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Illawarra Women in Business has named 48 individual businesses among the 70 finalists for its 2021 IWIB Business Women's Awards on May 12.
IWIB director Glenda Papac said she was eager for the annual awards to proceed after such a challenging year for all businesses, and one where everybody deserved recognition..
Judging officially started on Thursday with IMB Bank's Terry Widdicombe sharing his story of being a judge since the first awards were held 12 years ago.
There were only two award categories at that time which were for Business Woman of the Year and Young Business Woman of the Year.
"IMB Bank is proud to have been involved with these since 2009," Mr Widdicombe said.
"IMB has sponsored the IWIB Young Business Woman of the Year Award since then and it has been a pleasure to see the young women we've judged go on to being successful business operators."
Mr Widdicombe said the start of judging coincided with International Women's Day activities this week and Illawarra's home grown bank being recognised by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an employer of choice for gender equality.
IMB Bank is among many long-term supporters including Business Illawarra, Lancaster Law and Mediation, Access Law Group, Better Business Accounting, Foye Legal, Commonwealth Business Banking, ANZ Business Banking, Chalk Financial Planning and One Agency JD Property Agents.
Mrs Papac said enduing COVID-19 did not stop the applications being outstanding. She said Thursday's gathering at the Sage Hotel signalled the start of the 70 finalists in 10 categories being interviewed. She said there were five more finalists than the pre-COVID number in 2019.
"We have a lot of businesses that haven't entered before who have been doing wonderful things in their businesses. I am looking forward to hearing the way they have handled their businesses during these difficult times and the way they have innovated and turned their business around to survive and excel."
And the finalists are;
- Poseidon Equine
- Good360
- The Happiness Lab
- Austi Bookkeeping
- Travel Managers
- Grima Accounting
- g-co
- Home Instead Wollongong
- Brilliant Blooms
- Barefootfivetribe
- Zenith HR
- Terra insight
- Skin Correctives
- Salvation Army
- Marr Family Law
- C2C Logistics Pty Ltd
- Butler HR
- Birdblack Design
- Adlington Homes
- Poseidon equine
- The Earth Stylist
- Early Years Care
- Independent Occupational Therapists
- Melinda Griffiths Lawyers
- Movementum
- Hegi Design House
- The Champagne Crusade
- The Illawarra Hotel
- Connect My Community
- Studio Gilmour
- Scribbly Gum Photography
- Birdblack Design
- SUP Shellharbour
- Birdblack Design
- Stone real Estate
- Sharyn Cleaver Celebrant
- Simone Louise Health and Fitness
- See Side Optical
- The Consortium Lounge
- Above and Beyond Early Childhood Consulting
- Celebrate T21
- Good360
- Foster Care Online Training Australia
- Wollongong Strata
- Kaio the Label
- TK Business Support
- MMJ
- NEG photography
The judges
- Illawarra Business Woman of the Year - Tim Fares and Margaret Biggs
- Young Business Woman of the Year - Terry Widdicombe and Virginia Wren
- Best Business - Joanne Danckwardt and Jenny Hirst
- Small Business - Graham Lancaster and Tracey Pascoe
- Home Based Business - Delyse Del Turco and Anthony Wise
- New Business - Narelle Hawken and Maree Kerr
- Innovation Business - Dianne Foye and John Kerr
- Customer Service - Lisa McCosker and Philip Alcock
- Community - Vi Blazevska and Ioanna Alexopoulos
- PA Award - Dianne Chalk and Leanne Smith
Read more:
- Wollongong researcher named NSW Young Woman of the Year
- All the finalists for the 2020 Illawarra Women In Business Awards
- Photos of all the winners from the 2019 Illawarra Women in Business Awards
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Greg Ellis
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
