GOOP and clients finalists in 13 out of 20 award categories
GOOPers: Karl Morris, Amanda Ferry, Bruce Lawson and Courtney Buchanan
It was fantastic to see so many wonderful small businesses being honoured for their efforts and achievements last night at the Geelong Small Business Excellence Awards, held at The Pier.
The awards presentation started strong for GOOP and our clients and the trend continued throughout the night, with many of our clients being finalists in their category and even winning one of the categories!
The first award of the evening was the Customer Service award and GOOP was a finalist along with E.L Photography, West End Real Estate and Dewey Creative PTY LTD.
Through to the fourth award of the night and Harvest Recruitment and Geelong ActionCOACH Hugh Bowman were finalists in the Human Resources award.
City to Coast Stainless was a finalist in two awards, the Small Business or a Division of a Business award as well as the Trades and Services, Manufacturing, Export and Construction award.
The Home Based and Micro Business award was a highlight with Sara Taylor Photography taking out the award with Geelong ActionCOACH Hugh Bowman and West End Real Estate both finalists for the second time that night. Sponsored by Webforce5, a Melbourne-based web developer, it was heart-warming to see three out of the four finalists were Geelong-based GOOP clients!
Leopold Swim School were finalists in two categories, the Family Business award and the Health and Well-being award. E.L Photography was also a second-time finalist in the Emerging Business award, a great achievement as a first-year entrant.
Saddle On Riding School was a finalist in the Corporate Social Responsibility award, a new award this year. EmbroidMe Geelong was a finalist in the Commercial Services – Large award as well as the Large Business or Division of a Business award.
We were happy to be second-time finalists in the Commercial Services – Small award, along with Dewey Creative PTY LTD, HR4 Business and Harvest Recruitment. HR4Business was also a finalist in the Best First Year Entry award.
The big one, the Powercor Business of the Year award went to Boundary Bend, a premium producer of extra virgin olive oil in Australia owning two well-known brands, Cobram Estate and Red Island.
Congratulations from the team at GOOP to all our wonderful clients who were finalists and won an award. It’s a rigorous and lengthy process so just to attend on the night as an entrant was an achievement in itself.
A huge congratulations of course goes to the winners in each category, a prestigious award and something to be proud of. Take a moment to enjoy your success before getting back to work and thinking about next year’s awards!