Global consulting company Great Places to Work recently named Arcos Dorados, McDonald’s largest franchisee and brand operator in Latin America, among the best employers in the region.
Twenty local companies are in the running to win this year’s U.S. Secretary of Defense’s “Employer Support Freedom Award,” the agency’s highest recognition for employers supporting members of the National Guard and Reserve.
Despite the ups and downs it had in 2010, Banco Popular has been selected Puerto Rico’s “Bank of the Year” by “The Banker” magazine, a highly respected publication in circulation since 1926 and run by the Financial Times.
The Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals recently bestowed its Platinum Award to The Big Think Group a local public relations, communications and marketing firm, for its work with pharmaceutical Merck.
Readers of Smart Meetings magazine, a monthly publication for meetings and convention planners, have chosen the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau as a winner of the 8th Annual 2011 Platinum Choice Award.
Natural Awakenings-Puerto Rico magazine held its “Natural Choice” awards this weekend, bestowing its “Yummy Award” (Local Edible Product), to Orgánica Yogurt and its founder, Antonio Castro-Barreto. It is the second time the entrepreneur has received the distinction, and his company is the only one in Puerto Rico to have it, Orgánica officials said.
Local software developer Fusionworks recently received an international award from SAP, picking it as the regional winner during a recent business partners annual meeting in Mexico.
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