Winners & Finalists 2018
Our 2018 Ballymena Business Excellence Awards finalists by alphabetical order below. Winners highlighted in red.
Customer Service Award Retail Sector (Independent Retailer) – First Trust Bank
| BlueBird |
| Eclipse Nursery Store |
| Leaf Designs |
| Spences Menswear |
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| Customer Service Award Retail Sector (Multiple Retailer) – Power NI |
| EuroSpar Cullybackey |
| Spar BP Ahoghill |
| Spar Doury Road |
| The Perfume Shop |
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| Best use of Digital and/or Social Media Award – Samuel Cumming & Son Solicitors |
| Chipmongers Ballymena |
| Galgorm Dental – Winner |
| Grafters Media – Highly Commended |
| Spar BP Ahoghill |
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| Best Eating Establishment Award – RiverRidge |
| Castle Kitchen & Bar |
| Fratellis |
| Go Sun Restaurant |
| Millside Restaurant |
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| Best Small Eatery/Coffee Shop Award – firmus energy |
| The Barista |
| The Corner Bakery |
| The Misty Burn |
| Toast |
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| Customer Service Award Service Sector – Riada Resourcing |
| Danske Bank |
| Fenaghy Vets |
| First Trust Bank |
| Stewarts Solicitors |
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| Customer Service Award Hospitality Sector – Autoline Insurance Group |
| Beechtree Manor |
| Go Sun Restaurant |
| Millside Restaurant, Gracehill |
| Toast |
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| Business Premises Award – Galgorm Resort & Spa |
| Bannside Pharmacy |
| First Trust Bank |
| Galgorm Dental |
| Serious Country Sports |
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| Innovation Award – The Gallaher Trust |
| Brilliant Trails |
| Fastenal |
| Spar Doury Road |
| Vera McCullough Jewellery |
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| Best Business Website Award – Country Garage Ballymena BMW |
| Adore Kitchens |
| northXsouth |
| Serious Country Sports |
| Utility Bear |
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| Right Place to Work Award – Black Advertising |
| Martin & Hamilton |
| McCarroll McConnell & Co Ltd |
| MPA Recruitment |
| Spar Broughshane |
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| Most Promising New Business Award – Bank of Ireland UK |
| FCS Services Ltd |
| GET BAKED |
| Knockdene Healthcare |
| Willow Beauty |
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| Best Small Business Award – Michelin Development Fund |
| Brilliant Trails |
| Hot Milk Forge |
| Rococo Restaurant/Wellington Bistro NI |
| Starling Entertainments Ltd |
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| Export Business of the Year – Danske Bank |
| Ben Vista Nursery & Garden Centre |
| Clarke Facades |
| Utility Bear |
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| Social Enterprise of the Year Award – Ballymena Business Centre |
| Ballymena Credit Union |
| Habitat for Humanity Northern Ireland (ReStore) |
| Slemish n tha Braid Credit Union |
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| Involvement in the Community Award – McKeever Hotel Group |
| Ballymena Rugby Club |
| EuroSpar Cullybackey |
| Martin & Hamilton |
| Slemish n tha Braid Credit Union |
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| Best Creative Business Award – Millside Restaurant Gracehill |
| GET BAKED |
| Hot Milk Forge |
| Starling Entertainments Ltd |
| Vera McCullough Jewellery |
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| Best Young Person in Business Award – Northern Regional
College |
| Daryl Adams – Rococo Restaurant/Wellington Bistro NI |
| Eamonn Higgins – Hot Milk Forge |
| Andy Kilpatrick – northXsouth |
| Gillian Matthews – Willow Beauty |
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| Employee of the Year Award – Grafton Recruitment |
| Patricia Hannaway – Spar Doury Road |
| Mabel McKeown – Adair Arms Hotel |
| Joanna Robinson – 360 Properties |
| Jordan Sneddon – Spar Broughshane |
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| Business Growth Award – Ulster Bank |
| Ballymena Credit Union |
| Clarke Facades |
| Knockdene Healthcare |
| Rococo Restaurant/Wellington Bistro NI
Commitment to Ballymena – Mid and East Antrim Borough Council David Hamilton – martin & hamilton |
