The Better Business Bureau of Arkansas on Monday named four winners of this year's Torch Awards, including two in Northwest Arkansas, for business ethics, standards, leadership and social responsibility and a special Spark Award for a newly opened business or young entrepreneurs.
The Stitt Group home solar energy company of Rogers, Secondhand Smoke barbecue caterer of Fayetteville, Roller Funeral Homes of Little Rock and Tipton & Hurst florist of Little Rock won the Torch Awards. Jacksonville's Leashes and Lashes dog-training service, which opened last year, won the Spark Award.
The Better Business Bureau (which has a torch as its logo) is a private, nongovernmental nonprofit that rates businesses on customer service, consumer protection, transparency and licensing. These are the Arkansas bureau's 10th Torch Awards; winners are entered into the running for this fall's International Torch Awards for Ethics.