2024 Gympie Business Awards
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Business of the Year
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This award will recognise a Gympie business of any size that demonstrates overall business excellence.
Judging criteria across all facets of the business including business overview; business strategy and innovation; leadership, workplace culture, and staff diversity/inclusion; marketing and promotion; customer service; safety; environmental sustainability; and community contribution.
Small-Medium Business of the Year
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This award will recognise a small to medium Gympie business with between 3 and 19 FTE staff that demonstrates business excellence.
Judging criteria across all facets of the business including business overview; business strategy and innovation; leadership, workplace culture, and staff diversity/inclusion; marketing and promotion; customer service; safety; environmental sustainability; and community contribution.
Micro Business of the Year
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This award will recognise a micro Gympie business with a team of one or two, such as a sole trader or partnership, that demonstrates business excellence.
Judging criteria across all facets of the business including business overview; business strategy and innovation; marketing and promotion; customer service; safety; and environmental sustainability.
New Business of the Year
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This award will recognise a new Gympie business that was started or acquired after 1 July 2022 and demonstrates business excellence.
Judging criteria across all facets of the business including your new Gympie business story and business overview; business strategy and innovation; leadership, workplace culture, and staff diversity/inclusion; marketing and promotion; customer service; safety; and environmental sustainability.
Business Innovation Award
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This award will recognise a Gympie business of any size that demonstrates innovation through processes, products, employment, marketing and/or ideas.
Judging criteria includes overview of your business and strategies; your innovation story, the implementation, successes and challenges; leadership, workplace culture, and staff diversity/inclusion; marketing and promotion; customer service; safety; and environmental sustainability.
Not for Profit Business of the Year
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This award will recognise a Gympie Not-For-Profit organisation that demonstrates excellence in business.
Judging criteria across all facets of the business, including business overview; your NFP model and funding strategies; leadership, workplace culture, and staff diversity/inclusion; marketing and promotion; customer service and difference made in the community; safety; and environmental sustainability.
Food & Agri Business of the Year
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This award will recognise a Gympie business of any size that is engaged in substantially earning a revenue from food and agriculture, including but not limited to farming, processing, manufacturing and distribution of food, beverages and/or agricultural products.
The award will honour a business in the food and agriculture sector that has excelled in innovation, sustainability, and industry leadership, whether through production, processing, distribution, or retail.
Judging criteria across all facets of the business including business overview; business strategy and innovation; leadership, workplace culture, and staff diversity/inclusion; marketing and promotion; customer service; safety; and environmental sustainability.
Tourism Award – returning category for 2024!
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This award will recognise a Gympie business of any size that is engaged in substantially earning a revenue from tourism.
The award will honour a business in the tourism sector that has excelled in innovation, sustainability, and industry leadership.
Judging criteria across all facets of the business including business overview; business strategy and innovation; leadership, workplace culture, and staff diversity/inclusion; marketing and promotion; customer service; safety; environmental sustainability and tourism sector involvement and activity.
Community Contribution Award
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This award will recognise a business that has made a significant positive impact on the Gympie community, outside of the business’ normal scope of work and in a philanthropic spirit.
It celebrates those who have gone above and beyond to foster a stronger and more connected community. This could be through an event, project, initiative, activity, service or volunteering program that has a positive impact on our community. For example, support for community sporting or youth clubs, stepping up at times of crisis, providing a gratis / pro bono service or supporting those in our community who are doing it tough.
Judging criteria includes the contribution overview; the positive impact on the community; the strategies used to implement it and the barriers and difficulties overcome; and responses received from the community.
Workplace of Choice Award
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This award will recognise a business that demonstrates being a workplace of choice for employees.
Judging criteria will include business overview; business strategy and innovation; leadership; workplace culture; staff diversity and inclusion; induction, training and development of staff; staff support; retention and reward strategies; and safety.
Customer Service Hero Award
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This award will recognise an individual that demonstrates excellence in customer service.
Judging criteria includes how the nominee demonstrates customer service, contribution to customer satisfaction and how the individual stands out.
People’s Choice Award
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The People’s Choice award is a public vote conducted once finalists are shortlisted. Finalists in all categories are automatically entered into the People’s Choice award. People’s choice voting will be open until 5 October. Click here to vote.
Awards Ceremony
The 2024 Gympie Business Awards ceremony is a gala event at The Pavilion on Saturday 19 October. Click here to book tickets.