Australian Business: Awards & Competitions

by Carlee Potter on February 20, 2010

Award-winning businesses stand out from the rest. When you feel yours is ready to take on the competition, there are loads of private and industry sponsored awards, programs and competitions for you to enter.

AMI Awards for Marketing Excellence
These awards are presented to organisations and marketers who have achieved extraordinary success with innovative and effective marketing practices.

Australian Achiever Award
Recognition of excellent customer service.

Australian Business Awards
The Australian Business Awards are a national awards program recognising the success, innovation and ethics of Australian companies and organisations across all industry sectors.

Australian Business Excellence Awards
These awards present an opportunity for a broad range of businesses and organisations from across Australia to celebrate and showcase their excellence against internationally recognised business principles.

Australian Customer Service Awards
Designed to recognise, encourage and reward small and medium-sized Australian businesses for their excellent treatment of, and positive attitude towards, their customers.

Australian Home-Based Business Awards
Presented by the Australian Business & IT Expo. Award categories include Business Services, Personal Services, Merchandising and Trade Services.

Australian International Design Awards
Recognising product design and innovation excellence.

Australian Retail Awards
Showcasing retail success stories on a national stage.

Australian Small Business Champion Awards
A prestigious and comprehensive program that supports and recognises small businesses across Australia.

Australian Web Awards
A showcase of outstanding work from Australian wed designers and developers. Presented by the Australian Web Industry Association (AWIA).

Banksia Environmental Awards
Recognising corporations, businesses, governments, communities and individuals for environmental excellence.

Dell Small Business Excellence Awards
Awarding companies that have improved customers’ experience by using technology in innovative ways.

Excellence in Franchising Awards
Presented by the Franchise Council of Australia.

Family Business of the Year Awards
These awards celebrate the achievements of Australian family businesses, and their contribution to our life, economy and culture.

IAB Awards
Presented by the Australian Interactive Advertising Bureau, to recognise and reward campaigns that have met or surpassed their goals, while recognising the link between creativity and effectiveness.

iAwards
Australia’s premier technology innovation awards program.

My Business Awards
Awarding companies that excel across all areas of business practice.

Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia Awards
The Australian industry award, recognising individuals and organisations operating in all sectors of the mortgage and finance industry.

Next Big Thing Award
An annual award to find and showcase new inventions and innovations that have the potential to become ‘the next big thing’.

SmartCompany Awards
SmartCompany.com.au hosts an annual competition to award SME’s. They also host the SmartCompany Web Awards and SmartCompany Business Start Up Awards.

Telstra Business Awards
The Telstra Business Awards celebrate the aspirations and successes of Australia’s myriad small-to-medium businesses.

Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year
An integral part of the Australian business calendar, celebrating the achievements of some truly remarkable women.

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1 Jess Smith May 13, 2010 at 2:00 pm

Hi, theres a company you missed called the Australian Business Quality Awards. Our company has had alot of success with them recently. I can’t remember their website link but just google Australian Business Quality Awards and you should be able to find them.

J

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