Eligibility
 
The Northern Adelaide BEC Business Awards have been very successful with a high calibre of entries in previous years and now also allows for applications to come from near north towns in addition to Gawler, Playford and Salisbury.
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The eligibility for the NABEC Business Awards 2010 are that businesses adhere to the following:
  • Their major place of operations are within the boundaries of the City of Playford, City of Salisbury, Town of Gawler and surrounds.
  • They must be an operating business.
  • They can be a sole trader, partnership, a registered company or a Trust.
  • It is not necessary that they employ staff.
  • All applications are offered help and assistance in preparing their submission for the Awards by students from the School of Business, UniSA.  

Assessment Criteria

 
Assistance is made available to all businesses who participate via students from UniSA School of Management.  Applicants are encouraged to utilise this process as an additional analysis of their business while enhancing the students development.
 
Businesses will be judged by a panel of experienced and independent judges with assessments made on the following basis:
  • How well the business presents itself to the market.
  • How well the business seeks to meet customer expectations, and how well it meets  these expectations.   
  • The extent to which the business is growing
  • Evidence of good Management practices
  • Evidence of good and effective Marketing practices
  • Evidence of good staff relations
  • Evidence, (where appropriate) of innovations
In making their assessments, judges will give consideration to:
  • Information provided in the formal Entry Form (3 copies to be submitted).  
  • Any further information the business believes could help the judges. (eg. Samples of brochures, flyers, etc., copies of any advertising, testimonials, details of training (managers and staff), photographs of premises, products, etc.) 
  • Additional information that may be provided by staff, customers and / or suppliers.
  • The information provided is reflective of a well run and successful business, acknowledging its responsibilities to shareholders, staff, customers and to the community.