Chamber of Commerce Wayne Walford said the number of entries this year was slightly up on last year with awards to be given across four categories.
Those include the EIT – Small Business award for small businesses employing one to five full-time equivalents, the Chartered Accountants Australia and NZ award for small to medium businesses, with six to 20 FTEs.
There is also the NZME award for medium to large business employing 21-35 FTEs, as well as the Great Things Grow Here award for businesses with 36 or more FTEs.
Mr Walford said in addition to that, there would also be the Linden Estate Winery Leadership Award and the overall Pan Pac Business of the Year award.