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Brisbane Lord Mayor's Business Awards finalists in spotlight
FORTY-EIGHT of Brisbane’s most dynamic and innovative businesses have made the finalist list in the 10th annual Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Business Awards (LMBAs).
Water treatment specialists Australian Innovative Systems has been nominated in two categories and Mineraltec has been named in five. 
Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the nominations across 10 categories ranged from small-to-medium businesses to some of Brisbane’s largest companies.
Mineraltec, an innovative waste solution provider, is a contender for the ANZ Made in Brisbane Award for High-Growth Business Start-Up, Brisbane Times Award for Business Innovation, Port of Brisbane Award for New Investmentand Energex Award for Sustainability in Business.
Australian Innovative Systems (AIS) is nominated for the Brisbane Times Business Innovation Award – recognising the firm’s internationally successful Ecoline freshwater chlorine generation technology – and AIS CEO Elena Gosse has also been named as one of five finalists in the Channel 7 Business Person of the Year category.
Finalists in the Channel 7 Business Person of the Yearcategory include Coronis managing director Andrew Coronis, Domino’s Pizza Enterprises CEO Don Meij, Lorna Jane founder and chief creative officer Lorna Jane Clarkson, and the president and co-founder of the Record Holdings, Auscript and For the Record (FTR) Group, Peter Wyatt.
Cr Quirk said the calibre and diversity of this year’s nominees were “impressive and demonstrated the vibrancy of Brisbane business economy”.
“The 2015 LMBA finalists highlight the amazing depth of Brisbane's business community,” Cr Quirk said.
“They cover areas including hospitality, tourism, law, health services, transport, IT, digital, food, education and manufacturing.
“The Lord Mayor’s Business Awardscontinue to demonstrate why decision-makers worldwide are choosing Brisbane for business, investment, study and conventions.
“Every year these awards have highlighted some of the city’s greatest success stories and this year’s awards will be no different.”
“The finalists are raising the bar when it comes to innovation, collaboration, research and development. They are also representing Brisbane on the world stage.”
The winners will be chosen by independent judging panels for each of the 10 categories with the finalists announced at Brisbane City Hall on October 30, where they will join past winners.
The Lord Mayor’s Business Awards are staged by Brisbane Marketing and are the only awards in Brisbane to include businesses and individuals across all industries and sectors.
FINALISTS
ANZ Made in Brisbane Award for High-Growth Business Start-up: Clui, Mineraltec Industries, PlantMiner, She wear, Table & Desk, Tow.com.au, TradeMark Vision.
HSBC Award for Doing Business in Asia: Australian Country Choice, Cardno, Charlton Brown, Cook Medical Australia, Tangalooma Island Resort.
Brisbane Times Award for Business Innovation: Australian Innovative Systems, Bitpool/Value Added Engineering Group, GlobalX Legal Solutions, Heat Treatment (Qld)/Heat Treatment Australia, Mineraltec Industries, Sedgman.
Australia TradeCoast Award for Small Business Growth: PharmaData, The Landscape Construction Company, The Print Bar, u&u.
Port of Brisbane Award for New Investment: Hanworth House, Mineraltec, New Farm Cinemas, PresCare–CDC Project.
Clayton Utz Award for Corporate Citizenship: Brisbane Broncos, NuGrow, Queensland Rugby Union, Stephen Dibb Jewellery.
Energex Award for Sustainability in Business: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Mineraltec Industries, U&A Group/U&A Cleaning Services, UnitingCare Community.
Remserv Award for Digital Strategy: Brisbane Airport Corporation, Dental Members Australia, Record Holdings (Auscript and For the Record), Tow.com.au.
Singapore Airlines Award for Young Business Person of the Year: Jellaine Dee of Cherry Blooms; Joe Andon of Vuly Trampolines; Jordan Grives of the Fonebox Group of Companies; Katie Scholman of Miktysh; Scott Young of Young Guns Container Crew.
Channel 7 Award for Business Person of the Year: Andrew Coronis of Coronis; Don Meij of Domino’s Pizza Enterprises; Elena Goss of Australian Innovative Systems; Lorna Jane Clarkson of Lorna Jane; Peter Wyatt of Record Holdings, Auscript and For the Record Group.
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