For the 11th consecutive year, AMP is, once again, proud to be a part of the Telstra Business Awards.
AMP has a 160 year history of supporting small to medium enterprises and believes that the Telstra Business Awards provide a fantastic opportunity for you to reflect on your goals as a business and on what drives your success.
At AMP, that's a process we know well through our network of financial planners, who work closely with individuals and small businesses today to understand their financial aspirations and needs to grow their businesses for tomorrow.
Our 1400 planner practices are themselves successful small businesses, owned by financial planners who have built them up with the same determination and entrepreneurial spirit we see in the entrants and winners of this awards program. Like you, they are aware that innovation is necessary to continually meet their client's needs.
We look forward to hearing your story and to recognising and rewarding innovative Australian business in 2010.
Craig Meller Managing Director AMP Financial Services
At MYOB we're all about making business life easier and we love being involved with programs that encourage and motivate Aussie businesses to achieve. The Telstra Business Awards is one such program and weíre proud to be involved with the Awards and help celebrate the spirit and success of Aussie businesses.
In addition to celebrating success, the Awards play a vital role in the encouragement and development of Aussie business owners. Importantly, the Awards recognise not only your business, but you, your employees and your families.
As you will find, being part of the Telstra Business Awards is an enlightening and exciting journey. It is actually a journey that MYOB has taken before.
In fact, winning the Telstra Business of the Year Award in 1996 provided us with the confidence and inspiration to keep setting our sights higher. We encourage Aussie business owners to enter the Telstra Business Awards and hope the Awards program also inspires you to continue to go from strength to strength.
The Telstra Business Awards will give you the opportunity to take a fresh look at your business, open your mind to new ideas and provide the motivation to achieve even more than you have already. In the end, itís the process that's just as important as the outcome.
However, no matter the outcome, you should be proud of what you have achieved.
Good luck to you all!
Tim Reed CEO MYOB
News Limited is thrilled to maintain its participation in this prestigiously national event.
For ten years and beyond, our nationwide award-winning newspapers have covered the growing success of the Telstra Business Awards, and have celebrated the entrepreneurial spirit of the many small business owners who make this event the success it has become.
The businessowner brand, which appears in our newspapers, has continued to provide a practical, inspiring and authoritative voice for small business owners. Along with businessowner, News Limited has launched a number of new national sections perfect for small businesses to target an engaged audience.
2009 saw the launch of Your Money on Mondays and Escape on Sundays. In early 2010, we will launch Hit, Switched On and Taste that will also have supporting websites. This suite of sections represent the ideal environment for companies to grow their businesses.
We look forward to sharing the stories of the finalists and winners in all the award categories including the micro-business category that News Limited is proud to sponsor.
Tony Kendall Director of Sales News Limited
Panasonic is proud to support the Telstra Business Awards as sponsor of the Panasonic Australia Medium Business Award, for the eighth consecutive year.
Through our involvement we have seen the vital role the Awards play in nurturing the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit of Australian business people.
Like many great businesses, Panasonic had small beginnings and grew from a one-person business started by our founder Konosuke Matsushita in 1918. Mr Matsushita's capacity to open his mind to many possibilities and his humility to learn from anyone and anything became central to Panasonic's philosophy.
It is this inspired approach that has led to a long history of product innovation. Panasonic's 'ideas for life' encapsulates this spirit and demonstrates our commitment to providing technology that can enrich peopleís lives and advance our society.
We look forward to supporting innovative Australian business in 2010, and wish entrants every success in their business endeavours.
Steve Rust Managing Director Panasonic Australia
Congratulations on embarking upon your 2010 Telstra Business Awards journey.
At Sensis, we believe how we do business is just as important as what we do. This means we make decisions that consider the environment and community impact, as well as the cost.
We are committed to a sustainable Australian future and a big part of that is supporting the two million plus small and medium businesses in Australia to embrace socially responsible business practices.
One step we've taken is the publication of a new book: Small Business, Big Opportunity: Sustainable Growth. The book features information to help small and medium sized business owners understand how they can introduce and benefit from environmentally sustainable practices in their workplace.
The new book is written by environmental expert Jon Dee and will be available to order from 1 March free of charge via about.sensis.com.au.
We're very proud to support the Sensis Social Responsibility award category at the 2010 Telstra Business Awards. Recognising and celebrating businesses that are taking a leadership role with regard to socially responsible practices, is a big part of encouraging sustainable change.
The entrants in the 2008 and 2009 Telstra Business Awards stood out as sustainable business leaders committed to making a difference. We are looking forward to seeing more inspirational entries this year.
Good luck from me and everyone at Sensis.
Bruce Akhurst CEO Sensis Pty. Ltd