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30th Belmont & Western Australian Small Business Awards Launch
30th Belmont & WA Small Business Awards 2023 Brochure
The 30th annual Belmont & Western Australian Small Business Awards will officially launch at Empire Bar in Lathlain on the 31st of May 2023. The Belmont & Western Australian Small Business Awards is coordinated by the Belmont Business Enterprise Centre Inc. (Belmont BEC) who is celebrating 30 years of opportunities, training and mentoring in WA small business; and supported by major sponsors City of Belmont and the Textile Clothing Footwear Resource Centre of WA (TCFWA).
With a welcome offered by Mayor Cr Phil Marks, City of Belmont, the function will be MC’d by Hannah Beazley, MLA, Member for Victoria Park & Past Board Member Belmont BEC. VIP’s attending include Hon Jacqui Jarvis Minister for Agriculture and Food; Forestry; Small business; Geoff Baker MLA, Member for South Perth; Mr Naresh Sharma, Commercial Consul (HoC), Consulate of India Perth; Hon Consul Slovakia, Mr Paul Faix, Chair Belmont BEC; City of Belmont Mayor Cr Phil Marks, Deputy Mayor Cr Robert Rossi, Cr Jenny Davis, Cr Natalie Carter; City of Bayswater, Deputy Mayor Cr Catherine Ehrhardt; TCFWA Chair Irving Lane; BPW WA State President Sandra Cook, BPW Belmont President Deggi Altangerel; AusIndustry WA, Brett Duane. Our award category sponsors attending include, Jessica Ballard, APM; Gene Sneddon, Empire Bar; Droyt Robb, Flintel; Johnathan Johnson, Green Promotions; Andrew Clark, Perth Now; Nick Shmakov, Res-Q; Stuart Davis, R Moore & Sons; Neil Cranny, Westways Visual Communications and Nick Zborowski, Mustera Property Group. Entertainment for the evening will be provided by Charndeep Kaur, Expedition the Musical Journey.
Belmont BEC CEO Carol Hanlon and Founder of the Awards said, “We have twenty-four different award categories for small businesses to be recognised for their ongoing commitment to the small business sector in Western Australia. Now in its 30th year, we are excited to see new businesses thrive and ongoing ones continue to strengthen, as the economy dynamics shift once again.”
The awards would not be possible without the support of our valued sponsors, including the City of Belmont. The Awards are open to small businesses both within the Belmont area, Perth Metro and state-wide.
2023 Award Categories:
This year’s Awards include the following categories for entrants to consider such as:
- BEST MARKETING AWARD
- KARL FARRELL INSPIRATION AWARD
- CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AWARD
- BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AWARD
- SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
- CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD
- INNOVATION & CREATIVITY AWARD
- CYBER SECURITY & TECHNOLOGY AWARD
- SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIA AWARD
- COMMUNITY SPIRIT AWARD
- FASHION INDUSTRY AWARD
- INDIGENOUS BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD
- BEST NEW BUSINESS AWARD
- MARJORIE CHARLESON WA RACING INDUSTRY AWARD
- TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY AWARD
- MENTOR AWARD
- HOME BASED BUSINESS AWARD
- BUSINESS WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
- INTERNATIONAL TRADE AWARD
- ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- BUSINESS MIGRANT OF THE YEAR
- YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
- ENTERPRISE OF THE YEAR
- BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
For more information on how to enter the awards and other categories, please contact [email protected] or phone: (08) 9479 3777 or view www.belmontbec.com/awards
Entries close on September 26th and the ‘Night of Stars’ Awards presentation night will take place on November 1st at the Grand Ballroom, Perth Exhibition and Convention Centre.
The 30th Awards launch will include announcement of the 19th designedge Innovation FESTIVAL 2023, with over 150 webinars, workshops, events, and forums being staged in Belmont, Perth, across WA and globally online showcasing export trade opportunities, cyber security experts, innovators, designers, and entrepreneurs. In addition, announcement of the official launch BELMONT BEC ONLINE AUCTION, showcasing great products and services donated by BEC & TCF supporters to celebrate the 30yrs of small business support services provided.
For further information please contact:
Carol Hanlon
CEO
Belmont BEC
P| 61 8 9479 3777 M| 61 417963231
E| [email protected]
Belmont Business Enterprise Centre Inc. (Belmont BEC)
PO Box 370, Cloverdale, WA 6985 Phone 61 8 9479 3777
www.belmontbec.com www.belmontbec.com/awards www.becnational.com/export
www.becauction.com www.belmontbec.com/2023innovation
www.bpwbusinessincubator.com/bec www.mybusinessincubator.com.au/1001
Major Sponsors
City of Belmont
The City of Belmont is a vibrant, modern City located just six kilometres from the Perth CBD. The City’s prime location between Perth Airport and Perth CBD has led to a strong local freight and logistics industry, and attracts new families, businesses, and visitors to the area. With a pro-business outlook, diverse local economy, and growing population, the City is a great place to live, work, and invest. www.belmont.wa.gov.au
Belmont BEC is a non-profit community organisation established in 1994, providing training, mentoring, networking, support services and opportunities to over 33,000+ individuals in Belmont, WA & Australia to start or improve their small business and is a specialist in virtual business incubation. Belmont BEC has originated a large range of well-known projects and programs for the benefit of its small business clients that have included the annual Belmont & Western Australian Small Business Awards, designedge Innovation FESTIVAL, TCF Resource Centre WA, Multicultural Business Support Services, WA Racing Industry Project, Belmont Clothes Library, BPW Business Incubator Online Projects for Women in Business, Count Me IN Disability Employer Awareness, MY Business Incubator Cyber Security Project and the BEC National Export Training & Mentoring Project. www.belmontbec.com www.belmontbec.com/awards www.belmontbec.com/2023innovation www.becnational.com www.bpwbusinessincubator.com/bec www.mybusinessincubator.com.au/1001
TCFWA | TCF Australia | TCF Global is a non-profit industry association established in 1998, assisting over 6,000 designers, creatives, fashion & TCFL related industry small business with fashion business skill development including TCF Australia Export Training & Mentoring Project, designedge Innovation festival, sustainable fashion & circular economy topics, MY Fashion Incubator migrant small business projects, linkages in the global supply chains, international trade missions and industry networks. www.tcfwa.com www.tcfwa.com/2023innovation www.tcfaustralia.com/export www.tcfglobal.com www.myfashionincubator.com