2025 marks the 27th year that Precedent Productions will honour the outstanding achievements and contributions of the Australian small business community.

With over 100 categories, this year’s awards will crown the nation’s Small Business Champions, with winners announced at two glittering red-carpet gala events at The Star Sydney on 28 and 29 March 2025.

The program is open to all industries and free to enter, with applications closing on 10 February 2025.

“Small businesses play a critical role in creating jobs and driving economic growth across a wide range of industries, often earning the title of the backbone of the national economy,” said Steve Loe, Founder and Managing Director of Precedent Productions. “The Australian Small Business Champion Awards provide an invaluable opportunity for operators to have their work evaluated by an expert panel, gain industry recognition, and benchmark themselves against the best in their field,” Mr. Loe added.

Among the program’s previous winners is Justin Vetsavong, CEO of Canberra-based Leaky Roof, who took home the 2024 Small Business Champion Entrepreneur Award. “This honour not only recognises my personal achievements but also shines a light on the incredible team behind me,” Justin shared, highlighting the transformative impact of the awards on his business.

Businesses from every corner of the nation – from regional hubs to capital cities – are encouraged to enter.

The Awards are proudly presented in partnership with NOVA Employment, Castaway Forecasting, BOA, VJB Group, Xcllusive Business Sales, and Big Clean.

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Health fund HCF and its accelerator program Catalyst, now in its fourth year in partnership with Slingshot, is offering successful applicants access to HCF mentors and hands-on resources such as funding, industry relationship-building, and strategic guidance to turn their ideas into investment-ready businesses.

In its first three years, HCF Catalyst has fostered the success of health technology businesses, with 18 start-up graduates from the program securing $9.5 million in funding from HCF and other investors. The program has also supported 11 scale-ups on the journey to becoming sustainable businesses.

Since sponsoring HCF Catalyst four years ago, HCF CEO Sheena Jack said: “Our vision for the Catalyst program has always been to support innovation in healthcare so we can drive better health outcomes for Australians. By continuing to support the latest technologies and innovative business models, we can generate real-life solutions for health issues that affect the wellbeing of our members”.

As part of HCF’s long-term goals, the aim of the HCF Catalyst program is to harness new technology and business models that improve the health outcomes of all Australians. The aim is to attract applications that relate to the latest health tech trends and address specific areas that will make healthcare understandable, affordable, high quality and member centric.

Health-tech entrepreneurs, experts and other specialists interested in building a health technology business can apply to HCF catalyst from October 23 to November 23.  Finalists will pitch their ideas to a leading panel of judges during the HCF Catalyst pitch days on December 10-11 in Sydney.

Entry Details: Startups, scaleups and entrepreneurs can apply for HCF Catalyst via the website: http://hcfcatalyst.slingshotters.com/

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