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EBS director Paul WoodsAustralian financial software specialist Evolution Business Systems (EBS) has scored an outstanding 95.68 per cent customer satisfaction rating in the Australian Achiever Awards, held last month.

In the category for Victoria's Computer Systems & Software Services, Melbourne-based EBS received the highly recommended 95.68 per cent rating, based on seven assessment criteria: Time Related Service; Addressing Client Needs; Care and Attention; Value; Attitude; Communication; and Overall Perception.

In the Australian Achiever Awards, each criterion is rated individually in percentage terms and the final score is an amalgam of these. Anything above 80 per cent overall is regarded as exceptional and reflects outstanding customer service. A complete list of all businesses who have achieved over the last five years can be viewed at www.achiever.com.au/

Now into its 13th year, the Australian Achiever Awards provide an independent, unbiased award system based on assessment ratings from a business's own customers - an indication of a well-run business where satisfied customers are a sign that a business is healthy, worthy of praise and increased custom.

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Jo and James Stewart-Rattray

SA's latest wine region B&B sensation, the Old Church School, Carlsruhe south of Clare, has just launched its website at www.oldchurchschool.com.

Established by husband-and-wife team James and Jo Stewart-Rattray,   the boutique bed and breakfast is a short drive to two of SA’s best-known wine-making regions, the Clare Valley and the Barossa Valley.

Since buying the former schoolhouse five years ago, Jo and James have transformed the empty building into Old Church School, Carlsruhe, a stylish executive hideaway complete with its own tennis courts.

Carlsruhe is a tiny rural community about 30 minutes south east of Clare, which is conveniently located just an hour’s drive from the State’s other famous wine-making district, the Barossa Valley.

Jo and James Stewart-Rattray fell in love with the Clare Valley when they returned to SA in the mid 1990s, deciding to build their dream home in Auburn, just south of Clare.

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ARR plastic exportsSA-based recycling specialist Adelaide Resource Recovery (ARR) is experiencing strong overseas demand after exporting more than 500 tonnes of waste plastic to China since late last year.

The pioneering company, which operates from Adelaide’s Wingfield Recycling Centre, is receiving regular inquiries from businesses in Hong Kong and China that are keen to buy SA’s waste plastic.

ARR (www.arr.net.au) is a South Australian company committed to the comprehensive recycling of construction and demolition materials into valuable resources.

During the past nine months, ARR has exported more than 22 containers, each holding 21 tonnes of cleaned and baled waste plastic, which would normally be sent to landfill. Extracted from the mixed waste stream that comes into ARR’s 20-hectare Wingfield sorting facility, plastic waste ranges from soft plastics such as carry bags to hard plastics such as the strapping used to bind construction materials.

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Jo and James Stewart-RattrayWhen Jo Stewart-Rattray finishes her day job defending Australia’s information borderlands, her mind turns to her abiding passion, running a boutique bed and breakfast in SA’s Clare Valley wine-making region.

Since buying it five years ago, Jo and husband James have transformed the former schoolhouse into Old Church School Carlsruhe, a stylish executive hideaway complete with its own tennis courts.

Carlsruhe is a tiny rural community about 30 minutes south east of Clare, which is conveniently located just an hour’s drive from the State’s other famous wine-making district, the Barossa Valley.

Jo and James Stewart-Rattray fell in love with the Clare Valley when they returned to SA in the mid 1990s, deciding to build their dream home in Auburn, just south of Clare.

Jo, who is information security director of national accounting firm RSM Bird Cameron, makes the daily 90-minute commute to Adelaide, except when she is working interstate.

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