Saskia Pickles

There's certainly no shortage of ambition at Present Group, which has the lofty goal of becoming the world's first global 'completions enterprise'.

A strong focus on customer satisfaction has helped Monford Group grow its business by attracting repeat customers in the construction sector.

The decision to embrace diversity has helped Global Electrotech grow from a founding partnership of two formed in 2000 to 168 employees today specialising in the design, installation, commissioning

Alex Kok has come a long way since the early days roasting coffee out of a rented shed in Metricup, half way between Busselton and Margaret River.

Seven years ago, an old hand in the mining industry and a former SAS sergeant major started a business providing housing solutions for companies operating in remote Western Australia.

The founders of digital agency Alyka have grown their business from a partnership of three to an operation with 26 staff and dozens of corporate and government clients in just five years.

A survey of 500 small to medium business owners in Australia has found nearly one in five respondents lost more than 10 per cent of annual profit to theft.