We won the Grand Prize in the Business Growth category of the Tokushima New Business Support Awards 2024

Jan 17, 2025
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Tokushima Business Challenge Messe 2024 (sponsored by the Tokushima Business Challenge Messe Executive Committee) was held from Thursday, November 7th to Friday, November 9th, 2024, and Southwood Co., Ltd. won the Grand Prize in the Business Growth category of the Tokushima New Business Support Award 2024.

The purpose of this contest is to foster the entrepreneurial spirit of starting new businesses in Tokushima Prefecture and to create success stories.

Please check here for details.

https://challenge-messe.com/1296

◼︎Contact Information

info@southwood.co.jp

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