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Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award Provincial Victoria
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 Damian Drum, Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Victoria, and Champions of the Bush Chairman, Dr Greg Walsh, present FreshBins CEO John Robinson with the 2011 Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award |
FreshBins is a robotic bin cleaning system that uses world-leading technology to clean and sterilise household and commercial wheelie bins utlising environmentally-sustainable practices.
With the capacity to clean 1000 bins in one shift, the FreshBins operation is so finely-tuned that it can clean a bin using less than one cup of water. This amazing enterprise was created by Paul Sewell, a former plumber and welder and is operated from his home of Warrnambool. |
Read more about FreshBins by visiting their website. Click here to learn more.
The other nominees for the 2011 Award were:
BUSINESS NAME
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CONTACT NAME |
BUSINESS ADDRESS
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WEBSITE |
PHONE CONTACT |
| The Pig Pen, Euroa |
Claire Penniceard |
PO Box 324, Euroa, Victoria |
03 5795 1298 |
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| The Australian Turntable Co Pty Ltd |
Ben Chapman |
61 Collins Street, Kangaroo Flat, Victoria |
www.turntables.com.au |
03 5447 0525 |
| Kinross Farm, Kinglake West |
Philip & Jane Szepe |
2110 Yea Road, Kinglake West, Victoria |
www.kinrossfarm.com.au | 03 5780 1242 |
| North East Survey Design |
Matthew Sammon |
PO Box 882, Wangaratta, Victoria |
03 5721 6701 |
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| Safetech | Adrian Densley |
Po Box 360, Moe, Victoria |
www.safetech.com.au | 03 5127 4566 |
| Kinglake Ranges Wilderness Park |
Colin & Michelle French |
PO Box 21, Kinglake West, Victoria |
www.krwc.com.au | 03 5786 5230 |
| Design Experts |
Tim Gentle |
175 Lyttleton Terrace, Bendigo, Vicoria |
www.designexperts.com.au | 03 5442 6888 |
| Pacdon Park |
James Arrowsmith |
PO Box 2110, Echuca, Victoria |
www.pacdon.com.au | 03 5480 9645 |
| Kitset Kitchens |
James Callinan, Mary Ann Callinan |
PO Box 424, Hamilton, Victoria |
www.kitsetkitchens.com.au | 03 5571 1337 |
| Nevs Cabinets |
2 O'Brien Street, Yarrawonga, Victoria |
www.nevscabinets.com.au | 03 5743 2405 |
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| The Outdoor Education Group (OEG) |
Nick Owen |
Private Bag 1109, Eildon, Victoria |
www.oeg.net.au | 03 5774 2617 |
More about the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award
Champions of the Bush conducts the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award for small businesses in regional Victoria. The Award aims to promote and encourage entrepreneurship and innovation and, more specifically, to acknowledge entrepreneurial leadership in regional Victoria. The winner receives:- Financial support to attend an approved conference / seminar relevant to their venture.
- Recognition at the Champions of the Bush Award Celebration, a gala event held in regional Victoria, where the finalists' achievements are profiled before the media.
Champions of the Bush will hold a 2012 Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award on Friday 12 May 2011. For more information:
Please call Maree Lane on:0438 676 274
or email on:
sofeawards@championsofthebush.org.au
2009 Winner
The 2009 winner was ‘Enterprise Cruises’ of Paynesville in East Gippsland. Owner Roelf Aukema and his wife Juliette were present to receive a handsome trophy from the Swinburne University Director of MBA programs Dr. Julian Lippi.2008 Winner
Crawford Kitchens is a containerised kitchen catering unit. Andrew Crawford has catered for motor racing teams in Australia, New Zealand and Bahrain for over 20 years. He designed the first unit in 2004. Ten units are now in use with a wide variety of organisations. The business now has over 200 clients and serves more than 60,000 meals each year.Based at Mansfield and employing 15 people, the Crawford collection proves necessity is the mother of invention.
2007 Winner
Whatever it takes to make an entrepreneur in the Bush, the one common thread is the will to "have a go". When Victorians Alan and Shelley Green hatched an idea to start their own free range egg business in 1999, they knew the risks were high. They were already selling eggs to a few local outlets, but to market free range eggs by themselves, 100 percent under their own brand name, was a quantum leap. The fruits of their calculated risk, hard work and canny marketing were recognised when Green Eggs took out the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award Provincial Victoria 2007. Sponsored by Champions of the Bush Inc. and the Swinburne University Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, the award recognises businesses and organisations who have demonstrated real innovation and entrepreneurship in provincial Victoria.' Supported by:
