Categories
Local Category |
Category Definition |
| Coffee Shop/Casual Dining | Coffee Shops and casual dining restaurants (i.e eat in or takeaway) |
| Formal Dining | Formal fine dining |
| Fresh Food & Beverage | Delicatessen, Butchers, Bakers, Fruit & Vegetable Stores, Wine Shop, Bottle Shop |
| Delicatessen/Gourmet Food | Delicatessens and gourmet food |
| Liquor Stores | Wine Shop, Bottle Shop, Boutique Cellar |
| Fashion Clothing & Accessories | Shoe stores, fashion jeweller, mens womens and childrens clothing stores |
| Florist | Florist |
| Gift Shop/Specialty Store | Gift shops and specialty stores including jewellers and galleria |
| Jeweller | Jeweller stores |
| Newsagency/Book Store | Newsagency and Book Stores |
| Home & Garden Retail | Furniture, White Goods, Hardware, Nurseries, etc |
| Trades & Services | Painters, Plumbers, Home Improvement Services/Suppliers, etc |
| Business/Professional Services | Accountants, Architects, Solicitors, Photographers, Interior Design, Adult Learning, Post Office, etc |
| Children's Services/ Education | Child Care Centres, Kindergartens, Day Care, After School Care, Tuition and Children's Services. |
| Tourism & Travel Services | Tourism & Travel Services |
| Real Estate | Real Estate |
| Hairdresser/Beauty | Skin, Nails, Beauty Therapy/Salons, day spas, stylist, haircare, Male/Female services |
| Fitness/Sport | Gyms, Sport Centres, Sports Associations, Sportswear, Sports Equipment, etc. Includes Water Sports. |
| Community Service/Not-for-profit organisation | Volunteer Groups, Support Organisations, Non Profit Sporting Clubs etc. |
| Health Services | Doctors, health stores, natural therapies, Weight Loss Centres, etc |
| Pharmacy | Pharmacy |
| Hotel/Clubs/Entertainment Venue | All Clubs, RSL, Leagues etc. Dinner & Show etc. |
| Art | Art restoration/sales/services |
| Readers Choice | The business that received the greatest number of reader votes across all categories. This includes voting both in-paper and online. |
| New Business | Commenced within 18 months of final coupon appearing. Change of Name/Address is excluded, proof of commencement required. |
| Apprentice of the Year | The apprentice that achieves the highest score from the Apprentice of the Year questionnaire. The Apprentice of the Year questionnaire is supplied in the Finalist Kit to all businesses that are finalists. An Employer is invited to fill out the questionnaire by way of recognising and acknowledging the hard work of a particular Apprentice These questionnaires are then judged by our panel of judges. There is only one winner across all the categories in a particular program. |
| Employee Excellence | An employee that achieves the highest score as determined by the Employee of the Year questionnaire. The Employee of the Year questionnaire is supplied in the Finalist Kit to all businesses that are finalists. An Employer is invited to fill out the questionnaire by way of recognising and acknowledging the hard work of a particular employee. These questionnaires are then judged by our panel of judges. There is only one winner across all the categories in a particular program. |
| Community Contribution of the Year | Local Businesses who are making a positive contribution to their local community through selfless means - this is an editorial choice based on the editor's knowledge of the local area and can be any business that services the local community. |
| Local Business of the Year | The business that achieves the highest score across all categories and the overall highest achieving business in a particular program |
| Please note that there are some categories outside of this table, which were entered in an effort to tailor the business awards program to differing regions | |
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