Happy Clients / Case Studies

AAA Timber And Hardware

As a supplier of building and landscaping materials, AAA Timber operates in a highly competitive industry. This was compounded for them when they were completely inundated during the 2011 floods.

Loading suitcases into jets at the Gold Coast airport was not how talented surfer, musician and songwriter, Lucas Proudfoot, wanted to be spending his days. Lucas' challenge was in how to establish a sustainable business model that allowed him to focus solely on his new business and cease external employment.

Beaumont Earthmoving

Heavy machinery seems to be in the blood of the Beaumont family. Brothers, John and Richie Beaumont, both operate highly successful heavy machinery and haulage businesses west of Brisbane.

Indigenous Communities in Business

In 2010, the Acuro team was engaged to develop an economic development framework for the Gulf Region of Queensland. The aim of the project was to create viable economies in a number of remote Aboriginal communities throughout the region that would service the needs of local people and nearby businesses, such as mining and pastoral operations.

Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS)

With over 60% of its clients identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, RFDS Queensland required an employment strategy to attract and retain more Indigenous Australians to its workforce. In 2012, statewide consultations were conducted by Acuro to capture the views of RFDS employees, management and community stakeholders.

Nguin Warrup

One of Australia's leading Indigenous Community Cultural Development organisations faced the challenge of developing marketing and communication tools that captured all of the diverse aspects of the organisation and paid tribute to their strong community engagement principles. With Acuro's help a unique brand was developed incorporating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander motifs.

Artback NT

The Northern Territory's arts development and touring agency is widely regarded as one of the nation’s truly innovative arts organisations. Each year, the Artback NT team travels vast distances to deliver arts, dance, performance and music programs in over 24 locations, to a total audience in excess of 32,000 people.

Greater Brisbane Junior Rugby League – The Stingers

The largest junior sporting organisation in the southern hemisphere, is the junior player development arm of the Queensland Rugby League, known as The Stingers. Acuro worked closely with the Stingers Board to develop a strategic plan that charts their priorities over the next 3 years, as well as preparing a master brand strategy to guide their marketing and promotions.

FAST

As a member of The Australian Government's panel of experts for economic development and employment participation, Acuro developed a world first program, which saw Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people obtain skills to enter the growing fitness industry. FAST – Fitness and Sport Training was developed as an innovative employment program, delivering fitness and sports training to Indigenous Australians.

Yorga Art

The unique paintings of Western Australian Aboriginal artist, Heather Blacklock, are highly sought after, by art collectors and galleries. Heather paints in a style that is unlike any other artist.

JALI Local Aboriginal Corporation

Located in the Northern Rivers region of NSW, JALI represents local Traditional Owners groups and manages lands on their behalf. It operates commercial ventures and ranger programs that employ local Aboriginal people and help them to maintain their strong connection to country.

Aboriginal Bush Traders

Aboriginal Bush Traders is an innovative business model being trialled with Aboriginal Communities in the Top End, whereby participating communities supply unique products into a central hub (Aboriginal Bush Traders) which then does the sales, marketing and distribution on the community’s behalf. All profits are then reinvested back into communities to support employment and help close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage in regional and remote locations.