Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Business Awards finalists set

AN ORGANIC beef producer, a planning and design leader, an international training college and employment agency and a nature-based tourism operator are all vying for the new Doing Business in Asia Lord Mayor’s Business Award, to be announced this week.

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the Brisbane Airport Precinct-based OBE Beef, Place Design Group and Charlton Brown, both located in Fortitude Valley, and Moreton Island’s Tangalooma Resort were all building important links between Brisbane and Asia. 

 

 “The ninth annual Lord Mayor’s Business Awards honour our local business community and its contribution to Brisbane’s $135 billion economy,” Cr Quirk said.

“The awards also reinforce why Brisbane – Australia’s new world city – was chosen to host the G20 Leaders Summit in November.

“The Doing Business in Asia category recognises businesses making an outstanding effort in building trade between Brisbane and Asia. It highlights our growing role as a business hub within a region with which we share increasingly close economic, trade and cultural links.”

Cr Quirk said other 2014 award finalists include Brisbane Airport Corporation CEO Julianne Alroe and Vuly Trampolines founder Joe Andon for Business Person of the Year. Mr Andon is also nominated for Business Innovation and Young Business Person of the Year.

“Phil Larsen from HalfBrick, the game developer behind the global hit Fruit Ninja and one of the faces of our international Choose Brisbane campaign is another in the running for Young Business Person of the Year,” Cr Quirk said.

Brisbane Marketing CEO John Aitken said the companies and individuals chosen as finalists were from a wide range of industries.

“The 2014 LMBA finalists highlight the amazing depth of Brisbane’s business community. They cover areas including hospitality, tourism, law, health services, transport, IT, digital, food, education and manufacturing,” Mr Aitken said.

“A big thank you to our sponsors: ANZ, Australia TradeCoast, Brisbane City Council, brisbanetimes.com.au, Chandler Macleod, Clayton Utz, Channel Seven, Energex, 4BC, HSBC, and Optus for their support.”

The 2014 LMBA winners will be announced at the Gala Dinner at City Hall on Friday  (October 10).

www.lmba.com.au

 

The 2014 Lord Mayor’s Business Awards finalists are:

AUSTRALIA TRADE COAST AWARD FOR SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH

Alt.vfx Pty Ltd

Brazilian Beauty

Reload Media

SponsoredLinX

 

BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL AWARD FOR NEW INVESTMENT

Coca-Cola Amatil 

DP World Brisbane

Felicity Hotel Pty Ltd trading as Four Points by Sheraton Brisbane

SilverNeedle Hospitality

 

CHANDLER MACLEOD AWARD FOR DIGITAL STRATEGY

Brisbane Airport Corporation

Dental Members Australia

My FootDr Group of Companies

NEXTDC Ltd

 

CLAYTON UTZ AWARD FOR CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP

APHS

Brisbane Airport Corporation

Brisbane Broncos

Hopgood Ganim

 

ENERGEX AWARD FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN BUSINESS

Business South Bank

Ecoriginals Pty Ltd

Global GreenTag Pty Ltd

Mater Misericordiae Health Services Brisbane Limited

 

HSBC AWARD FOR DOING BUSINESS IN ASIA

Charlton Brown

OBE Beef Pty Ltd

Place Design Group

Tangalooma Island Resort

 

ANZ MADE IN BRISBANE AWARD FOR HIGH-GROWTH BUSINESS START-UP

Brus Media Pty Ltd

Ecoriginals Pty Ltd

PlantMiner.com.au

RedEye Apps

Tanda

 

AWARD FOR BUSINESS INNOVATION

EarthCheck

Halfbrick

Queensland Urban Utilities

Vuly Trampolines

 

Brisbanetimes.com.au AWARD FOR YOUNG BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR

Joe Andon – Vuly Trampolines

Michael Trusler – PlantMiner.com.au

Nic Blair – Search Factory

Phil Larsen - Halfbrick

Sarah-jane Peterschlingmann – Atechnology International

 

CHANNEL 7 BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR

Associate Professor Dimity Dornan AO – Hear and Say Centres for Deaf Children

Joe Andon – Vuly Trampolines

Julieanne Alroe – Brisbane Airport Corporation

Robert Bishop – Azentro

 

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