2010 ActionCOACH My Business Awards - Award Categories

The ActionCOACH Award for Outstanding Excellence

We are looking for a company that excels across all areas of business practice. The Winner from each category is automatically entered into this Award. ActionCOACH will review each finalist for their outstanding achievements in business excellence based on a combination of each category criteria.

Prize: ActionCOACH will provide $5000 worth of products and/or services, tailored to suit the business needs of the overall winner.

THE GIO AWARD FOR BEST SMALL BUSINESS
Are you a small business with between 1 and 20 employees that has grown rapidly and achieved two consecutive years of success? Your business will have a well established position in the market and have demonstrated its ability to innovate and adapt within a constantly changing business environment.

Prize: The winner of this award will receive $5000 worth of products and/or services, tailored to suit their business needs from GIO.
THE OPTUS AWARD FOR BEST MEDIUM BUSINESS
Are you a medium business with between 21 and 200 employees? If you have maintained a strong position in the market and continue to grow due to strong management and strategic planning, this is your category! The successful entrant will have demonstrable success through revenue growth and market share.

Prize: The winner of this award will receive $5000 worth of products and/or services, tailored to suit their business needs from Optus.
THE SAGE AWARD FOR FASTEST GROWING SMALL BUSINESS
Has your business grown rapidly in recent years by managing its expansion strategically? At the same time it must have monitored cash flow to facilitate the ongoing prosperity of the operations. Entrants must show strong profit margins for sustainable growth over the past two financial years.

Prize: The winner of this award will receive $5000 worth of products and/or services, tailored to suit their business needs from Sage.
THE ANZ AWARD FOR BEST START-UP BUSINESS
This Award will recognise the entrepreneurial energies of those involved in establishing a new business in any field within the past four years. Only businesses which have been established from 2006 onwards will be eligible to enter this Award. Judges will be looking for entrepreneurs who have shown strong business growth and ingenuity in building their business.

Prize: The winner of this award will receive $5000 worth of products and/or services, tailored to suit their business needs from ANZ.
AWARD FOR BEST REGIONAL BUSINESS
More than 30 per cent of all small businesses are located outside the capital cities, and this Award recognises the enormous contribution that regional small businesses make to the nation. We are looking for innovative businesses that are making a contribution to their local community and excelling in their field.

Prize: The winner of this award will receive $5000 worth of products and/or services, tailored to suit their business needs from the category sponsor.
THE QUICKBOOKS AWARD FOR BEST RETAILER
Are you a business that has grown and achieved success through retail sales ie via a shopfront or online? The winner of this award will have delivered strong revenue and profitable growth in recent years and will have developed a clear strategy for sustaining that growth. The winner will be a savvy entrepreneur with the ability to grasp business opportunities and convert these into sales.

Prize: The winner of this award will receive $5000 worth of products and/ or services, tailored to suit their business needs, from QuickBooks.
AWARD FOR BEST GREEN BUSINESS
We are constantly told to conserve water, recycle and think of our planet’s future. Has your organisation invented or implemented successful green practices or products? Tell us what your business has done to contribute towards sustaining the environment.

Prize: The winner of this award will receive $5000 worth of products and/or services, tailored to suit their business needs from the category sponsor.
THE CANON AWARD FOR BEST TECHNOLOGY IN AN SME
Does your business rely on constant advancements in technology to stay ahead of the rest or is yours a business that is actually developing that technology? It can be technology you have created or adopted and improved. You will have to display the best working example of improvement in areas such as productivity, efficiency and customer service.

Prize: The winner of this award will receive $5000 worth of products and/or services, tailored to suit their business needs from Canon.
AWARD FOR BEST E-BUSINESS
With e-commerce causing rapid changes in the business landscape, we are looking for businesses that are surfing the ebusiness wave to build strong, sustainable and clever business operations centred on the online consumer. We invite applications from businesses that are reshaping the future of commerce with their novel offerings.

Prize: The winner of this award will receive $5000 worth of products and/or services, tailored to suit their business needs from the category sponsor.
THE 2UE AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG GUN IN SMALL BUSINESS
Are you an individual under the age of 30 who has developed a business from start-up? Have you nurtured your business from concept to reality and achieved ongoing success? The Young Gun’s business must have been in operation for the past two financial years.

Prize: The winner of this award will receive $5000 worth of products and/or services, tailored to suit their business needs from 2UE.