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Specialist cheesy grinner are winners in TV program tracking Telstra Business Awards
BRUNY Island Cheese Co. owner Nick Haddow, whose business was named 2013 Telstra Australian Business of the Year, will get a significant promotional boost tonight when his business is featured on Sky Business News.
Mr Haddow is one of those profiled in Stories of Success: The Telstra Business Awards which tells the background stories on the tumultuous pathways to success for some of Australia's best small and medium businesses.
The program shares stories of resilience, toil and determination behind the scenes of the 2013 Telstra Australian Business Awards national finalists.
The program visits Bruny Island Cheese Company's artisan cheese making operation in Tasmania, exploring how Mr Haddow has turned back the clock to marry mouth-watering artisan produce with a business of the future. Bruny Island Cheese Co. was started by Nick Haddow, after he spent 10 years working with specialist cheese makers in many different countries around the world.
Mr Haddow and his partner Leonie settled on Bruny Island in Southern Tasmania in 2001 to start making cheese for themselves.
"The program exposes viewers to an inspiring bunch of characters who are absolutely determined, passionate people," Mr Haddow said.
"There's an amazing diversity of small business people in Australia and what ties them together, and sets them apart, is they simply can't cope with not giving it a go.
"It's really important we share stories because many businesses are small, geographically isolated, or simply flat out doing what they do.
"We're inspired by other like minded business people and can learn the practicalities of what works for them to save time and money."
The program is a TV first. In one hour it follows the journey of eight diverse business people from around the nation who were named as the Telstra Business of the Year in their state or territory and were in the running for the 2013 Australian Business of the Year.
Others featured in Stories of Success: The Telstra Business Awards include a young motorcycle manufacturer taking his wares to the world and a former Victorian detective who left behind a life fighting crime to "fight creepy crawlies" with a pest control business in the Top End of Australia.
Stories of Success: The Telstra Business Awards plays on Sky News Business on September 9 at 10.30pm with encore screenings on September 14 at 9.30am and September 15 at 9.30am and 5.30pm.
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