NSW - Telstra Australian Business Awards

Overall New South Wales Winner

Descend Underwater Training Centre

Albury's Descend Underwater Training Centre trains divers working in the irrigation, water supply, hydropower generation and offshore oil industries. The company has worked for the Australian Federal Police, the NSW Road Traffic Authority, the Tasmanian Fisheries Department and on the Sydney Airport Link Rail Tunnel. Its training packages are exported to New Zealand and Hong Kong.

Commonwealth Government Micro-Business Award

Descend Underwater Training Centre

Albury's Descend Underwater Training Centre trains divers working in the irrigation, water supply, hydropower generation and offshore oil industries. The company has worked for the Australian Federal Police, the NSW Road Traffic Authority, the Tasmanian Fisheries Department and on the Sydney Airport Link Rail Tunnel. Its training packages are exported to New Zealand and Hong Kong.

MYOB Business Award

Neville Ward Direct Pty Ltd

Neville Ward Direct provides retail investors with financial advice and products, including access to up to 5,000 managed funds. Neville Ward Direct says it is able to provide quality service to its clients through the ongoing development and training of staff. Nine of the company's 15 staff are currently undertaking external studies that are sponsored by the business.

Panasonic Australia Business Award

Altis Consulting Pty Ltd

Altis Consulting provides IT solutions for clients using the technologies and techniques of data warehousing and business intelligence. The business has partnership relationships with major technology companies including IBM, Sun and Hummingbird. Altis was established in 1998 by two founding principals and today employs 20 consultants in their Sydney and Auckland offices.

Cisco Systems Business Award

Shirlaws Pty Ltd

Shirlaws Pty Ltd provides business coaching to small business owners. Their services cover two main areas - how to run a business more effectively and how to manage the emotional issues of being a small business owner. Shirlaws employs more than 80 staff and has operations set up in five Australian capital cities as well as New Zealand, the USA and the UK.

New South Wales Regional Award

Veterinary Health Research Pty Ltd

Veterinary Health Research is an independent contract research firm that works for Australian and international animal medicine manufacturers. Their services can be utilised at all phases of product development through to registration and include planning, conduct, analysis, reporting and Quality Assurance.