The 2010 B&T Awards will be held this Friday the 3rd of December 2010 at the AJC, Royal Randwick Racecourse. These prestigious awards are designed to recognise excellence across all areas of marketing, media and communications; an all encompassing industry event showcasing excellence across 25 categories. With hosts Chris Taylor and Craig Reucassel from the hit television series, The Chasers War on Everything, this year’s B&T Awards is a night not to be missed.

Bean Media Group will be attending the event as well as sponsoring two major awards; NSW Agency of the Year and Victorian Agency of the Year. After the huge success achieved at the recent Publishers Australia Excellence Awards 2010, Bean Media Group continue to impress in the B2B publishing market and are placed with the likes of AAP, Channel Nine, SBS Television, BBC.com and New Idea as major sponsors for the B&T Awards 2010.

Chris Dutton, Managing Director at Bean Media Group, says, “We look forward to being involved and sponsoring such a prestigious event. To be amongst the best of the best in marketing, media and communications on such a joyous occasion is an opportunity we just could not turn down. This year’s B&T Awards will be a night to remember and we look forward to hearing who has taken out the top awards.”

The Publishers Australia Excellence Awards were held at Dockside, Darling Park in Sydney on Friday November 12 to celebrate excellence in magazine publishing in Australia. Major sponsors for this prestigious event included Australia Post, Geon, Future Sources, Creative Folks and Adobe.

The Publishers Australia Excellence Awards 2010 were judged by a team of 14 judges all of whom are top professionals in editorial, design, advertising and distribution throughout the publishing industry. The team was led by industry professional and Managing Director of Essence Media & Fusion Strategy, Steve Allen.

Allen praised the quality of entries in this year’s Publishers Australia Excellence Awards. He said: “The quality of entries was very high. Those that flourished need to be congratulated. As they say, if you can make it in the bad times, you can only flourish in the good times.”

The major awards up for grabs were Website of the Year, Custom Magazine of the Year, Consumer Magazine of the Year and B2B Magazine of the Year. Publishing a series of top-quality business magazines, it was obvious to the team at Bean Media that they were a stand-out choice for ‘B2B Magazine of the Year’. This award is one that demonstrates excellence across all aspects of publishing including editorial content, production, design, branding, marketing and strategic planning.

Bean Media received not one, but two awards in this category. Australia’s Best Building, Construction and Mining and Australia’s Best Manufacturing have both been voted the best magazines for their industries in Australia – a truly phenomenal achievement.

This was Bean Media’s first time at the Publishers Australia Excellence Awards and what an impact they made. Chris Dutton, Managing Director at Bean Media expressed his joy on taking home these two prestigious awards. “It’s always nice to receive awards and praise, particularly from such a recognised association as Publishers Australia. The level of competition in the Excellence Awards 2010 was extremely high, and seeing as we only entered two magazines, for both to come out winners is a truly remarkable achievement.”

With the growing success of Australia’s Best Building, Construction and Mining, the team at Bean Media took a trip down to Melbourne to showcase the award-wining magazine at DesignBUILD 2010, held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. As Australia’s largest and most comprehensive building and construction exhibition this was a prime opportunity to meet top professionals within the industry.

Bean Media received a tremendous amount of positive feedback on the impressive work they have done thus far. The team was run off their feet handing out hundreds of copies of the popular magazine and signing up over 500 new subscribers! With a huge amount of visitors keen to advertise as well as take part in editorial, this event was a huge success for Bean Media and we look forward to taking part next year in Sydney.

For more information on DesignBUILD click here http://www.designbuildexpo.com.au/

With an amazing view from the 89th floor of the Eureka Tower in Melbourne, the 2009 Australian Supply Chain and Logistics Awards was set up to be a night to remember. On Thursday 12th November, Australia’s top supply chain professionals came together to celebrate the success of 2009. The Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA) put on a great show with fine food and wine, and some interesting entertainment.

Bean Media were proud sponsors of the 2009 ASCL Supply Chain Management Award which was presented to Queensland Health, the winners for 2009 – Well Done!

For further details on the SCLAA visit http://www.sclaa.com.au

The CIPS NSW Gala Dinner was held on Friday the 27th of November at the iconic Powerhouse Museum in the city of Sydney. CIPS Australia is the peak industry body for the procurement profession in Australia and New Zealand. The CIPS NSW Gala Dinner for Procurement Professionals was an evening of fine wine, food and entertainment to celebrate Christmas and the end of another successful year.

Bean Media were proud sponsors of this event, with each guest receiving a complimentary copy of Australia`s Best Manufacturing. The team received a tremendous amount of feedback for the magazines, as well as a number of top procurement professionals approaching the Bean Media staff , asking to be featured in upcoming publications. It was great to speak with senior managers from a cross section of major companies throughout Australia.

The highlight of the night was the announcement of the CIPSA NSW Scholarship 2009. Congratulations to Lisa McGhee from McPhersons Consumer Products who was this year`s winner -well done!

For more information on CIPS visit http://www.cips.org/australasia