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Georgie Wellwood.
Food for Thought
Meet the team.
Armidale Radiology
Terri Boulus.
Boulus Constructions
How long have you owned your business? Six months.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of working at Armidale
How long have you owned your business? Brian and I
Tell us about your business. It has been operating in Armidale for 26 years and is currently situated near the post office. The emphasis of New England Food for Thought includes offering clients: organic and gourmet foods, naturopathic and herbal ‘medicines’ – with an emphasis to encourage local growers to bring produce into the shop for us to sell. For example, one local lady grows Blue Oyster and Shiitake Mushrooms, Maria provides her plants, and fresh sushi is available each day. I also love our cosmetic ranges, which are great for our skin with natural minerals and essences, such as the certified organic range of Evohe from Burleigh Heads. Natural glamour! Our other main emphasis is to provide organic or chemical-free foods, oils, grains, flours, nuts, washing liquids at bulk prices. People can fill their own jars, or we provide containers. The honey from an Inverell apiarist and our own peanut butter from the machine are popular.
Radiology is the strong team of technical and administrative
have been in business together since we first got married in
staff.
one form or another. When you’re asked, “What do you want
What are the personal rewards that you gain from your business? I have been a teacher for 19 years and a mother for 15. This business now allows more freedom in making decisions, being creative, having fun and using all my skills from seemingly centuries of work.
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Working as part of a close community like Armidale means that we get to know our patients. For this reason, all of the staff are passionate about patient care – and this extends to fundraising. Our major fundraising event of the year is in October. We are a member of the I-MED Network, who organise to donate $10 from every mammogram we perform that month to the McGrath Foundation.
to be when you grow up?” ... not in a million years was the construction industry on my list! Over the years I diversified and started a second business, which we had for nearly 10 years in Inverell: Furniture and Homewares Options, which we have recently closed. I now devote all my energy to Boulus Constructions and of course, my family and friends, Brian, my Rock of Gibraltar, and Nick, Josh and Alex. Tell us about your business. We have a construction company that prides itself finishing contracts on time and on
In addition, we undertake local fundraising at the practice.
budget. We build residential, commercial and government
This year this included a breakfast barbecue, a large
projects all over NSW, recently edging into QLD.
morning tea and in addition to this, two of our staff members undertook to dye their hair pink when we reached a certain level of donations. It made a colourful addition!
The personal rewards that you gain from your business? I love being involved in all aspects of the designing process, interior, exterior and landscaping. Since we have closed our
This year we are adding a Nuclear Medicine department,
retail outlet, I have been developing our compliance and
which introduces a completely new modality to
finalising our accreditations. This is an area that is growing in
Armidale. We are really looking forward to bringing another
the housing industry, and we take it very seriously. Delivering
branch of high level medical care to our town.
Quality Safely.