Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards

Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards 2025

Applications have now closed.

The annual Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards acknowledge and support business accomplishments in Lake Macquarie City, recognise and highlight achievements, and ultimately encourage all businesses in the city to strive for excellence. With 13 categories to choose from, there is something for everyone.

A panel of expert judges will carefully assess and score every application to select finalists for each category. One of these finalists will win each category award based on this extensive judging process but all these finalists get a second chance with the Origin Energy People’s Choice award which the public can vote on.

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Key dates

  • Applications open 24 April 2025
  • Applications close 10pm 25 May 2025
  • Finalists announced 7 July 2025
  • People's Choice Award voting opens 7 July 2025
  • Tickets on sale 7-18 July 2025
  • Winners announced at gala dinner 8 August 2025

 

2025 Categories 

Sponsor 

Business of the Year*
(Judges assess winners of each business category)
DANTIA  
Origin Energy People's Choice Award*
(Public vote, all category finalists are eligible)
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Outstanding Employee   Newcastle Herald
Outstanding Young Business Leader  UON_Restricted.jpg
Outstanding Business Leader  Available to sponsor
Employer of Choice Ramsay Health Care  
Excellence in Innovation     Available to sponsor
Excellence in Sustainability  Available to sponsor
Outstanding Community Organisation  Charlestown Square logo cropped.png  
Outstanding Visitor Experience  LMHP_FA_Logo_Secondary_RGB.pdf.png  
Outstanding New Business   Available to sponsor 
Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion   Available to sponsor
Excellence in Micro Business   Available to sponsor
Excellence in Small Business  Atune-Health-Centres  
Excellence in Large Business (21 or more employees)  Available to sponsor
 

The Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards feed into the Business Hunter and Business NSW Business Awards

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* These awards are for Lake Macquarie only

Terms and conditions apply

Sponsorship opportunity

Sponsorship of the Awards provides an exciting opportunity to promote your organisation and connect with our local business community. We have a variety of affordable sponsorship packages available. To get more information or a copy of the sponsorship prospectus, please email: [email protected]

See our previous winners