Over the past 20 years, Telstra has invested millions of dollars in the Telstra Australian Business Awards to help small and medium businesses realise their dreams and their potential.
As part of our commitment to the growth of this vital sector, we’ve expanded the Awards to recognise more small and medium business heroes.
In 2012 we’re launching the HTC Start-Up Award to celebrate businesses that have been operating for between one and three years. Typically these are businesses driven by entrepreneurs whose dedication and business nous has turned ideas into commercial reality.
Often the Awards are a catalyst for further business success and we expect the HTC Start-Up Award will see some young businesses also grow and prosper.
The new Award follows last year’s introduction of the Telstra Regional Business Award, which showcases great businesses outside the capital cities, and the 1300Australia People’s Choice Award which reflects our belief that customers, staff and suppliers are great judges of a business’s service, values and innovation.
Nominations are now open and I’d like to encourage Australians everywhere to participate in the Awards in 2012.
Will IrvingGroup Manager Director, Telstra Business and Telstra Business Awards Ambassador