Hawkesbury Celebrates Region’s Top Tradies

From hundreds of entrants from right across the nation, nine from the Hawkesbury have made the finalists cut for the 2024 Australian Trades Small Business Champion Awards, a major recognition awards program dedicated to spotlighting top-performing trades-based small business operators, nationwide.

An encouraging announcement in light of recent headlines concerning the construction industry, The Australian Trades Small Business Champion Awards pertinently pays tribute to the vital role of small businesses in the trade sector as the backbone of the nation’s construction industry, and a significant contributor to Australia’s overall social and economic prosperity.

The Trade Awards also recognise trade-based small business owners’ invaluable contributions to their local communities and to their fields of specialty.

Spanning all capital cities as well as rural, regional and suburban towns, the Australian Trades Small Business Champion Awards judged according to stringent criteria by an independent expert panel and over multiple judging rounds.

Awards Founder and Managing Director of Precedent Products, which coordinate the Awards, Steve Loe said the overall quality of submissions received this year was very high.

“The ultimate formation of our 2024 shortlist was no easy task for our judges,” Mr Loe said.

When the Champion judges evaluate entries, they consider all aspects of a business, its strategies, growth, eco-friendliness, innovation, customer service and community sport, to name but some of the criteria.

“The Australian trades sector is arguably among the most complex, but its also among the most reliant and certainly hardworking.

“It’s truly a privilege to help spotlight those in the Hawkesbury region who are demonstrating excellence in their trade and encouraging future generations of Aussie tradies, too.

“The following rounds of judging will be just as intense as initial rounds as we continue to evaluate the achievements of this year’s finalists, to reach just one winner per category.”

The nine finalists from Hawkesbury are:

• Advanced Bathroom Solutions, Pitt Town (bathroom and kitchen renovators);

• Chad Co-op Building, South Windsor (bathroom and kitchen renovators);

• Star Ceramics, The Slopes (bathroom and kitchen renovators);

• PNP Constructions, The Slopes (bathroom and kitchen renovators);

• Urban Ops, The Slopes (bathroom and kitchen renovations);

• Breadtop, Dural (baker);

• Pasticceria Papa Haberfield, Dural (baker); and

• Zaitoune Lebanese Bakery, Dural (baker).

Mr Loe said being selected as a finalist in this prestigious event, from an entrant pool that really does span the entire country, was no easy feat and spoke volumes of the tenacity and leadership at each of the small businesses.

Recent data indicates that almost two million tradies were actively employed in Australia and figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that the vast majority of Australian small business owners were tradies.

“A career in trades typically means long days and exhausting labour and for owners this is an addition to all the pressures that come with running a small business,” Mr Loe said.

“It can be a taxing career and those who perform to a high standard ought to be acknowledged, which is what the Awards is all about.”

This year marks the second consecutive year of the Australian Trades Small Business Champion Awards.

All 2024 winners will be revealed at a glittering gala red carpet event at Sydney’s The Star on Friday night, August 23.

Visit www.championawards.com.au/trades for more information.

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