Recognition well deserved

NSW - Telstra Australian Business Awards

2005 Overall New South Wales Winner

Whitech Software Solutions

Whitech Software Solutions provides IT products and services to retail businesses throughout the world. It specialises in developing industry specific and fully customised management point-of-sale software and kiosk solutions. It is currently implementing a total hardware and software solution across 140 Kodak stores. Whitech Software Solution's products are sold in seven countries and it has offices in Sydney, New York and London.

2005 Australian Government Micro-Business Award

The Pharmaceutical Locum Company P/L

The Pharmaceutical Locum Company P/L provides community and hospital pharmacies in every state of Australia with locum and permanent pharmacists. For the past three years, the business has won the contract to provide emergency locums to rural and remote areas where there are acute shortages of professional pharmacy services. The Pharmaceutical Locum Company is celebrating its twentieth year in business .

2005 MYOB Business Award

Provecta Process Automation Pty Ltd

Provecta Process Automation Pty Ltd is an electrical engineering company specialising in industrial automation and control systems for the power generation and related industries. The business commenced operations in 2003 with a team of four and currently employs 16 staff. Provecta Process Automation has worked on projects for the state's fossil fuel power stations, Toshiba, and the University of New South Wales.

2005 Panasonic Australia Business Award

Whitech Software Solutions

Whitech Software Solutions provides IT products and services to retail businesses throughout the world. It specialises in developing industry specific and fully customised management point-of-sale software and kiosk solutions. It is currently implementing a total hardware and software solution across 140 Kodak stores. Whitech Software Solution's products are sold in seven countries and it has offices in Sydney, New York and London.

2005 AMP Business Award

InfoComp Pty Ltd

InfoComp Pty Ltd is a supplier of software platforms for the wealth management sector. Its products include an administration platform, an electronic messaging application and a registry processing system for membership-based organisations. InfoComp was established in 1988 and has offices in Sydney, Wollongong and London. Clients include Macquarie Bank, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Perpetual Wealth Management and JP Morgan Investor Services.

2004 Overall New South Wales Winner

Machinery Automation & Robotics

Machinery Automation & Robotics designs and manufactures industrial automation solutions that increase the output of repetitive industrial processes such as material handling, welding and cutting, packing, trimming and polishing. The business services customers in the food production, brewing, pharmaceutical, metals and white goods manufacturing industries.

2004 Australian Government Micro-Business Award

Acclaim Legal

Acclaim Legal commenced their business as lawyers and mediators in 1983. Today, the business provides a range of services including: conveyancing, estate planning, probate, criminal law, commercial matters and dispute resolutions. In 1999 Acclaim Legal was one of 10 legal firms in New South Wales to be accredited to the Best Practice Standard.

2004 MYOB Business Award

Machinery Automation & Robotics

Machinery Automation & Robotics designs and manufactures industrial automation solutions that increase the output of repetitive industrial processes such as material handling, welding and cutting, packing, trimming and polishing. The business services customers in the food production, brewing, pharmaceutical, metals and white goods manufacturing industries.

2004 Panasonic Australia Business Award

Powerdown Australia Pty Ltd

Powerdown Australia manufactures shock absorbers designed for rugged conditions, used in trucks, four-wheel-drives and trailers. Their products are sold throughout Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, the Pacific Islands and West Indies and are sold by more than 600 distributors. Powerdown Australia recently celebrated its twentieth anniversary.

2004 AMP Business Award

Ausreo Pty Ltd

Ausreo supplies concrete reinforcement products to the building and construction industries. Ausreo is supplying the concrete reinforcement for the multi-million dollar redevelopment of Melbourne's Spencer Street Station. Other projects include supplying 900 tonnes of concrete reinforcement for the redevelopment of Sydney's Hilton Hotel and 10,000 tonnes of concrete for the 12-kilometre Epping to Chatswood rail link.

2004 Regional Small Business Award

South East Access

South East Access is an accountancy and business development practice located in Ulladulla, on the NSW south coast. Established in 1994, the business services over 1,600 clients ranging from individuals to micro and small businesses from the retail, building, construction, manufacturing, tourism and hospitality industries.

2003 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.

2003 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.

2003 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.

2003 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.

2003 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.

2003 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.