BRISBANE, Australia, Wednesday, July 16th, 2003 - Against a large field of entries, Markinson Business Solutions Pty Ltd last night won the 2003 Queensland Panasonic Australia Business Award in the coveted Telstra & Queensland Government Small Business Awards.

Markinson won the Queensland Panasonic Australia Business Award for businesses with between 20 and 50 employees.

“Markinson has been successful because we have always maintained a vision to build a world-class Australian I.T. company. We have fulfilled this vision with energetic staff that are focused and passionate about developing excellent software and delivering excellent service,” said Paul Watts, Managing Director of Markinson.

Markinson Founder and Director, Mark Robertson, commented that “Markinson was founded with clear core values that incorporate a strong commitment to customer relationships, a strategy of acquiring and supporting excellent staff and a product vision that has remained focused. I strongly believe that these principles have been the key driver behind our success.”

Following their category win, Markinson will go on to compete in the Telstra and Australian Governments’ Small Business Awards to be held in Melbourne on the 15th of August.

About the Telstra & Governments’ Small Business Awards

For over a decade, the Telstra and Australian Governments’ Small Business Awards® have been recognising and rewarding the ingenuity and innovation of Australia’s most outstanding small businesses.

The Telstra & Australian Governments' Small Business Awards have been developed by Telstra to salute the success of the best small businesses and to promote their achievements to the wider community.