Naming Sponsor - Josh's Rainbow Eggs
We are delighted to have Josh's Rainbow Eggs back on board as the naming sponsor for 2024. Having won three categories in the 2019 awards and they came on board as naming rights sponsors in 2021 and continued in this role to support and encourage other businesses.
Gold sponsor - Bendigo Bank
The Bendigo Bank branches in the Macedon Ranges are delighted to sponsor the business awards for a seventh year, to support and celebrate local businesses. With four locations in the shire, we see every day how important local businesses are to the fabric and success of our communities.
Our branches all offer the full range of Bendigo Bank products, competitive rates and local staff who care about your financial success, plus an important point of difference – we invest in the local communities in which we operate. To date, we have given back $3.5 million to support clubs, projects, events and schools in the Macedon Ranges to help our communities thrive.
So, for great service and banking you can feel good about, bank with your local branch
- Bendigo Bank Kyneton – 89 Mollison Street or 5422 3400
- Community Bank Gisborne – 11 Nexus Way or 5420 7210
- Community Bank Lancefield – 20A High Street or 5429 1977
- Community Bank Romsey – 105 Main Street or 5429 5526
Silver Sponsor - Workspace Australia
Workspace Australia Ltd is the largest business incubator provider in Australia. Established in 1998 it has grown to encompass 6 incubator sites across regional Victoria.
Setting the benchmark for assisting start-up businesses in becoming commercially viable it has achieved a level of success which is unmatched within the industry. In a time when 40% of businesses are successful after the first three years of operation, Workspace has been able to achieve a success rate of 98% over the last seven years .
Voted Australia’s Business Incubator of the Year in 2010 and a finalist in the International Incubator of the Year awards in 2011, Workspace has become the leader in establishing best practices within the industry.
This non-profit organisation, governed by a Volunteer Board of Directors has been voted one of the top 10 incubators in the world and was awarded Bendigo’s Business Excellence Social Enterprise of the Year in 2016.
Media sponsor - Midland Express
The Midland Express is a free weekly newspaper circulating in the Macedon Ranges and Mount Alexander regions of Victoria, Australia. The paper has a circulation of over 22,000 every week. The paper's office remains at its original location in the town of Kyneton, it is published weekly on a Tuesday and has been since its inception in 1979.