About the Local Business Awards:

• What are the Local Business Awards and who are the organisers?
• What are the objectives of the Awards?
• What regions do the Local Business Awards cover?
• How many categories are there?
• What will winners receive?

Submitting Votes:

• Who can be nominated in the Local Business Awards?
• Who can submit votes?
• When can I vote?
• Are entry forms kept confidential?

Judging:

• How does it work?
• Who are the judges?

Awards Night:

• When will the awards night take place?
• What will it cost to attend the awards night?

 

About the Business Achievers Awards

What are the Local Business Awards and who are the organisers?

Messenger Newspapers' Local Business Awards identifies and recognises the achievements of local business in their communities.

 

Messenger Newspapers publish 11 publications across metropolitan Adelaide. Distributed to 535,541 homes and businesses across metropolitan Adelaide and read by 697,000 people.

Our mission is to produce quality community newspapers that are the voice for our readers, the first choice for advertisers, and the media that best reflects the attitudes and aspirations of their communities.

 

Unlike any other medium, community newspapers have a unique relationship with readers, local businesses and the community, exemplified through our Local Business Awards program.

 

 

What are the objectives of the Awards?

• To recognize outstanding businesses for their contribution to the local community, excellence in management, customer service and product delivery.
• To bring together people from various sectors of a local region to celebrate their success and recognize their achievements.
• To assist in improving the standard of local business.
• To develop, maintain and strengthen business to business relationships.
• To acknowledge employees for their contribution to the success of local business.
• To provide an added value service through business consulting and feedback to businesses, through the nomination and judging process and through sponsor involvement.

What regions do the Local Business Awards cover?

There are four geographic regions, based on Messenger Newspapers circulation map:

 

City & Eastern Region: Eastern Courier, East Torrens and the City Messengers

North & North Eastern Region: News Review, Standard and Leader Messengers

Southern Region: Southern Times, Hills & Valley and Guardian Messengers

Western Region: Portside and Weekly Times Messengers

 

 

How many categories are there?

There are 20 categories, as listed below:

1. Sports/Surf/Cycling Store (sporting equipment & accessories)

2. Fitness/Weightloss Centres (gyms, swimming centres, ice skating, bowling, sports clubs etc.)

3. Bakery/Snack Bar/Deli

4. Take Away Food (Fish & Chips, Pizza,Yiros, Curry etc.)

5. Hotel/Motel/Liquor Outlets

6. Fruit & Vegetable/Continental/Gourmet

7. Butcher/Poultry/Seafood

8. Restaurant/Café

9. Electrical Appliances/Information Technology (Whitegoods, computers, phones etc.)

10. Hairdresser/Beauty Salons

11. Real Estate

12. Fashion, Jewellery & Accessories

13. Automotive Services

14. Motor Dealers (New and used cars)

15. Trades & Services (Plumbers, Painters, Carpenters, Vets, Gardening, Cleaners etc.)

16. Professional Services (finance, printing, medical practitioners etc.)

17. Supermarket

18. Pharmacy/Health Store

19. Hardware Store/Garden Centre/Home Improvements

20. Consumers’ Choice (open for any category not listed above)

 

What will winners receive?

All winners receive the following:

• Winner's Trophy and certificate acknowledging their achievement.
• Exclusive use of the "Local Business Awards" Logo in promotional material for marketing purposes.
• Gold Award - The top business from each region will be awarded $1,000 cash from BankSA, and advertising credits to the value of $7,500 to be used in Messenger publications specific to the respective region (conditions apply).
• Silver Award - An Encouragement Award of $500 cash from BankSA, and Messenger advertising credits to the value of $2,500 will be awarded to one business from each region (conditions apply).
• In total, winners across four regions share in $6,000 cash from BankSA and $40,000 of advertising credits.

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Submitting Votes

Who can be nominated in the Local Business Awards?

The Local Business Awards are open to all local businesses in a defined geographical area, this includes small-to-medium-sized businesses, franchises and sole traders.

 

 

Who can submit votes?

Anyone! Nominations for businesses can be lodged by using the coupon in your local paper, or by nominating online on this website. However, voters are limited to one nomination per category.

 

 

When can I vote?

The voting period varies for each region. Your local paper will commence your community's Local Business Awards as listed below:

 

The City Messenger (City & Eastern Region): 12 March

Eastern Courier Messenger (City & Eastern Region): 12 March

East Torrens Messenger (City & Eastern Region): 12 March

Leader Messenger (North & North Eastern Region): 30 April

News Review Messenger (North & North Eastern Region: 30 April

Standard Messenger (North & North Eastern Region): 30 April

Guardian Messenger (Southern Region): 17 June

Southern Times Messenger (Southern Region): 17June

Hills & Valley Messenger (Southern Region): 17 June

Portside Messenger Newspaper (Western Region): 3 September

Weekly Times Messenger (Western Region): 3 September

 

 

Are entry forms kept confidential?

All information provided to Messenger Newspapers conforms to the Privacy Agreement (as published in the Public Notices). If you do not wish to receive information from Messenger Newspapers or any of it's affiliates please read the information carefully.

 

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Judging

How does it work?

The judging process consists of three stages:

1. Initial category nominations are made by local readers using the coupon in their local Messenger or by nominating online at this website.
2. The three businesses in each category which attract the highest number of votes are determined as finalists. Finalists are "mystery shopped" by an independent group of judges, coordinated by the Business Performance Group. Businesses are assessed on customer service, product quality and presentation.
3. The winners are announced at the gala presentation night at the Hilton International.

If a business attracts an unusually high number of votes, and it is able to be determined with reasonable certainty that a large number of votes for that business is originating from the same source, that business will be considered for disqualification.

 

The rule is – one nomination per person, per category.

 

Who are the judges?

The judging process is coordinated and conducted by the Business Performance Group. Chairman of Judges, David Floyd, is the Director of the Business Performance Group.

 

About the Chairman of Judges:

 

David Floyd

(Dip Bus. FLM, Dip Training & Ass.)

Director, Business Performance Group
Director, Digital First Solutions
Founder, First On The Beach

 

What has he done?

David is Director of the Business Performance Group, a business advisory and consulting firm, and Founder and Director of “First On The Beach.Com” – a business support and education resource.

Working extensively in the banking and finance industry (both in Australia and overseas) before moving into the retail sector over 23 years ago, David has either established or helped to grow many successful small and medium businesses ranging from retail, manufacturing and automotive to service companies. An entertaining keynote speaker with his dry sense of humour, David has specialist knowledge in business education and training and consults regularly in a broad range of areas including strategic planning, sales, marketing, systems and manual development, and human resources.

In 2007 he also established Digital First Solutions Pty Ltd which works with business owners in implementing the latest digital technologies into their operations.

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Awards Night

When will the awards night take place?

Each region will host an awards night. Dates will vary depending on your region:

 

City & Eastern Region

(Eastern Courier, East Torrens and City Messengers) - May 3

 

North & North Eastern Region

(News Review, Leader and Standard Messengers) - June 21

 

Southern Region

(Southern Times, Hills & Valley and Guardian Messengers) - August 9

 

Western Region

(Portside and Weekly Times Messengers) - October 25

 

 

What will it cost to attend the awards night?

Finalists or a representative from your business are required to attend the Awards dinner. Each finalist's company will receive one complimentary ticket. Additional tickets can be purchased in the weeks before the awards night, which will be attended by community and business leaders. Messenger Newspapers will notify you about costs and details of the awards night closer to the event.

 

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