Thank you to all the nominees this year! Without doubt, the Newsagents Association of NSW & ACT (NANA) received the highest number of nominations for a very long time.

Unfortunately, there can only be three finalists for each award category. The judges (independent of NANA) have completed their assessment, and NANA is very proud to announce this year's finalists for NANA's 2012 Awards for Excellence.

2012 Newsagent of the Year - Distribution

Brownsville Newsagency
FNET
Highlands Marketplace Newsagency

2012 Newsagent of the Year - Retail

Brownsville Newsagency
News on Rankin
Schafer's Glen Innes Newsagency

2012 Newsagent of the Year - Technologies

Lucky Charm Newsagency, Hamilton
Morriset Newsagency
newsXpress Young

2012 Newsagent of the Year - Lotteries

newsXpress Castle Hill
newXpress Wetherill Park
nextra Moorebank

2012 Employee of the Year

Ms Anna Kerrison, Centro Newsagency
Ms Denise Robertson, Highlands Marketplace
Ms Brooke Hodges, Lucky Charm Newsagency, Hamilton

Please join NANA in congratulating these 2012 finalists!

The winner for each of the above categories will be announced at the 2012 Awards for Excellence evening to be held on Wednesday, 4 July 2012, at Ballrooms A & B, The Vibe Hotel, Milson's Point (North Sydney).

These winners will then go on to compete at the Australian Newsagents' Federation (ANF)'s 2012 National Awards for Excellence to be held in Brisbane as part of the ANF's National Conference on 9-10 July 2012.

Back in Milson's Point (North Sydney), at NANA's 2012 Awards for Excellence, join us to hear what our industry leaders and executives have to say about the next 5-10 years ...