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Seventeen businesses and employees are celebrating after being named winners of this year’s Bendigo Business Awards.
Names of the finalists, as well as the award recipients, are listed below.
Business of the Year: Frankie & Co Clothing
People’s Choice Award: Crooked Kitchen
Excellence in Health and Wellbeing: Z Fit Studios (winner), BEAM, Australian Hearing
Excellence in Hospitality: Elmore Bakery (winner), Edwards Providore, FOS Kitchen & Bar
Excellence as a Major Employer: CVGT (winner), Adroit Insurance, SPIIRE
Best New Business (5 Years or Less): Frankie & Co Clothing (winner), Happy Hands Happy Heart, Seriously Milestones
Excellence in Online Marketing: ConnectedPE (winner), Nest Design Studio, Human Mechanics
Professional Service of the Year: Y2 Architecture (winner), Maxsum Solutions, Adroit Insurance, SPIIRE
Excellence in Retail: Oliver Birch (winner), Bill Wilkinson Optical, Indulge Fine Belgian Chocolates
Excellence in a Service Industry: Brazillian Beauty (winner), Z Fit Studios, CVGT
Social Enterprise of the Year: Bendigo Community Health Services (winner), Amicus, Make A Change Australia
Excellence in Sustainability: Marist College (winner), Passive Builders, Stay Social
Excellence in Trade: Daco Kitchens (winner), Red Raven Studio, True Bricklaying
Excellence in Manufacturing: Signarama (winner), The Edge Equine, Brookes Beer
Employee of the Year: Rhonda Penney –CVGT (winner), Alisha Kent – Kosmac and Clemens Optometrists, Jack Podesta – Human Mechanincs
Apprentice/Trainee of the Year: Josh Brown – Lend Lease, Tylah Greetham – McGrath Plumbing (co-winners, Zoe Murphy – Teaze n Tanglez, Ethan Hardwick – Andy's Earthmovers
Excellence in Accommodation: Stay Social (winner), 2easy Apartments