Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards

Jock McIlwain inducted into Hall of Fame

Gold Coast engineer, businessman, former councillor and philanthropist Jock McIlwain OAM has been inducted into the Gold Coast Business Hall of Fame. Mr McIlwain, who is referred to as the patriarch of Gold Coast canal development, was involved in designing and building many of the waterways that the city is now famous for. Born in Suva,...

Bus builder named Business of the Year

Robina-headquartered bus manufacturer Transit Australia Group has been named the Gold Coast's Business of the Year. The company was named the winner of the major annual title before a Who's Who list of the business community at the Gold Coast Business Excellence Award gala dinner held at Jupiters Hotel and Casino on Saturday night.
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Frosty Boy melts judges' hearts

A former Brisbane soft service ice cream company which moved its headquarters to Yatala last year has enjoyed the sweet taste of success in its first bid to win a Gold Coast Business Excellence Award. Frosty Boy, which now manufactures the equivalent of two million serves of soft serve ice cream per day, was named the winner of the Retail, W...

Event planner secures first new award

High profile Gold Coast event infrastructure and engineering company iEDM has won the maiden Student Employability Award as part of the prestigious Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards. The Southport-based iEDM, which has been involved with designing and installing infrastructure for large scale events around the world, was named th...

Business awards innovate and excel for 2018

A Who's Who list of the Gold Coast business and political elite turned out in force to celebrate new sponsors, a new category and a new year for the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards. More than 50 of the Coast's leading power brokers turned up for the launch of the 2018 awards at the head office of the Ray White Surfers Paradi...

Property group wins business of year title

Dominant Gold Coast real estate company The Ray White Surfers Paradise Group has been named as the city's Business of the Year.

The company, which is headed up by brothers Andrew and Greg Bell, received the award at the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards gala dinner attended by 650 of the city's business leaders at The St...