Work Shop Objects owners Georgina Goddard and Morgwn Wilkie (shown right) are celebrating after being announced as one of the five small businesses to receive an Optus small business Big Ups - an initiative dedicated to giving small businesses a helping hand.
The business was chosen by the public as the Queensland small business most worthy of receiving $15,000 worth of local advertising to boost their business profile and tell their unique story.
In 2013, partners Georgina and Morgwn set up shop in Newstead to create unique timber products for Australian spaces. From their cosy Newstead workshop and showroom, they develop and manufacture a range of unique quality homewares as well as custom products that they develop in close partnership with other architects, designers and homeowners.
Working in partnership, Morgwn and Georgina draw on their experience gained in previous careers as a builder and registered architect to create a stunning range of contemporary, sustainable and affordable furniture and homewares.
Georgina said the Big Ups blitz would give Work Shop Objects a great boost at the start of the New Year and help sustain the momentum generated during the Big Ups voting
‘We’re both ecstatic to have been recognised in these awards. This means a lot to us and it reminds us of why we started Work Shop Objects, to share our passion and love of simple, beautiful and sustainable products. We’re really excited about what the prize will do for our business next year,’ Georgina said.
Optus will help Georgina and Morgwn to promote their business’s online presence through a tailored advertising blitz starting from early next year.
Rob Parcell, Managing Director of Small and Medium Business at Optus, said Big Ups supports small business by providing them with what they need most – more customers.
‘Australia’s 2.03 million small and medium businesses are the backbone of the Australian economy and as a nation we need to come together and do what we can to support them and help them grow,’ Mr Parcell said.
‘As the name suggests, with Big Ups we wanted to go above and beyond and provide hard working small business owners with the means to roll out a promotional activity on a scale they would not normally be able to.’
Optus Big Ups was created to support Optus’ premium partnership with Shop Small, an American Express initiative which encourages Australians to shop and support their local neighbourhood small businesses during November.
Learn more about Work Shop Objects at www.work-shop.net.au