Winner of the 2008 Telstra Victorian Business of the Year
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Wild Action Productions
Macedon
Wild Action Productions operates from a portable zoo facility that visits Victorian schools and communities to educate individuals about Australian wildlife. Established in 1994, the business offers four different 'hands on' wildlife programs including Australian animals, Insect-a-mania and mini beasts, Rock-pool Discovery and Endangered species. Every year Wild Action Productions' programs educate over 250,000 Victorians on all things 'wild' and are designed to support the State's teaching curriculum and expose children to live native animals in their classrooms. Wild Action Productions educates more children than the Melbourne Zoo.
Winner of the Palm Micro-Business Award
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Find a Babysitter.com.au
Brighton
Find A Babysitter.com.au is an internet-based business offering parents the convenience of finding a babysitter or nanny online with introductions established via email, SMS and job postings. The childcare shortage in Australia has seen the business grow almost 70 per cent a year since its establishment in 2005. Over 22,000 carers have registered with Find A Babysitter.com.au and more than 12,000 Australian parents have subscribed to the service since it started. The business's extensive database is updated regularly and facilitates feedback from parents to provide customers with a comprehensive and personalised service.
Winner of the MYOB Small Business Award
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Wild Action Productions
Macedon
Wild Action Productions operates from a portable zoo facility that visits Victorian schools and communities to educate individuals about Australian wildlife. Established in 1994, the business offers four different ‘hands on' wildlife programs including Australian animals, Insect-a-mania and mini beasts, Rock-pool Discovery and Endangered species. Every year Wild Action Productions' programs educate over 250,000 Victorians on all things ‘wild' and are designed to support the State's teaching curriculum and expose children to live native animals in their classrooms. Wild Action Productions educates more children than the Melbourne Zoo.
Winner of the Panasonic Australia Medium Business Award
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Atlantic Group (v)
Docklands
Atlantic Group (v) is a venue, catering and event management company delivering contemporary, cutting-edge events to Melbourne. Last year, Atlantic Group (v) unveiled four sophisticated and stylish event spaces at Shed 14, Central Pier Docklands and has an additional tourism, entertainment and leisure development underway in neighbouring Shed 9. Established in 1999, the company's Docklands venture is one of the largest developments by any private investor in Victoria. Atlantic Group (v)'s event management services are able to cater for events of any size.
Winner of the AMP Innovation Award
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Roma Food Products
Carrum Downs
Roma Food Products manufactures alternative grain foods under the Orgran brand and specialises in wheat and gluten free products. In 1985, two brothers recognised the need to cater for people with food allergies and today the company exports over 85 products worldwide. In 2007, it introduced Orgran Outback Animal Cookies that are free from gluten, wheat, dairy, eggs, yeast, soy and nuts. The cookies contain calcium carbonate for children who are unable to consume dairy, and were developed after the company recognised children weren't specifically catered for in the allergen free market.
Winner of the Sensis Social Responsibility Award
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ETIKO FAIR TRADE
Ferntree Gully
ETIKO FAIR TRADE is a small business providing Fairtrade sporting balls and fashion items for environmentally and socially conscious Australians. All products comply with strict ethical and environmental standards, and are either Certified Fairtrade, Certified Sweatshop Free or sourced from Worker or Farmer Owned Cooperatives. Since 2004, the company has strived to inform the community about the importance of Fairtrade products and workers rights. The company helps fund healthcare and micro-credit programs in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka and provides funding for worker-owned co-operatives in South America.