Why you should enter?

Hear from some of our past winners…

Past winners of the awards have found that their businesses have benefited from the positive country-wide publicity and increased morale of their staff, and have gone on to use their achievement in their marketing campaigns.

Adele Levinge, Director, Dennis Family Corporation (2002 – 2nd Generation winner)
“Winning the awards provided the family with a real buzz and confirmation that what we were doing and where we were taking the business was right.

“We shared the award with our staff, clients and business associates and it has proven to be a fantastic benefit to the organisation as a whole.

We were so proud of our achievement that we displayed replicas of the award at all our point of sale opportunities and also put the FBA award watermark on our letterhead and envelopes. Feedback from new and existing clients has been very positive.

The FBA Awards program is a great opportunity to showcase the achievements of your family business and most importantly gives you the opportunity to record and reflect milestones that the family business has achieved.”

Martin Tobin, Managing Director, Tobin Brothers Funerals (2004 - 3rd Generation winner):
“Winning the 2004 Family Business of the Year Award was very satisfying & rewarding for our family. Being recognised as an FBA Family Business of the Year was a strong affirmation of our commitment to family business best practice, and a great opportunity for us to promote our family values, in an industry where this really matters to clients".

Ross Raymond, Director, & Colin Taylor, CEO JFTA Petrochemicals (2005 – 2nd Generation winner)
“Winning the FBA Award…was an important milestone for JFTA.  As a joint-family owned and operated business, the award proved to us that we had successfully merged our businesses and were operating as a single family unit.  Winning the award has confirmed for us that our recent merger of two family businesses has not only maintained our unique family business culture, but also that we demonstrate best practice in terms of corporate governance and service to our clients. Family businesses are presented with unique and challenging situations at times, and the award proved to us that we have the know-how and ability to succeed both as a family business in a competitive environment.”

Shane O’Reilly, O’Reilly’s Guest House (2005 – 3rd Generation winner)
“Winning the awards helped in our positioning in the market place. I believe it has added value to our brand”.

Tony Wilson, Managing Director, Martin’s Design (2005 – 1st Generation winner)
“The family based our whole Christmas gift campaign around the win.

An added bonus was the arrival of nine babies into the family business that same year. The win confirmed our culture. We submitted four successful tenders following the win, each bearing the logo ‘Family Business of the Year’”.