MAY WINNERS

EMERGING BUSINESS - Essence of Living

Essence of Living is a fun, young, innovative studio specialising in Yoga and Pilates.

With high value placed on the practice of service, offering classes for all ages, levels and abilities, aswell as teacher training.

Offering up to 90 classes a week, Essence of Living invite people to feel safe and at home, creating a sense of community and inspiration.

FAMILY BUSINESS - Sub 60 Express Couriers

Owned by John & Fran Howie, Sub 60 Express Couriers is a family owned and operated company, which has been operating on the Gold Coast for 21 years.

Sub 60 Express Couriers offer time-crucial courier deliveries by their contracted 'owner drivers'. John & Fran respect their driver’s family commitments & embrace the notion of family amongst their staff. This produces their high quality of service and reliability.

Sub 60’s personalised service guarantees delivery on time,every time.

MANUFACTURING& CONSTRUCTION – Couplertec

Couplertec is a proud Burleigh based company focused on eliminating rust.

Capacitive Coupling is a rust protection system first introduced to Australia in 1996. CouplerTec’s own R&D technicians have refined & improved the technology which now boasts a 10 year warranty & have more than 500,000 systems now sold throughout Australia, North America & the Middle East.

MAYOR’S INNOVATION GC AWARD – Grotec

Sue Bampton is the Director of Grotec, a Landscape Design, Construction & Eco Garden Care company boasting the use of their own ‘EcoSes’ technology.

The EcoSes technology is an innovative system of Regenerative Land Management treatments and services that transforms lifeless, depleted soils into rich, fertile and productive green spaces. This system can significantly reduce the impact of sedimentation in rivers and streams, improve water quality, improve air quality and

decrease the impact of the greenhouse effect, global warming and climate change.

RETAIL,WHOLESALE & DISTRIBUTION - Bakers Club

Bakers Club roots go way back to Germany in 1850 where co-founder Christian Coenen’s family developed skills over 6 generations.

Bakers Club, under the direction of Christian Coenen & Ulrich Klatte, are revolutionising the baking industry by eliminating night baking. With an overnight proving process for better taste & crust, all day long baking a wide variety of healthy & gluten free breads in front of customers eyes, these franchises are selling like hot cakes!

TOURISM,HOSPITALITY & RECREATION - The Tandoori Place - Indian Restaurant

The Tandoori Place began in 1984 when Surjit Dhillon,opened his first restaurant in Southport.

For seven consecutive years from 2001 to 2007 the Tandoori Place has consistently won the Restaurant Catering Association’s Qld award for Best food, Best Service, Best Ambience and Best Overall Presentation.

Currently with 8 restaurants in total, The Tandoori Place group of restaurants form the largest chain of Indian Restaurants on the Gold Coast.

TRADES, PROFESSIONS & SERVICES - Nitel

Nitel offers an innovative call service for the hospitality industry. Operating for over 10 years, Nitel was created as an option for resort & hotel managers when they can’t be at their reception desks.

When reception staff leave for the day, they can simply switch over to their Nitel service who answer calls with the resorts name & with the personal, professional touch each resort requires, therefore avoid missing valuable bookings & enquiries they would have otherwise lost.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & MULTIMEDIA - IT Leaders

Since inception in 2002, Founder, Scott Jones, has grown IT Leaders from a simple start up business, to currently operating in two locations, with 12 staff & 1000 business clients in southeast Queensland & northern NSW.

Dedicated to delivering a world-leading standard of IT services & products with a focus on clients receiving a measurable return on investment from their technology expenditure, IT Leaders pride their reputation on a strong code ofethics & a team of highly skilled support Technicians, Engineers & Specialists.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Yatala Environmental Solutions

Yatala Environmental Solutions is a skip bin hire companywith a focus on resource recovery. All collected waste is transported to the company's facility at Stapylton where it is sorted with a minimum going to landfill.

The company currently recycles over 30 product types including glass, steel, plastics, wood and scrap metal with an existing 90% recycling target.

YES was awarded the Sustainability Award by EnviroIndustry Gold Coast in 2008. year.

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