Accentu8 Marketing has been named a 'Highly Commended' in Anthill's 2009 Cool Company Awards, making them one of Anthill's 50 Coolest Companies for 2009.

"It was a very challenging task picking our Top 50 from an exceptionally high quality field, and Accentu8 Marketing should be very pleased with its success," said James Tuckerman, Editor-In-Chief, Anthill Magazine. "The Cool Company Awards attracted over 350 nominations from some very cool companies from all across Australia."

The Anthill Cool Company Awards were launched in 2006, as a way to acknowledge and celebrate Australian companies that are doing things differently to bring about positive change.

The national awards were held at a Cocktail Ceremony at the spectacular Melbourne Recital Centre on Thursday 26th November 2009, where category winners and the 'Coolest Company Award' were announced. Please find the full list of award winners and finalists attached.

The annual Cool Company Awards were created to publicly acknowledge and celebrate Australian organisations that are doing things differently - companies that defy convention to bring about positive change. The 2009 Cool Company Awards were judged across six categories. Each category winner competed against other category winners for the overall 'Coolest Company Award'.

Anthill is a national media company dedicated to innovation, entrepreneurship and rapid business growth, through the production of magazines, digital content and events. Launched from the spare-bedroom of its then 26-year-old founder in late 2003, Anthill is known for its edgy and often irreverent approach to business reporting. According to Nielsen Online Ratings, Anthill Online is among the Top 50 Business and Finance Sitesin Australian and among the Top 20 Media Sites in Australia.

The Australian Small Business Champion Awards is a prestigious and comprehensive program that supports and recognises small businesses across Australia.

Offering a unique opportunity to highlight Australia's most outstanding small businesses, the awards seek to recognise the hard work that business owners contribute to the local community in generating employment for millions of Australians, as well as their contribution to the Australian economy. The awards are the pinnacle of business success. They recognise the values associated with successful businesses.

Developed by Precedent Productions, a small business in its own right with 28 years experience managing and coordinating successful award programs, the Australian Small Business Champion Awards originated from the very successful NSW Small Business Champion of Champions Awards, which has been running since 1999.

In 2007, with the major support of the Commonwealth Bank Local Business Banking and the Australian Government, the NSW awards evolved into a national program.

Source: NSW/ACT 2009 Small Business Champion Awards Website
http://www.precedent.net/champions/