Best New South Wales businesses vying for prestigious awards
Businesses providing niche products, including a schnapps distillery, a manufacturer of natural skin care products and a producer of pet products are among the 23 finalists in the 2013 Telstra NSW Business Awards.
Rufus & Coco, a Cremorne pet products business, iKOU, a Blue Mountains retailer and day spa that supplies natural skin care and body products that are sold to global hotel chains, and Australia’s only dedicated schnapps distillery, Snowy Mountains-based wildbrumby schnapps, are amoung this years’ finalists.
Others finalists include Sydney-based Five D Holdings, property and facility managers that manage more than 4000 leased properties covering two million square metres, Barker Ryan Stewart, a consultancy that provides developers with town planning, engineering and certification services, and LeadBolt, a Bondi Junction digital advertising leader whose technology serves five billion ads a month to customers in more than 100 countries.
Two inner city dance centres, the classical dance-focused Academy Ballet run by Sinead Vidler in Alexandria, and Darlinghurst’s Tropical Soul Dance Studio, whose owners Juan Ruiz and Josie Cote offer 35 classes a week in Latin dance styles, are also among the finalists.
Will Irving, Telstra Business Group Managing Director and Ambassador for the Telstra Australian Business Awards, said the range and experience of New South Wales businesses vying for this year’s awards was a positive sign for the growth of the local economy.
“The calibre of New South Wales finalists in this year’s awards is outstanding and goes to show why small and medium businesses are the backbone of Australia.
“It is so important that we recognise the businesses that support our local communities and celebrate the significant contribution they make by creating jobs, driving innovation and bringing their expertise and innovations to customers - locally and all over the world,” said Mr Irving.
The finalists for the 2013 Telstra New South Wales Business Awards are:
Start-Up Award
Bicycles Online – North Manly
Divine Creatures – Willoughby
LeadBolt – Bondi Junction
Tropical Soul Dance Studio – Darlinghurst
WiTH Collective – Sydney
Micro-Business Award
180 Nutrition – Randwick
Academy Ballet Pty Ltd – Alexandria
elevents – Annandale
Rufus & Coco Pty Ltd – Cremorne
Wicked Berries Pty Ltd – Coffs Harbour
wildbrumby schnapps distillery – Alpine Way Snowy Mountains
Small Business Award
Accounting & Taxation Advantage – Glenbrook
Barker Ryan Stewart – Norwest Business Park
Blue Eco Homes – Winmalee
iKOU – Blue Mountains
Marketing Mechanics – Alexandria
The Observatory – Port Macquarie
Medium Business Award
Australian Careers Business College – Parramatta
Booktopia – Lane Cove West
Fifth Quadrant – North Sydney
Five D Holdings Pty Ltd – Sydney
Nature’s Care Manufacture – Belrose
Tyro – Sydney CBD
Regional Award
Wicked Berries Pty Ltd – Coffs Harbour
wildbrumby schnapps distillery – Alpine Way Snowy Mountains
Blue Eco Homes – Winmalee
Accounting & Taxation Advantage – Glenbrook
iKOU – Blue Mountains
The Observatory – Port Macquarie
Winners of the 2013 Telstra New South Wales Business Awards will be announced in Sydney at Hilton Sydney on Tuesday 9 July.
They will share in more than $500,000 in cash grants and business products, which is split among state, territory and national winners, and proceed to the national awards in Sydney on 22 August, 2013.
Tickets to the event can be purchased by visiting the Telstra Business Awards website or calling 1800 AWARDS between 9am and 7pm AEST Monday to Friday.