FOUR businesses, ranging from a golf club to a major energy supplier, are celebrating after being honoured at awards ceremonies or coming out on top in customer surveys.

Rushmore Golf Club in Tollard Royal has seen its stewards, Ben and Anne Brown, named Stewards of the Year at the Clubhouse Magazine Awards.

Corporate finance specialist Jelf, which has an office in Ringwood, has been named Best Health Insurance Intermediary and Best International Medical Insurance Intermediary at the annual Health Insurance Magazine Awards.

And at the 2007 AIM (Alternative Investment Market) Awards dinner it received the Communication Award for the way in which it communicates information to shareholders.

Financial advisers, accountants and investment managers Smith & Williamson, who have an office in Salisbury, have been named Large Firm of the Year at this year's Accountancy Age Awards for Excellence. The awards, now in their 13th year, celebrate success and achievement across the industry.

And Southern Electric, which supplies energy to customers in Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset, has been given top marks for customer service in three surveys.

Last year, Rushmore Clubhouse was one of six finalists in the Clubhouse of the Year category at the Clubhouse Magazine awards, but was pipped at the post.

This year Mr and Mrs Brown, who spent 15 years as licensees in Dorset before joining the club in 2002, were shortlisted for Stewards of the Year and brought the top prize home.

Andrew Grigg, commercial director of Jelf, said his company was delighted to have won the three awards, the credit for which everyone shared.

"Our healthcare team has led the way in advising companies on how to structure their health insurance packages to minimise absenteeism and maximise efficiency, and these awards recognise our achievements," he said.

Susan Shaw, head of Smith & Williamson's Salisbury office, said everyone was thrilled with the Accountancy Age award.

"To win against such strong and respected competition is indeed an honour," she said.

"Most importantly, this award recognises our staff, whose hard work and dedication has made winning possible."

Smith & Williamson has also won awards for private client excellence, including Best High Net Worth Tax Team (LexisNexis Taxation Awards) and Private Client Accountancy Firm of the Year (In Brief High Net Awards).

Southern Electric was praised in JD Power and Associates' 2007 UK Electricity and Gas Supplier Customer Satisfaction Study, uSwitch.com's Customer Satisfaction Report, and the quarterly supplier performance report by Energywatch.