Lucy Cole Prestige Properties commenced in 2000 and is now recognised as the leading boutique Real Estate Agency in Queensland. Lucy Cole, a multi-award winning salesperson has single-handedly built her company to now employ over 20 staff, selling over a hundred million dollars of property annually and is the only Gold Coast agency awarded membership of the elite Leading Agents of Australia. Lucy has recently been elected one of Queensland's Most Powerful Woman for 2009.
The Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards began in 1996 as an initiative of the Institute of Business Leaders. Over the past fourteen (14) years, the Awards have grown to be recognised as the regions most comprehensive and prestigious awards scheme, offering specific and meaningful benefits to the wider Gold Coast business community. Primarily beginning as a vehicle to recognise family business, the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards have developed to now encompass a category for every type of business enterprise.
Today, the Awards seek to contribute to the self-image and identity of Gold Coast business and to foster pride in this business community. They also seek to improve the outside perception of Gold Coast business and recognise leading businesses with a view to encouraging others to improve. The Awards and all intellectual property fall under the ownership of the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards Association Inc