BUSINESS MEMO: NOMINATIONS ARE SOUGHT

Nominations are now being accepted for Enterprise Awards for best business practices.

The awards, sponsored by Arthur Andersen Services, Boatmen's Bank, Johnson & Higgins of Missouri and the St. Louis Business Journal, will recognize emerging and mid-sized companies that have implemented a "best business practice" in one of four critical areas -- customer satisfaction, motivating and retaining employees, sharing knowledge in the organization, and fostering innovations.

The practice must have been in existence at least a year and must have led to demonstrable performance improvement (financially, operationally or otherwise).

Companies may nominate themselves or be nominated by a vendor or customer.

Additional information is available by contacting Arthur Andersen's Enterprise Awards office, (314)-425-3551, or 1-800-222-5257.