The Central Coast has made a strong showing in the Australian Small Business Champion Awards with 36 local finalists across a wide spectrum of business enterprises.
Category winners in 2021 George’s Fruit Barn at Terrigal and Milk & Honey Hair at Gosford are up for an accolade again this year as well as being finalists in the Business of the Decade category.
Belinda Beresford of Milk & Honey Hair is vying for a win in the Small Business Champion Entrepreneur category.
The Australian Small Business Champion Awards have grown since 1999 to become a flagship program recognising the achievements of outstanding small businesses from all around the country and across 100 industry categories.
Awards Founder and Managing Director of Precedent Productions, Steve Loe, said owners and managers of small businesses deserved to be acknowledged for the hard work and dedication required to produce the levels of business success needed to thrive in their industry.
“Winning an Australian Small Business Champion Award is a fantastic gratification for the people behind successful small businesses,” he said.
Central Coast category finalists in the 2022 awards are:
Accounting Services – Powell Enterprises, Tuggerah;
Allied Health – Evolve Therapies Group, Toukley;
Automotive Mechanical Repairs – Autonostix at Chittaway Bay, Nationwide Auto Service Centre at West Gosford and Twin Lakes Automotive at Charmhaven;
Automotive Smash Repairs – Dicker Motor Smash Repairs at Gosford, also a finalist in the Business of the Decade category;
Beauty and Lifestyle Product – Beachfox, Avoca Beach;
Cleaning Services – Shine Oven & BBQ Cleaning, Woongarrah;
Disability Support Services – Mobility Hire and Sales, Woy Woy;
Early Childhood Services – Red Apple Learning Strawberry Fields Cottage Childcare Centre at Kanwal;
Electrical Business – Heath Henry Electrical, Buff Point;
Event Management – Browse Events, Copacabana;
Fresh Food – George’s Fruit Barn at Terrigal and also a finalist in the Business of the Decade category;
Hairdressing – Always Hair 4U at Ourimbah, Mohican Hair at Tuggerah, Milk & Honey Hair at Gosford which is also a finalist in the Business of the Decade category;
Home-based Specialty Cakes – Mudda Cake, Buff Point;
Online Business – Scrunchies by Hann, Lisarow;
Performing Arts – Naughty Noodle Fun Haus, Gosford;
Pest Control – iDeBug Pest Control, Gorokan;
Pet Services – Dogs in the Park NSW at Narara, Rupert’s Pet Cremation & Transport at Ourimbah;
Photography – Essence Images, North Avoca;
Real Estate Agency – Wiseberry Heritage, Gorokan;
Specialised Retail Small Business – Old Mates Kitchen at Wyong, Oldfield Cellars at Gosford;
Specialised Small Business – Avoca Beach Theatre;
Sport and Recreation – G-Force Pole and Fitness at West Gosford, The Bay Trampolines at Empire Bay;
Tourism – Iris Lodge Alpacas at Jilliby, Ozi Dogs at Booker Bay;
Trade Services – Adaptive Air Compressors, Wyong;
Transport and Logistics – Davids Transport Australia, West Gosford;
Travel Agency – Helloworld Travel Lake Haven;
Veterinarian – Doyalson Animal Hospital and West Gosford Family Vet.
The Australian Small Business Champions Awards, developed and managed by Precedent Productions, will culminate in two national presentation nights to be held this weekend at The Star Sydney.
Sue Murray