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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,...

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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...

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Mediterranean deli dishes up sweet award win

A business which has grown and thrived since its origins as a very small delicatessen in Carrara 21 years ago has secured a Gold Coast Business Excellence Award. The popular Isle of Capri-based Manolas Bros café and delicatessen had the winning recipe to secure the Retail, Wholesale and Distribution Award in September for the Gold Coa...

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Bus maker drives away with award win

Robina-headquartered Transit Australia Group has driven away with another business honour after collecting a Gold Coast Business Excellence Award for August. The company, which builds buses under the Bustech brand and runs Surfside Buslines, recently launched Australia's first fully electric bus and has been selected as the lead design a...

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Bennett and Bennett survey awards victory

A surveying company that has shaped the growth of the Gold Coast for nearly 50 years has been honoured in the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards for July. Surveyors and town planners Bennett + Bennett, which was set up by brothers Ted and Lin Bennett in 1968, were awarded the Trades, Services and Professions Award at a ceremony held a...

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Excellence Awards Appoint Flight Centre Business Travel as New Sponsor

The Gold Coast's leading business awards scheme is growing from strength to strength after signing up another one of South East Queensland's leading companies as a major sponsor. The committee behind the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards have announced that Flight Centre Business Travel has joined as first-time sponsors of the ho...

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Pindara Private Hospital joins the GCBEA as a major sponsor

Pindara Private Hospital, the Gold Coast's leading healthcare provider for more than 40 years, has come on board as a major sponsor for the Health and Wellbeing Award category for the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards. Pindara has recently completed a Stage 2 expansion with the opening of the Dr David Lindsay Wing, featuring four ...

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Coffee Roasters brew up award win

AN Arundel company that specialises in supplying coffee roasting equipment and coffee capsules has brewed up a win in the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards. Coffee Roasters Australia, which was set up in 2002, has transformed since former Nestle executives Mark and Alana Beattie bought the company in 2009. Coffee Roasters was previou...

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OntheNet sponsors Gold Coast Awards

The Gold Coast's largest independent Internet services provider OntheNet is again throwing its financial support behind the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards. The Varsity Lakes-headquartered company, which is celebrating its 20th year in business, has come a long way since it was first set up as a part-time business run by a group...

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