A Mullaley business is a chance to take home one of the state’s most prestigious awards at tomorrow night’s 2018 Premier’s NSW Export Awards.
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Lively Linseed is one of only a select few businesses up for the night’s top honour, after being named as a finalist earlier this week.
Business owner Jacqui Donohue said she was honoured to be named as a finalist.
“I am very pleased to have gotten this far,” Ms Donohue said.
“A lot of hard work has gone into maintaining our existing clients and it is really pleasing to see that pay off.
“I think this honour is also a really good way of promoting our region and the diverse range of things that we can produce.”
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Ms Donohue said a recent trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was a highlight of the company’s past year.
“That deal came about through a conference,” she said.
“We had some initial discussions, I went away, and came back fighting, and here we are.
“It was very exciting at the time and it is a relationship that is certainly developing.”
NSW Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair will represent the company on the night, with Ms Donohue unable to attend.
“We had to make a decision about which event to attend because we are also up for an award in Sydney at the Hong Kong-Australia Business Association Awards next week,” Ms Donohue said.
“With them being so close together and being so busy on our property because of the drought, we had to choose between one or the other.
“Luckily for us Niall Blair was kind enough to accept our invitation to represent us on the night.”
Ms Donohue said Lively Linseed would continue to seek export opportunities in the future.
“Regardless of what happens on Wednesday night will continue to work hard at creating and maintaining relationships with our clients,” she said.
“We have been exporting since 2014 and that doesn’t happen without a lot of work and a lot of help particularly from Austrade.
“They have been so great to us and hopefully we can pop some champagne to celebrate on Wednesday night.”
- The 2018 Premier’s NSW Export Awards will be held at the Star in Sydney on October 24.
Billy Jupp
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
