City of Sydney Business Awards

Awards Categories

RETAIL CATEGORIES
No.	CATEGORY	DEFINITIONS & INCLUSIONS

1.	Retail Fashion	Clothing retailing, including retail sale of textiles, new or used men's, women's, and children's clothing, footwear, swimwear, jewelry, general clothing and specialised clothing and leather goods.
2.	Retail Beauty	Hairdressing and beauty salons and services, including nail care, facials, makeup, skin care, skin products, barber shops, electrolysis service, hair restoration, and solariums.
3.	Household & General Retail	Furniture, houseware and appliance retailing, floor covering, domestic hardware and housewares, paints and glass. Other store-based retailers including books and stationery, galleries, pets, toys, chemist, automotive sale and repair, lighting, and other retail operations not covered in categories 1 and 2.
4.	Food & Beverage Retail	Retail sale of food, baked goods, beverages and tobacco in supermarkets, grocery stores and specialised food and beverage retailing including beer wine and spirits.
HOSPITALITY CATEGORIES
5.	Restaurants	Businesses engaged in providing food and beverage serving services for consumption on the premises, where customers generally order and are served while seated and pay after eating.
6.	Cafes	Businesses engaged in providing food for consumption on the premises and takeaway.
7.	Takeaway Food & Catering Services	Businesses engaged principally in providing food services ready to be taken away for immediate consumption or for delivery, and including, juice bars and mobile food vans. Catering services include providing catering services at specified locations or events, including meals and snacks that may be transported and/or prepared on or off the premises as required by the customer.
8.	Pubs, Hotels, & Nightclubs	Hotels, bars, clubs or similar businesses engaged in selling alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, or selling alcoholic beverages both for consumption on and off premises.
TOURISM CATEGORIES
9.	Accommodation - Luxury, Deluxe & Boutique	Short term accommodation provided by boutique hotels and 4 and 5 star hotels.
10.	Accommodation – Standard & Budget	Accommodation provided by guest houses, hotels, motels, "backpacker" accommodation, youth hostels.
11.	Culture, Tourism, Creative & Recreational Services	Attractions, tours, and tour operators, venues heritage activities, creative and performing arts companies, sports and recreation, theatres, libraries, parks and gardens. Creative businesses including artists and musicians.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CATEGORIES
12.	Professional & Business Services	Businesses engaged in selling their expertise in professional, scientific and technical services, including scientific research, architecture, engineering, legal, accounting, advertising, management consulting, real estate agents, valuators, property management, market research, marketing, veterinary service, and translation services, event management.
13.	Information & Communication Technology	Businesses providing technologies and services that enable information to be accessed, stored, processed, transformed and disseminated, including transmission and communication of voice, image and data over transmission media.
14.	Financial Services	Banking, building society, investment services, insurance, financial advisors, asset management, broking services, superannuation, mortgage and finance broking.
OTHER BUSINESS CATEGORIES
15.	Transport, Postal Services & Distribution	Transport and delivery of mail, packages and parcels, courier services, facilities for passengers or freight, car parking, harbor services, freight forwarding, crating and customs services. Wholesale businesses.
16.	Manufacturing & Construction	Manufacturing businesses are engaged in the transformation of materials into products. Examples include: Printing and related support activities; ready-mixed concrete production; fabricating Signs and advertising displays; electroplating; grinding of lenses to prescription. Construction businesses are engaged in constructing and repair of buildings, roads, drains or mains; installation of heating and air conditioning, alarms, electrical wiring, construction trades including carpentry, bricklaying, plumbing and painting; and site preparation services.
17.	Education & Training	Kindergartens and pre-schools, childcare, adult education, special education, art, music, drama and dance schools and teachers.
18.	Charity	Organisations with deductible gift recipient status whose purposes are the relief of poverty, the relief of the needs of the aged, the relief of sickness or distress, the advancement of religion, the advancement of education, the provision of child care services on a non-profit basis and other purposes beneficial to the community. Proof of DGR status required.
19.	Healthcare	Businesses engaged in healthcare and other medical services, including residential care and social assistance services, pathology and diagnostic imaging, dental, optometry, physiotherapy, chiropractic and osteopathic services, alternative remedies clinics including massage therapy, Chinese herbal medicine, fitness companies and personal trainers, gyms.
20.	Environmental Business	Businesses whose core function is provision of environmental services, environmental consulting, sale or development of environmental technology or products.
21.	Disability Inclusiveness Award	Businesses showing a high level of planning and service in accommodating any form of disability among staff or customers.
22.	Innovation Award	Businesses that can demonstrate innovation through adoption of technology, systems and practices, strategic planning, continuous improvement and a culture of innovation through product development and service.
23.	Export Business	Exporting Australian goods and/or services.
HIGHEST RECOGNITION AWARDS
24.	Lord Mayor's Sustainability Award Presented by EnergyAustralia	Judging Criteria Chosen from among all finalists. The business that demonstrates leadership, innovation, creativity and business strategy in adapting to and planning for sustainable growth and incorporating sustainable business practices.
25.	Business of the year	Judging Criteria Chosen by the panel of judges from amongst all award category winners, and awarded to the business that best demonstrates outstanding leadership including impact upon the community, evidence of success and sustainability planning.

Chambers/Business Partnerships Awards		Judging Criteria Separate set of awards, which are chosen from all nominees and presented by members of the Chamber of Commerce/Business Partnership in each precinct. To be awarded to the business that is considered to be outstanding in community participation.