Several Mid Coast businesses have been named finalists in the 2022 Mid North Coast NSW Business Awards.
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The awards recognise growth, entrepreneurship, and celebrates business success and resilience and winners will be announced at a gala dinner on Friday, September 9 at Sails by Rydges at Port Macquarie.
Mid Coast finalists are:
- Outstanding Young Business Leader - Jessica Evans, The Hummingbird Music Studio, Tuncurry
- Outstanding Start Up - BlueKee Pty Ltd, Tuncurry; Rock Solid Fitness, Taree; The Hummingbird Music Studio, Tuncurry
- Excellence in Small Business: Moorland Cottage Café, Moorland; Professionals Harrington, Harrington; R and R Property, Stroud
- Excellence in Sustainability: Valley Industries, Taree
- Employer of Choice: Moorland Cottage Café, Moorland
- Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion: Valley Industries, Taree
- Outstanding Community Organisation: Dundaloo Support Services, Taree; Taree Universities Campus, Taree; Valley Industries, Taree
It is an exciting time for the business on the Mid North Coast as they are recognised for their outstanding achievement and contributions to the local economy. NSW Business Awards recognise growth, entrepreneurship, and celebrates business success and resilience.
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"It's been an incredibly challenging number of years for many businesses and continues to be so, but these awards are a wonderful opportunity to showcase the ingenuity, strength and resilience of Mid North Coast businesses," Kellon Beard, regional director of Mid North Coast, Business NSW said.
"Whilst we generally expect to see finalists from our main centres on the Mid North Coast, we are excited to see finalists from our smaller communities including Urunga, Medowie, Telegraph Point and Moorland.
Winners of the 2022 Mid North Coast awards will go on to represent the region at the State Business Awards in Sydney in November.
Full list of 2022 Mid North Coast NSW Business Awards Finalists
Outstanding Employee
- Beau Henry, Key Employment - Coffs Harbour
- Dannielle Watt, Welcome Dental - Urunga
- Erin Freeman, Hastings Physio and Health - Port Macquarie
- Felicity Hughes, One Agency Port Macquarie Wauchope - Wauchope
- Gaye Conway, Coffs Coast News Of The Area - Medowie
Outstanding Young Business Leader
- Candice Andrews, CNA Design Studio - Medowie
- Daniel Parry-Hawkins, DPH Handyman & Yard Maintenance - Wauchope
- Douglas Connor, Coffs Coast News Of The Area - Medowie
- Jessica Evans, The Hummingbird Music Studio - Tuncurry
- Kinne Ring, Country Universities Centre Macleay Valley - Kempsey
- Kirsty Christensen, Welcome Dental - Urunga
- Willow Rissel, Brows By Willow - Port Macquarie
Outstanding Business Leader
- Anthony Zullo, Wet Seal Australia - North Boambee Valley
- David Cunningham, South West Rocks Country Club - South West Rocks
- David Ross, Direction Accounting - Port Macquarie
- Guy Terkelsen, Hastings Physio and Health - Port Macquarie
- Jo Hollis, All Disability Plan Management - Port Macquarie
- Lisa Reed, Key Employment - Coffs Harbour
- Stacey Morgan, Port Macquarie Performing Arts - Port Macquarie
Outstanding Start Up
- BlueKee Pty Ltd - Tuncurry
- Brilliant-Online - Port Macquarie
- Coffs Coast News Of The Area - Medowie
- Frankie's Cafe and Catering - Port Macquarie
- Grow to Glow Mid North Coast - Crosslands
- L'idole Collaboration - West Kempsey
- Pippa Owen Design - Port Macquarie
- Rock Solid Fitness - Taree
- The Hummingbird Music Studio - Tuncurry
Excellence in Micro Business
- Brows By Willow - Port Macquarie
- DPH Handyman and Yard Maintenance - Wauchope
- Mirror Mirror Hair Lounge - South West Rocks
- Qi and Tonic - Wauchope
Excellence in Small Business
- Kirstie's Skinsational Beauty Therapy - Kempsey
- Moorland Cottage Café - Moorland
- Port Macquarie Performing Arts - Port Macquarie
- Port Medical Aesthetics Clinic - Port Macquarie
- Professionals Harrington - Harrington
- R and R Property - Stroud
- Urunga Pharmacy - Urunga
- Wet-seal Australia - North Boambee Valley
Excellence in Large Business
- All Disability Plan Management - Port Macquarie
- Hastings Physio and Health - Port Macquarie
- Kempsey Macleay RSL Club - Kempsey
- South West Rocks Country Club - South West Rocks
- Welcome Dental - Urunga
Excellence in Innovation
- Key Employment - Coffs Harbour
- Port Macquarie Performing Arts - Port Macquarie
- Urunga Pharmacy - Urunga
- Wet-seal Australia - North Boambee Valley
Excellence in Sustainability
- Hastings Co-op - Wauchope
- Kempsey Shire Council - Kempsey
- Valley Industries - Taree
Employer of Choice
- All Disability Plan Management - Port Macquarie
- Key Employment - Coffs Harbour
- Moorland Cottage Café - Moorland
- Welcome Dental - Urunga
Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion
- Key Employment - Coffs Harbour
- Rampage Marine and Fabrication - Telegraph Point
- Valley Industries - Taree
Outstanding Community Organisation
- Dundaloo Support Services - Taree
- Hastings Co-op - Wauchope
- headspace Port Macquarie - Port Macquarie
- Liberty Domestic and Family Violence Specialist Services - Port Macquarie
- Linked Community Services - Port Macquarie
- Pathfinders Ltd - Coffs Harbour
- Taree Universities Campus - Taree
- Valley Industries - Taree
Outstanding Chamber of Commerce
- Business Port Macquarie - Port Macquarie
Mid North Coast Business of the Year
- To be advised on the night
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