About NBAA

Background
The NBAA Awards are a partnership of industry, education, local and state government and decision makers across Melbourne’s north and essential events for those seeking to do business in the region. They will recognise the business achievements of SMEs in the northern region of Melbourne. The awards will foster and encourage businesses in the region to achieve business excellence, growth and competitiveness.

Geographically, the regional coverage of the NBAA Awards encompasses the LGAs of Banyule, Darebin, Hume, Moreland, Nillumbik, Whittlesea and Yarra.

Melbourne’s north currently has a population of nearly 800,000 people as per 2006 Census. The region is a critical sector for the Victorian and Australian economy and is expected to grow by about 250,000 people over the next 20 years. Melbourne’s North comprises over 69,000 businesses and is a region of high importance for the Victorian Government due to the high concentration of businesses and contribution to State GDP.

NBAA Vision
The Vision is to establish the NBAA in order to provide a high profile forum to enable regional business networking for the exchange of knowledge, ideas and the recognition of achievement. The objectives for doing so in Melbourne’s north are:

To provide a forum for local companies to present their excellence and professionalism
To recognise and reward outstanding achievement in business
To support and encourage businesses to share strategies that will lead to growth opportunities for other businesses in the region
To present case studies that explain how to identify and overcome business weaknesses and achieve improved competitiveness
To create a more cohesive and connected business community in Melbourne’s north and:
Improve regional competitiveness
Increase innovation
Increase exports
Increase business productivity
Recognise the talents of individuals in business
Increase regional GDP and employment
Increased uptake of Victorian Government business programs and initiatives
Share best practice in business excellence
Motivate business owners to act to address weaknesses and create opportunities

Why the awards have been established
The purposes of the Melbourne’s north Business Awards program will be to identify, acknowledge and promote the achievement of business excellence and outstanding companies in the northern region of Melbourne. The Awards will identify cutting edge businesses; leaders in their fields and award winning businesses in their industry sector. They will be businesses that have made a major contribution to an economically sustainable economy; to the community and to the development of employment skills for the next generation.

This approach will also act as a catalyst for alerting and informing large numbers of forum business participants that identifying and addressing business operational and management weaknesses will generate significant benefits in terms of business survival; improved competitiveness; and business growth.

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Next Breakfast

Thursday, March 18, 2010
Speaker: Gary Langenwalter, Managing Partner, Sustainability Partners International
Host: BANYULE & HUME CITY COUNCILS

Future Breakfasts

Thursday, June 3, 2010
Second Breakfast
Host: MORELAND CITY COUNCIL & NILLUMBIK SHIRE COUNCIL
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Third Breakfast
Host: CITY OF WHITTLESEA & CITY OF YARRA
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Grand Finale Breakfast
Host: CITY OF DAREBIN