SEE Group named Gold Coast Business of Year

Written on the 1 December 2025

Helensvale-headquartered SEE Group has been named as the Gold Coast’s Business of the Year for the second in a row.

SEE Group, which was established by brothers Brian and Bruce Turner in 1988, was named the annual winner in front of a crowd of more than 700 business and political leaders at the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards gala at The Star Gold Coast on Saturday night.

It is only the second time in the 30-year history of the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards that a company has won two years in a row.

The last time a company achieved the milestone was in 2008 when Zarraffa's Coffee claimed consecutive wins.

SEE Group specialises in major infrastructure, urban development and mining projects across Queensland and New South Wales.

The business comprises four main arms: civil engineering, quarrying, fleet management and mining.

Gold Coast Business Excellence Award president Adam Twemlow said the company had experienced an exceptional year of growth.

“In the past 12 months the company has nearly doubled the number of its employees to 820 and it nearly doubled the revenue that it generates,’’ Mr Twemlow said.

The company also won the annual Construction and Trades Award.

Mr Twemlow said the quality of the entrants in the 2025, the Awards 30^th year, had been exceptional.

“In 2025 we had hundreds of entries, and our dedicated judging panel certainly had had a challenging task choosing the winners,’’ Mr Twemlow said. 

“The debate in the final judging was particularly extensive although all the judges were really excited about the chosen winners.

Mr Twemlow said the diversity of the businesses now entering the awards as opposed to 30 years ago showed how quickly the city was maturing.

“The Gold Coast, while its roots was originally agriculture and then tourism and construction, is emerging as a powerhouse in a diverse range of industries,’’’ he said.

“It is in no way surprising to me that the city has had the fastest growing economy of all cities in Australia for the past two years.”

The annual winners in the other categories of the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards were:

• Emerging & Micro Business: GC Flower Market
• Manufacturing: Morlife
• Mayor’s Innovation Award: Centre of Movement
• Retail, Wholesale and Distribution: Amazonia
• IT & Digital Business: BITS Technology Group
• Professions & Services: Biodiversity Australia
• Health & Wellbeing: Macro Mike
• Tourism, Hospitality & Events: Con-X-ion Transfers
• Education, Training & Employment: Kokoda Youth Foundation
• Ian Cousins Citizenship and Community Award: YTB Plumbing
• Champion of Accessibility Award: Paradise Resort Gold Coast
• Encouragement Award: Stratum Civil

The awards, now in their 30th year, aim to foster pride in the city’s business community and highlight its important as a business hub. Some of the city’s best-known companies can claim to have been winners.

The awards’ major sponsors include Village Roadshow Theme Parks, Neumann Steel, Neumann Contractors, Currumbin Minerals, Australian Retirement Trust, Invest Gold Coast, City of Gold Coast, Homecorp, Westpac, Harvey Norman Commercial Queensland, Amir Prestige, Griffith University, Gold Coast Airport, Gold Coast Central Chamber of Commerce and the Queensland Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family.

The awards’ media sponsors include the Gold Coast Bulletin, GoTransit, GWEN Creative and Southern Cross Austereo.

The GCBEA’s major supporters include KPMG, Impressu Print Group, Bloomtools, and Consulting Hall.