Top Award for Small Christchurch Business
PRESS RELEASE - November 12, 2012
For immediate
release
Top Award for Small Christchurch
Business Doing Big Business Helping U.S.
Start-Ups
• The Small Business Company
(TSBC) wins the 2012 AUT Excellence in Business Support
award for Management Services in the $5M or less turnover
category.
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• TSBC partner Business.govt.nz also
wins in the Government category for its small business
support portal, which TSBC manages and provides all the
content for.
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The Small Business Company (TSBC)
– providers of expert online content – has had its
expertise in improving the dialogue for small businesses
recognised with a win in the 2012 AUT Excellence in Business
Support Awards.
The win took place at a ceremony hosted
by the Auckland University of Technology last week and comes
at a pivotal moment for the Christchurch-based
business.
It is currently working with the Bank of America in the US to provide interactive online educational resources for American start-ups and budding entrepreneurs.
The work comes on the back of a long track record of helping ‘big business’ all over the world communicate and support their small business clients, and nurture the next generation of innovative start-ups.
This record includes expert online content provided to global powerhouses such as Microsoft and HSBC, and a long and successful partnership with New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (formerly the Ministry of Economic Development).
This relationship sees TSBC
manage and deliver content for Business.govt.nz – the
official bridge between government and small businesses in
New Zealand – for which the Ministry also won an award at
the same ceremony.
TSBC founder and CEO Glen Senior says
the awards aren’t just about recognising the work of his
company, but recognising the importance of supporting small
businesses full stop.
“My ambition is for this award to highlight not just the value of our expertise, but also the value of providing support resources to small businesses and entrepreneurs that speak their language.
“If you can
genuinely help people start their own businesses by
providing practical interactive lessons that recognise their
pain points, you can not only change their world but the
economic reality for all of us.”
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TSBC can be
found online at - www.tsbc.com
www.facebook.com/SmallBusinessCompany
Glen Senior is also available to provide comment to
deadline on any range of small business support
issues.
More information on the AUT Excellence in
Business Support Awards.
Who is
TSBC?
Short company
biography
The Small Business Company, otherwise
known as TSBC, was founded in Christchurch by serial
entrepreneur and small business advocate Glen Senior in
1998.
The company started out delivering best practice workshops to small businesses and start-up entrepreneurs across New Zealand, but quickly recognised the opportunity and advantages of providing online content which can be consumed more flexibly by time-poor business leaders.
This content included engaging best practice articles outlining the complexities of cash flow forecasting and other vital business concepts as well as interactive ‘health checks’ which help small business owners identify issues and change course.
Like all TSBC content, they were written in plain English and designed with the practicalities and realities of the SME world in mind.
It wasn’t long before the value of this expert content was recognised internationally and TSBC was providing content for global brands such as Microsoft and HSBC.
Locally, TSBC has become Australasia’s go-to guys for expert online content that speaks to small businesses.
It currently enjoys long-standing and fruitful partnerships with National Australia Bank, the ANZ Group and government departments such as New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE - formerly the Ministry of Economic Development).
This last relationship has seen TSBC provide the voice for government in its small business support efforts via the online portal Business.govt.nz.
Today, TSBC is the choice for Bank of America and a growing number of other American medium to large businesses who want to improve their online dialogue with small business clients through the use of expert online content.