WA - Telstra Australian Business Awards
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2009 Telstra Western Australian Business of the Year
Yahava KoffeeWorks
Having earned a strong reputation throughout Western Australia for
their specialty coffees, teas and other beverage products, Yahava
KoffeeWorks‘ emphasis on quality is fast earning accolades nationally.
Recently a Gold Medal Winner in the 2008 Golden Bean Coffee Roaster
Competition, Yahava’s potential for growth is enormous. Strategically
located in the Margaret River wine region, Yahava KoffeeWorks already
gives visitors the opportunity to see coffee roasting and offers free
coffee tasting. A new retail outlet is opening soon in Swan Valley with
further retail outlets planned for specialty food and wine regions in New
South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. A new dedicated
wholesale roasting site in Vasse will increase production and enable
Yahava to meet the growing demands of its wholesale customers, while
the Yahava Koffee Academy training facility is expanding into a business
of its own providing quality training to cafes and the domestic home
user. Yahava is rapidly on its way to becoming the leading boutique
coffee roaster, wholesale and mail order service in Australia.
2009 Western Australian Winner of the businessowner Micro-Business Award
Loose Goose Chalets
The market niche carved out by Loose Goose Chalets did not happen
by chance. Using real estate and tourist trends, current statistics, local
business knowledge and a lot of hard work, the owners of Loose Goose
Chalets identified a gap in the tourism market for disabled-friendly holiday
accommodation and sought to fill it with a carefully selected location in
Nannup, south west WA. After modifications to make the accommodation
wheelchair friendly and a little marketing, owners Laraine and Grant have
tripled the occupancy rates since taking ownership of the property. In
making the facilities more wheelchair friendly, they have also won favour
with elderly people with mobility difficulties and parents with prams who
make use of the easy access and open layouts. Loose Goose has plans
for more wheelchair friendly facilities including a playground for adults
and children incorporating specialised equipment to allow children in
wheelchairs to experience swings.
2009 Western Australian Winner of the MYOB Small Business Award
Yahava KoffeeWorks
Having earned a strong reputation throughout Western Australia for
their specialty coffees, teas and other beverage products, Yahava
KoffeeWorks‘ emphasis on quality is fast earning accolades nationally.
Recently a Gold Medal Winner in the 2008 Golden Bean Coffee Roaster
Competition, Yahava’s potential for growth is enormous. Strategically
located in the Margaret River wine region, Yahava KoffeeWorks already
gives visitors the opportunity to see coffee roasting and offers free
coffee tasting. A new retail outlet is opening soon in Swan Valley with
further retail outlets planned for specialty food and wine regions in New
South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. A new dedicated
wholesale roasting site in Vasse will increase production and enable
Yahava to meet the growing demands of its wholesale customers, while
the Yahava Koffee Academy training facility is expanding into a business
of its own providing quality training to cafes and the domestic home
user. Yahava is rapidly on its way to becoming the leading boutique
coffee roaster, wholesale and mail order service in Australia.
2009 Western Australian Winner of the Panasonic Australia Medium Business Award
Lavan Legal
Formed through a merger of Bennett & Co and Phillips Fox Perth in 2006,
Lavan Legal is challenging the boundaries of marketing and business
development with its quirky advertising strategies. Whether it be the
bright red Lavan neon sign on the roof of the Quadrant building, the red
Lavan Legal Kombi driving up and down The Terrace, the Lavan Legal
plane flying its banner along the Swan River or the 3-D images of its
partners featured on its website, Lavan Legal keeps people guessing.
The founding partners of Lavan Legal recognised there was a gap in the
market for a firm that could address the needs of the local market by
offering the personalised attention and commitment to clients of a small
boutique practice combined with the structure, resources and experience
of a major firm. By successfully building the Lavan Legal brand, the
firm has established itself in a mature market against long established
brands and client relationships.
2009 Western Australian Winner of the AMP Innovation Award
Sea To Summit
What started as a quest to equip a Mt Everest climb has resulted
in an established brand, Sea to Summit, in the Australian outdoor/
adventure equipment market. Adventure sports require both courage
and innovation, and the founders of Sea to Summit, mountaineers Tim Macartney-Snape and Roland Tyson, have brought the same level
of both to their business venture. The business has achieved success
through the development of an accessories category in the outdoor
market and has quickly come to dominate it through strong product
design, innovation, high margins, market leading packaging and a
sales team that customers love dealing with. Sea to Summit plans to
expand their product range by investing more resources into designing
new products that push the boundaries to meet the needs of those
passionate about being outdoors.
2009 Western Australian Winner of the Sensis Social Responsibility Award
Addwealth Pty Ltd
Established in 1999, Addwealth is a boutique financial services provider
located in Cottesloe. Since its inception, Addwealth’s investment
research process has led to investment decisions that have protected
capital, consistently outperformed industry benchmarks and avoided
collapsed investment and tax effective schemes. Addwealth’s
investment philosophy involves engaging clients in a lifestyle planning
process which creates strong relationships, loyalty and commitment to
the Addwealth value system. Because Addwealth’s clients participate
actively in their financial journey, they are better equipped to
handle market volatility, and as a result, Addwealth is experiencing
unprecedented referral levels. Building on their reputation for putting
clients’ interests first, Addwealth is now improving its technological
capabilities to expand the provision of financial services to individuals
throughout Australia, and by extension the world. So long as individuals
have access to a computer and the Internet, the potential for growth in
this business is virtually unlimited.