FINALISTS have been announced for the 2024 Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards – the nation’s biggest celebration of women in small business.
The only national awards program of its kind created specifically to shine a spotlight on the rising economic, cultural and social contributions of female-led small businesses – spanning all capital cities as well as rural, regional and suburban towns – the Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards is comprehensively judged according to stringent criteria by an independent expert panel.
Now in its third consecutive year, the 2024 Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards features more than 60 categories across retail, services and manufacturing industries, as well as individual categories in celebration of the year’s most inspiring female small business trailblazers.
“We’re in the midst of an age of female entrepreneurial empowerment,” says Steve Loe, Awards Founder and Managing Director of Precedent Productions, which coordinates the Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards.
“Despite the current high cost of living and myriad challenges associated with small business ownership at present, Australian women are simply powering through and showing incredible resilience and drive across all industries of the small business sector.
“We received a high volume of high-quality submissions and so, the shortlisting of this year’s finalists was quite the challenge for our judges.
“When the Champion Judges evaluate entries, they consider all aspects of a business: its strategies, growth, eco-friendliness, innovation, customer service and community support – to name but some of the criteria.
“The next rounds of judging will be intense as we continue to evaluate the achievements of this year’s finalists to reach just winner per category,” says Mr Loe.
“Being selected as a finalist of this prestigious event – from a national entrant pool of thousands – is no easy feat and speaks volumes of the tenacity and leadership at each of these female-led small businesses.
“It’s truly a privilege to help spotlight the successes of these small businesswomen and I wish them the very best of luck on Awards night,” adds Mr Loe
Winners of the 2024 Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards will be announced on Saturday 24 August in spectacular style at a red-carpet National Presentation Evening gala event, hosted by Nine journalist Jayne Azzopardi, at Sydney’s The Star.
For more information including a full list of the 2024 finalists, visit championawards.com.au/womens. The 2024 Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards program is sponsored by Castaway Forecasting, Big Clean, Xcllusive Business Sales and NOVA Employment.