2004 Winners of the Gippsland Business Awards
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2004 inductee to the Hall of Fame was ‘Paul
The Pieman’ of Yarram and Inverloch.
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Gippsland Business of
the Year
won by:
Patties Foods
Before a capacity audience of 400 people, Patties Foods,
the Bairnsdale business that recently bought ‘Four and Twenty’ Pies
off a multinational business and generated significant new employment
opportunities in East Gippsland was presented with the winner’s
certificate and trophy by Federation Health Chairperson
David Blythman.
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other well known Gippsland businesses who have won the prestigious
award in previous years. These include Kiel Industries, Jindi Cheese,
Geo Eng, Gippsland Business Support and Valley Windows. |
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The Federation Health Gippsland Business Awards
drew unprecedented interest from businesses across Gippsland
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Hall of Fame Inductee
won by:
Paul the Pieman
Paul and Robyn
Woods receive their awards as
inductees into the Gippsland Business Awards
Hall of Fame
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Accommodation
won by:
Chestnut Hill Country Retreat
Colin Wright of Phillipsons
presents Malcolm and Pearl Findlay
of Chestnut Hill Country Retreat the
award for the Accommodation category.
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Agriculture/Primary Producer
won by:
R Radford & Son
Robert Radford
of R Radford & Son hold their awards
for the Agriculture/Primary Producer
category which was presented by Colin Kiel
of Kiel Industries.
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Commerce/Information
Communications Technology
won by:
Promaccom
John Todd and Kate Fooke receive
the award on behalf of thier company from Loretta
Willaton representing the category sponsor Telstra
Country Wide.
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Environment & Sustainable
Business Practice
won by:
K&C Fisheries
Ian Nethercote of Loy
Yang Power presents the joint winners of this award to Zorro
Parmigiani of K & C fisheries.
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Hospitality
won by:
Neilson's Restaurant
Peter Kullich representing the category
sponsor, the Baw Baw Shire Council, presented the
Hospitality award to Damien
Gannon, Lewis Prince and Brad Neilson
of Neilson's Restaurant
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Manufacturing/Export
won by:
Patties Foods
The award was presented by Cr Darrell White
to Richard Rijs of Patties Foods.
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New Business
won by:
Chumba Concept Salon
Maree McPerson of Gippsland
ACC presents Carl Keeley and Belinda
Watts of Chumba Concept Salon
with the New Business award.
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Retailing
won by:
Orbost AUR Food Rite
Brendan Jenkins MP on behalf of the
Dept. of Innovation, Industry
and Regional Development presents the award for Retailing
to Stephen and Karen Price
from Orbost AUR Food Rite
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Service
won by:
Edge Aviation
Bob and Lorraine MacGillivray
receive the Service award from Barbara
Fulton representing category sponsor Members
& Education Credit Union.
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Tourism
won by:
PowerWorks
Michelle Chester and Kathryn Ritzer-Alexander
hold the category awards in the Wellington
Shire Council's Tourism section .
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Young Achievement Award
In a first for the awards, there was a special presentation to
Yarumba, a school based company auspiced by South Coast Christian
College and Young Achievement Australia.
Rebecca Crouch, Anna Hughes and
Cortney Evans received the award from Les
Hardy from the sponsor Monash University.
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The Federation Health Gippsland Business Awards
drew unprecedented interest from businesses across Gippsland.
Chairperson Chris Buckingham said: ‘The quality
of nominations this year was of a very high quality. This is a great
sign that business in Gippsland continues to improve across the
board. The breadth and quality of nominations demonstrate that businesses
can thrive in a regional environment. The Awards are a celebration
of the great things that are happening in the Gippsland Business
Community.’
In a first for the awards, there was a special presentation to
Yarumba, a school based company auspiced by South Coast Christian
College and Young Achievement Australia.
Chris Buckingham continued: ‘The future of business in Gippsland
is our young people. We were delighted to be working with Monash
University Gippsland and Young Achievement Australia in recognising
the young business talent in the region’
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