The ballroom at Seagulls Club was alive with excitement as over 500 attendees gathered to celebrate the 2025 Tweed Regional Business Awards Gala Night. Hosted by the Tweed Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the event recognised excellence across 31 categories and a selection of prestigious special awards.
Here are the results in full:
🏆 Category Winners & Highly Commended
Excellence in Customer Service
🏆 Winners
- Southern Cross Credit Union
- Ocean Blue Metal Roofing
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Southern Cross Care Tweed Heads
- Flow Hypnosis
Excellence in Health, Care & Wellness Industries
🏆 Winners
- Wild Organic Ways
- Varela and Swift Pharmacy
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Flow Hypnosis
- Genesis Cancer Care
Outstanding New Business
🏆 Winners
- Sunday Buyers
- Care Easy
💡 Encouragement Award
- Tweed Valley Drone Photography
Excellence in Sustainable Tourism
🏆 Winner
- Coolamon Station
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Valley Ebikes
Excellence in Creative Industries
🏆 Winners
- M|Arts Precinct
- Songlines Art, Culture, Education
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Bop It Tots
- Gravitate Digital
- Simple Styling Solutions
Excellence in Retail Services
🏆 Winner
- Equinity – Horse and Rider Emporium
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Ezi Office National Tweed
- M|Arts Precinct
Excellence in Personal Services
🏆 Winner
- Studio Eleven Hair & Beauty
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Lullababy SOS
Outstanding Trainee/Apprentice of the Year
🏆 Winners
- Cody Thornton – Highline All Electrical
- Cooper Bloor – Potager
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Jack Larrescy – McGloin Baker
Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion
🏆 Winners
- Mate & Matt’s
- Simple Styling Solutions
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Full Circle Support
Excellence in Innovation
🏆 Winners
- Wild Organic Ways
- MoneySmith Group
🎖️ Highly Commended
- GC Wind Services
- Compass Buyers Agency
- Community Connector Program
Excellence in Agriculture & Primary Industries
🏆 Winners
- Woodland Valley Farm
- Tweed Real Food
Outstanding Employee
🏆 Winners
- James Wotherspoon – Southern Cross Care Tweed
- Jaimi Dent – Fuse Wealth
- Shaun Pollard – Studio Eleven Hair & Beauty
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Jordan Brown – Witheriff Group
- Michelle O’Neill – Shaping Outcomes
- Madison Tunstall – Summergrove Estate
Outstanding Young Business Leader
🏆 Winners
- Paul Baker – McGloin Baker
- Madeleine Stenlake – Succoris Psychology
Outstanding Business Leader – 20 Employees and Under
🏆 Winners
- Ben McGloin – McGloin Baker
- Ajay Amin – Ezi Office National Tweed
Outstanding Business Leader – 21 Employees and Over
🏆 Winner
- Alexander Scully – Summergrove Estate
Excellence in Business & Professional Services
🏆 Winners
- McGloin Baker
- Southern Cross Credit Union
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Effective Workplace Solutions
- Fuse Wealth
- Compass Buyers Agency
Excellence in Trade
🏆 Winner
- Highline All Electrical
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Ocean Blue Metal Roofing
Excellence in Construction
🏆 Winner
- SEE Group
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Preston Building
Excellence in Manufacturing
🏆 Winner
- Pasta’bah by Woodland Valley Farm
Outstanding Visitor Experience
🏆 Winner
- Pedals and Picnics
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Potager
- Summergrove Estate
Excellence in Sustainability
🏆 Winner
- Australian Bay Lobster Producers
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Cooly Eco Adventures
Outstanding Community Organisation
🏆 Winner
- Cudgen Headland Surf Life Saving Club
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Shaping Outcomes
Employer of Choice – 20 Employees and Under
🏆 Winner
- McGloin Baker
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Gravitate Digital
Employer of Choice – 21 Employees and Over
🏆 Winners
- Southern Cross Credit Union
- Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Mate & Matt’s
Excellence in International Business
🏆 Winner
- Summergrove Estate
Excellence in Micro Business
🏆 Winner
- Tweed Real Food
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Pedals and Picnics
Excellence in Small Business
🏆 Winners
- McGloin Baker
- Pasta’bah by Woodland Valley Farm
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Earth Beer Company
Excellence in Large Business
🏆 Winner
- SEE Group
🎖️ Highly Commended
- Southern Cross Credit Union
- Summergrove Estate
🌟 Special Awards
- 🥇 Business of the Year: McGloin Baker
- 🏅 Hall of Fame: Sharon Styman
- 🌟 Champion of the Tweed: Peter Burr
These winners and commendations are a shining example of the strength, resilience, and creativity of the Tweed Shire business community. Congratulations to all!