Herald Sun:
Two companies were honoured for their savvy and unique approach to business at the Telstra Business Awards in Sydney.
Find A Babysitter, an online babysitter and nanny directory, won the national micro-business award, and the Atlantic Group, a Docklands-based catering company, won the national medium business award.
Find A Babysitter netted its gong for being the most outstanding business with five employees or fewer. The Brighton company links up parents with babysitters or nannies using email, SMS, and job postings.
Delia Timms and her husband Jeff Bonnes started the business in 2005 when they struggled to find childcare for their two children.
“It is quite a simple business model but it keeps it very affordable for the parents,” Ms Timms said.
The couple has 6000 babysitters registered across the country and 3000 registered parents.
Photo by Find A Babysitter.