2025 Business Orange Awards
The annual Business Orange Awards program is the opportunity for local businesses, their staff and business leaders to be recognised for their outstanding work and contribution.
Entries for the 2025 Awards are now closed and finalists will be announced shortly!
This year we are grateful for the generous support of the following organisations:
Event Partner: Banksia Orange
Platinum Sponsor: Orange City Council
Major Sponsors:
Blackwell Short Solicitors, Newmont Cadia and SpiritAbility
Category Sponsors:
Bank Orange, BlackText Technology Partners, Bnb Made Easy, Cancer Care West, Colton Computer Technologies, Hotel Canobolas, Integral Skills, Orange Ex-Service Club, and Platinum BAS
Meet the Finalists for 2025
Excellence in Hospitality & Tourism
Heifer Station Wines
Macquariedale Organic Wines
Rowlee
The Agrestic Grocer
The Oriana Orange
Excellence in Personal & Lifestyle
Cleverness Art School
CosMedic Collective
Diversicare Solutions
High Impact Martial Arts and Health Studio
LillyRose Beauty
Excellence in Manufacturing, Trade & Industry
Appledale Processors Co-Operative Limited
GTT
Integral Skills
JA SCHILLER BUILDING PTY LTD
MRT Fabrication
Excellence in Professional Services
Crescent People
Good Plate Nutrition
Health in Mind Orange
Mannpower
SpiritAbility
YBM
Excellence in Retail
Chaos & Karma
Mullion Produce
REDS: Choose Colour
The White Place
Tomolly
Excellence in Innovation
AccessLife Support Services
CosMedic Collective
Good Plate Nutrition
Mullion Produce
Wangarang Industries
Outstanding New Business
Breeze Electrical Services
Grove Start
PFC Orange
Sale Street Real Estate
Summer St Wine Room
Outstanding Community Organisation
Australian National Field Days
Headspace
Orange Aboriginal Medical Service
Orange and District Early Education Program
Wangarang Industries
Employer of Choice – 20 Employees and Under
Bella Spazio
Health in Mind Orange
Integrity Therapy Services
Kenny Spring Solicitors
Platinum Business Administration Services Pty Ltd
Employer of Choice – 21 Employees and Over
Dudley Private Hospital & Ramsay Surgical Centre
Orange and District Early Education Program
SpiritAbility
The Hotel Canobolas
YBM
Outstanding Business Leader –
20 Employees Under
Marea Ruddy, AccessLife Support Services
Danica Bunch, DanicaB PR
Bernadette Allen, Headspace, Orange
Sally Dowling, Parlour O
Alexandra Pilcher, The White Place
Outstanding Business Leader –
21 Employees and Over
Tania Biddle, Dudley Hospital
Nick Gray, Fitness Perfection
Kylie Streatfeild, Orange and District Early Education Program
Espen Harbitz, The Oriana Orange
Chris Whittaker, Whittaker Contracting
Outstanding Young Business Leader
Sophie Green, Grove Start
Pete Morrison, GTT
Matthew Tom, MRT Fabrication
Saskia Jones, Prim and Platter
Pamela Johnson, SpiritAbility
Outstanding Employee
Jayne West, Australian National Field Days
Hayley Shiels, CosMedic Collective
Danielle Romeo, Groundstone
Debra Fidler, Health in Mind Orange
Ben Shilling, MRT Fabrication
Nadine Attenborough, Platinum Business Administration Services Pty Ltd
Excellence in Micro Business
CosMedic Collective
Crescent People
Diversicare Solutions
Good Plate Nutrition
Orange Wine Tours
Physio & Recovery Co.
Excellence in Small Business
AccessLife Support Services
Bella spazio
Chaos & Karma
Diesel and Blue Doggie Daycare & Grooming
GTT
Heifer Station Wines
MRT Fabrication
Excellence in Large Business
High Impact Martial Arts and Health Studio
Rowlee
SpiritAbility
The Oriana Orange
YBM
PEOPLES CHOICE AWARDS:
Orange’s Trade Star/s
Amy McMiles – Test n Tag Orange
Ben Giumelli – BG Built
Prest-Air
Sidman Construction
Tahlia Maree Painting & Decorating
Orange’s Outstanding Creative Talent
Bencer and Hazelnut by Ruby Hunt
Emily Rue – Dance HQ
Mrs Mac – Spring Hill Public School
Robbie Mortimer
Sally McCarthy of SJM Creative
Orange’s Customer Service Star/s
Bella Spazio
Health in Mind Orange
Lillyrose Beauty
Nest & Nurture Agency
Outback Fencing and Steel Supplies
Orange’s Favourite Business
Health in Mind Orange
Liv Lambert Celebrant
Lumiere Beauty
Outback Fencing and Steel Supplies
Sabi Spa
2025 Awards Program Information
Entries for the 2025 Business Orange Awards are now closed. Thank you to all our nominees and congratulations to our 2025 Finalists!
You can still review information on the Awards Program including eligibility and judging below.
Eligibility:
- The Business Orange Awards Program is open to businesses of all sizes operating within the Orange Region.
- Businesses must have a valid ABN to be considered.
- Established businesses may enter up to two categories and will be automatically entered into categories for Excellence in Micro, Small or Large business depending on their size.
- Businesses less than two years old may only enter the Outstanding New Business Category.
- Board Members of Business Orange and current contractors with access to awards information will not enter the Awards to avoid any conflict of interest.
Judging:
Submissions are confidential and reviewed by a panel of independent judges sourced through other Regional Business Chambers aligned with Business NSW. Each submission is then scored and ranked against assessment criteria.
Finalists and winners are selected from this independent assessment process and their submissions are de-identified to ensure the Awards are fair and without bias.
2025 Awards Categories:
Excellence in Hospitality and Tourism
Excellence in Micro Business
2025 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS INFORMATION:
2025 People’s Choice Award Categories:
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Orange’s Favourite Business
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Orange’s Trade Star/s
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Orange’s Customer Service Star/s
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Orange’s Outstanding Creative Talent
Enquiries:
Contact Rachel at events@businessorange.com.au for all questions and enquiries regarding the 2025 Awards Program.
Meet the 2024 Business Orange Award Winners
Looking for inspiration? Check out our winners from last year’s Gala Awards!
Outstanding Business Leader 35 and Under
Danielle Ford, Cheney Suthers Lawyers
Outstanding Business Leader Over 35
Kirsty Evans, Cheney Suthers Lawyers
Outstanding Employee
Maddison McDonald, Millthorpe Little Learning Centre
Employer of Choicem under 20 Employees
Health in Mind
Employer of Choice, over 20 Employees
Integral Scaffolding
Excellence in Hospitality and Tourism
Hotel Canobolas
Excellence in Personal and Lifestyle
Styling by Minikin
Excellence in Professional Services
Health in Mind
Excellence in Retail
REDS: Choose Colour
Excellence in Manufacturing, Trade & Industrial
Integral Scaffolding
Excellence in Micro Business
DanicaB Pr
Excellence in Small Business
Bella Spazio
Excellence in Large Business
Integral Scaffolding
Outstanding Community Organisation
Skillset Limited
Outstanding New Business
AccessLife Support Services
Outstanding Business of the Year
DanicaB Pr
2024 People’s Choice Awards Winners – voted by the Orange community
Orange’s Favourite Business
LilyRose Beauty
Orange’s Favourite Tradie
Ben Giumelli – BG Built
Orange’s Customer Service Star
Bella Spazio
