2017 Award Winners listed in red:

Customer Service Award Retail Sector (Independent Retailer) – First Trust Bank

• Bannside Pharmacy
• Bespoke Decor
• K & G McAtamney Butcher & Deli
• The Jewellers Workshop

Customer Service Award Retail Sector (Multiple Retailer) – Power NI

• Eurospar Cullybackey
• Holland & Barrett
• McAtamneys Ballymena
• McAtamneys Galgorm

Best use of Digital and/or Social Media Award – Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry

• Ballymena BID
• Gazelle Communications
• Homes Independent
• Scott McGarry Health and Fitness

Best Eating Establishment Award – RiverRidge 

• Adair Arms Hotel
• Eagle Bar and Grill
• Go Sun Restaurant
• Millside Restaurant Gracehill

Best Small Eatery/Coffee Shop Award – firmus energy

• Chocoa Couture Chocolate House
• Frew’s Fish and Chips Ahoghill
• Gwen’s Café
• Toast, Cullybackey

Customer Service Award Service Sector – Riada Resourcing

• First Trust Bank
• Mortgage IQ
• My O My Clinic
• The Jewellers Workshop

Customer Service Award Hospitality Sector – Autoline Insurance Group

• Galgorm Resort and Spa
• Gwen’s Cafe
• Millside Restaurant Gracehill
• Toast

Business Premises Award – Fairhill Shopping Centre

• Bannside Pharmacy
• Galgorm Resort and Spa
• The Wool Tower (Raceview Mill)

Innovation Award – Robinson’s of Ballymena

• Brilliant Trails
• Gladiator Training
• McKeown PAT Testing

Best Business Website Award – GES Group

• Flax Creative Studio
• Harry Clarke & Co
• Martin and Hamilton
• Utility Bear

Right Place to Work Award – Black Advertising

• Autoline Insurance Group
• GES Group
• McCarroll McConnell & Co

Most Promising New Business Award – Bank of Ireland UK

• Amanda Kyle Photography Studio
• Gladiator Training
• Utility Bear
• Willow Beauty

Best Small Business Award – Michelin Tyre PLC

• Hot Milk Forge
• Rococo Restaurant
• Scott McGarry Health and Fitness

Export Business of the Year – Danske Bank

• MET Healthcare
• NCS Finishing Ltd
• Outdoor Adventure

Social Enterprise of the Year Award – Ballymena Business Centre

• Advance Engineering
• Mid and East Antrim Agewell Partnership
• Onus (NI) Ltd
• Slemish n tha Braid Credit Union

Involvement in the Community Award – McKillens Footwear

• Eurospar Cullybackey
• First Trust Bank
• Slemish n tha Braid Credit Union
• The Front Page Bar

Best Creative Business Award – Millside Restaurant Gracehill

• Brilliant Trails
• Grafters Media
• Hot Milk Forge
• Tilly Annas

Best Young Person in Business Award – Northern Regional 

College

• Aaron Klewchuk (ballyprint.com)
• Brendan Dunne (NCS Finishing Ltd)
• Eamonn Higgins (Hot Milk Forge)
• Gillian Matthews (Willow Beauty)

Employee of the Year Award – Grafton Recruitment

• Curtis Nicholl (The Sitting Room Hairdressing)
• Darren Thompson (Utility Bear)
• Karen McGovern (Signal)
• Stephen Arbuthnot (Advance Engineering Group)

Business Growth Award – Ulster Bank

• Garage Door Systems
• K & G McAtamney Wholesale Meats
• McAtamneys Ballymena
• NCS Finishing Ltd