MBN BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD 2025 WINNER
Award supported by StarRez
ALAN KNIPE INNOVATION AWARD 2025
Awarded to Azure Belle Period Swimwear
2025 FINALISTS
- Automate Social
- Azure Belle Period Swimwear
- CaptureCare Pty Ltd
- Hope Kids OT
- Orange College
This award recognises a stand-out business that has developed a unique or new product, service, system, device or process.
Supported by StarRez
START-UP/NEW BUSINESS AWARD 2025
Awarded to Pureflow Filtration
2025 FINALISTS
- A Bre C Education
- Financial Literacy Australia
- Nexus Early Learning Heidelberg
- PureFlow Filtration
This award recognises a business that is kicking goals despite being in operation for less than three full financial years.
Supported by LXD Business Centre
OPTIMISM AND WELL-BEING AWARD 2025
Awarded to
The Wellness Workshop
2025 FINALISTS
- Hope Kids OT
- Ksenia Belova Photography
- Otto IT
- Salutegenics
- The Wellness Workshop
This award recognises a business encouraging optimism and facilitating self-care and wellness programs.
Supported by Victor Perton “That Optimism Man” of
The Centre for Optimism
BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AWARD 2025
Awarded to Danijela Stojanovic
(Stojanovic & Associates Pty Ltd)
2025 FINALISTS
- Nexus Early Learning Heidelberg
- Orange College
- Otto IT
- Stojanovic & Associates Pty Ltd
This award recognises the roles that leaders – current and emerging – play in business and the values and behaviours they consistently display.
Supported by Sentius
FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR AWARD 2025
Awarded to Yen May Lee
(Hope Kids OT)
2025 FINALISTS
- Breanna Wells – A Bre C Education
- Nikita Kothari – Apex Health Professionals
- Amelia Dickison – Capturecare Pty Ltd
- Natalie Pasnin – Fifth Studio Design Co.
- Yen May Lee – Hope Kids OT
- Maria Ruberto – Salutegenics
- Danijela Stojanovic – Stojanovic & Associates Pty Ltd
- Dr. Preeti Khillan – Western Specialist Centre
This award recognises a stand-out individual who has demonstrated great leadership, innovation and business growth as well as being a positive role model for women and young people in their business community.
Supported by Qiara Probiotics
YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR AWARD 2025
Awarded to Winson Tan
(WA Group)
2025 FINALISTS
- Amanda Choi – Nexus Early Learning Heidelberg
- Monte Charters – PureFlow Filtration
- Winson Tan – WA GROUP
Young entrepreneurs are positive role models and play an important part in future innovation and success of the industry in which they operate.
Supported by Chatham Square Consulting
ENTREPRENEUR AWARD 2025
Awarded to Jack Kempson
(Build Clean Group)
2025 FINALISTS
- Jack Kempson – Build Clean Group
- Daniel Ross – Financial Literacy Australia
- Yen May Lee – Hope Kids OT
- Amanda Choi – Nexus Early Learning Heidelberg
- Winson Tan – WA Group
This award recognises outstanding achievement by entrepreneurs and business founders who can demonstrate a positive contribution, impact and/or achievement in areas such as; effective leadership, business growth or sustainability, successful start-up or innovation.
Supported Dana Dolan of EOS Worldwide
INNOVATIVE MARKETING CAMPAIGN 2025
Awarded to Qiara Probiotics – Qiara Life Club
2025 FINALISTS
- Automate Social
- Go Click On Pty Ltd
- Nexus Early Learning Heidelberg
- Ofculturz Brands
- Qiara Probiotics – Qiara Life Club
- Stojanovic & Associates Pty Ltd
This award is directed at businesses that have developed an innovative marketing campaign or applied innovative marketing concepts to solve a problem or improve processes.
Supported by Attention Experts
