Special Report: Family Business Awards

Family Business Australia chief executive Philippa Taylor delivered an overwhelmingly positive message to those at the 2005 Family Business Australia (WA) Family Business Awards held this month at the WA Art Gallery.

“Never in my wildest imagination did I think we would be up here doing this,” Moon-Haven Natural Products owner Leonie Gully said as she received the 2005 FBA Family Business Awards first generation prize.

Herdsman Fresh Essentials co-owner Dennis Cerinich understands all too well that, for a family business to be successful, all staff members need to feel they are part of the ‘family’.

Sadleirs Transport, winner of the FBA Family Business Awards third-generation and family employer categories for 2005, is really two family businesses in one, according to the company’s managing director Ian Cook.

IT has been fun, a humbling experience and also a privilege being involved in the FBA Family Business Awards for the past three years. Running a (very small) business myself, I tip my hat to the dedication and impressive results these businesses have been