With more than 600 entries and over 50 winning businesses from the past six years, the 2018 Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards will continue to celebrate the pursuit of excellence and business achievement within the city.
Entries for the 2018 Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards will open on Monday 12 March 2018. Lake Macquarie businesses of all shapes and sizes are encouraged to enter online and take advantage of the opportunity to share their story, promote their point of difference and celebrate their achievements.
The Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards are an initiative of the Business Growth Centre. The aim of the awards is to recognise the businesses working within Lake Macquarie to provide excellent products, services and more.
Business Growth Centre CEO, Graeme Cotton believes entering the 2018 Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards is “a must for any local business looking to grow”.
For the first time in history, the awards has welcomed its official Ambassador; Practice Director,Co-founder of Hunter Plastic Surgery and Business Person of the Year 2016 and 2017, Amber Moncrieff. Amber will help small and medium-sized businesses to win the awards this year.
“The awards are valuable on many levels. Firstly, the submission process is a good discipline for looking at what’s working and what’s not in your business. Then the networking with other finalists is great – I’ve personally employed five finalists from the past couple of years as it is a great way to find switched-on local business owners,” Amber said.
“And finally, the PR aspect – being about to say we are multi-award winning is pretty compelling in our marketing.”
The launch of the 2018 Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards will be held on Thursday 1 March 2018 at the Hunter Plastic Surgery office. Dantia, SafeWork NSW, St. George, Zimpleweb, Lake Macquarie City Council, Hunter Plastic Surgery and Precision Taxation Accounting & Management will come together at the launch event as sponsors.
Amber will share her thoughts on the benefits of entering the awards, taking home a win and her secrets on how she wrote winning submissions two years in a row.
“The best way to win awards is to start on writing your submission today. Even jotting down some rough points against each criteria will give you a framework to fill in with lots of good examples in your business over the coming weeks before the final deadline,” Amber said.
The 2018 Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards will feature 12 award categories and four major awards.The award categories focus on a range of business functionalities including customer service, innovation, entrepreneurship, digital technology,contribution to the region, start-up superstar and sustainability.
This year the awards will celebrate businesses that have exported their products to other countries with the introduction of the Excellence in Export Award category.
Winners of the 2018 Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards will be announced at the Awards Gala Dinner held on 28 July at Belmont 16s.
IMAGE | Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards Ambassador, Amber Moncrieff and Business Growth Centre CEO, Graeme Cotton.
