Margaret River Region Business Awards 2025
Celebrating Excellence in Business
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Applying for Margaret River Region Business Awards is a valuable opportunity to step outside your business, reflect on your vision, showcase your achievements, and plan for the future. Being recognised as a finalist or winning an award provides significant promotional opportunities and a competitive advantage when applying for grants, forging new partnerships, or pitching to investors.
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Application forms and Information packs below.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Application forms vary slightly for Start Up, Sole Trader, General Business and NFPs. Please ensure you choose the correct category for your business. Specialist categories are included in the application forms for Sole Trader and General Business, these categories are not available for Start Up or NFPs.
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Award Categories
Arrived and Thrived Award
Start up business
The business must be a start-up business trading for a maximum of 2 years.
The business must be a new business and not a pre existing business with new owners.
Sole Trader Award
Zero direct employees
The business has 0 direct employees apart from themselves as an individual.
Micro Business Award
Employs 1 to 5 staff
Recognising business excellence with 1 to 5 fulltime or equivalent staff.
Small Business Award Award
Employs 6 to 10 staff
Recognising business The business must employ 6 to 10 staff members (full-time or equivalent) employees.
Medium Business Award
Employs 11 to 20 staff
Recognising business excellence in a business with 11 to 20 staff members (full-time or equivalent) employees.
Large Business Award
Minimum of 21 staff
Recognising superior customer service and satisfaction.The business must employ a minimum of 21 staff members (full-time or equivalent) employees.
Local Legends Award
Recognising Not-for-Profit organisations that make significant contributions to the local community.
People’s Choice Award
Finalists who gets the most votes at the Gala event
Creative Industry Excellence Award
Recognising exceptional business in the creative business industry
Environmental Excellence Award
Recognising leadership in environmental best practice in business and stewardship.
Leading with Innovation
Recognising a business demonstrates the use and application of innovation in processes, production, operations or marketing that has tangibly improved their business operations and output.
Access and Inclusion Excellence Award
Recognising a business that demonstrates outstanding commitment to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all individuals.
Food and Beverage Producers Excellence Award
Celebrating innovation and excellence in the Margaret River Region food and beverage Industry – The business must value add raw materials, turning raw agricultural into products people can consume (beer, wine, preserves, cheese, olive oil, bread, crackers).
Tourism Excellence Award
Awarded to a business that delivers an outstanding visitor experience within the tourism industry.
