Finalists for Lake Macquarie awards announced

Finalists for Lake Macquarie awards announced

A broad range of businesses have been recognised in the finalist listing for the Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards.

Now in their third year, the awards are an initiative of the Business Growth Centre and recognise business excellence and celebrate the outstanding achievements of local businesses and their contribution to the Lake Macquarie community.

Business Growth Centre Manager, Brett Gleeson, said he was extremely pleased with the number of outstanding entries received across most of the categories this year.

“The Awards are demonstrating that many businesses in Lake Macquarie aspire to achieve excellence and the number of high quality entries received certainly validates this,” Brett said.

“To be selected as an Awards finalist is a valuable recognition of a business’ accomplishments so all finalists should be extremely proud of this achievement.”

Entrants who demonstrated a high level of excellence in their application were selected across 13 categories focusing on areas such as branding & marketing, business systems, workforce training and development, customer service, innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability. Finalists have also been selected for two of the three Major Awards.

Winners will be announced at the Awards Gala Dinner which will be held on Saturday, 12 July 2014 at Belmont 16s. The prize pool currently exceeds $59,000, all of which has been generously donated by a number of local businesses.

 

 

Excellence in Branding & Marketing

Excellence in Sustainable Business Practices

Excellence in Business Systems

Excellence in Innovation

  • Educational Experience, Gateshead
  • HMS Group of Companies, Argenton
  • Moon and You, Valentine
  • Inzant, Morisset Park

Excellence in Retail Practices

Excellence in Workforce Training & Development

Excellence in Entrepreneurship  

Excellence in Customer Service by the Whole Business  

Excellence in Customer Service by an Individual Employee

Excellence in Not for Profit/Charity

Excellence in New Business Commencement (first year of operation)

Excellence in Young Entrepreneurship (18 – 35)

Excellence in Workplace Health & Safety

  • HMS Group of Companies, Argenton
  • LFP Mining, Cardiff
  • Inzant, Morisset Park
  • Redi Staffing Solutions, Warners Bay

Young Business Person of the Year 2014   

  • Grace McLean, Royal Institute of Deaf & Blind Children, Floraville
  • Mark Campbell, LJ Hooker, Toronto
  • Tina Moore, TMP Dance Studios, Swansea

Business Person of the Year 2014

Business Growth Centre

Established in 1998, the Business Growth Centre is a not for profit Business Enterprise Centre, Business Incubator and Registered Training Organisation.

The Business Growth Centre's purpose is to support and grow small and micro businesses in the Lake Macquarie Local Government Area. The Business Growth Centre is committed to providing quality advice, services and support to ensure ongoing growth of local businesses.

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