Business awards
The Brightest & Best Business Awards
The Brightest & Best Business Awards celebrate Waverley’s entrepreneurial spirit and bring together our local business community. These Awards honour the dedication and valuable contributions of local businesses that help shape Waverley into a dynamic and thriving place to live, work and shop.
The Awards are open to all businesses, regardless of size, operating within the Waverley LGA. Whether your business operates from a commercial centre, village, or home, all Waverley businesses can self-nominate and enter the relevant Award categories.
Winning a Brightest & Best Business Award reflects your commitment to excellence and is a great way to celebrate your business achievements, while receiving well-deserved recognition and publicity.
Winners and runners-up receive in-kind prizes and cash vouchers, plus wide promotion across digital and media platforms.
Key Dates
Entries Open Monday, 16 June 2025
Entries Close (EXTENDED) Monday, 28 July 2025
Finalists Announced Wednesday, 6 August 2025
People’s Choice Voting Opens Wednesday, 6 August 2025
Public Choice Voting Closes Friday, 19 September 2025
Awards Night Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Waverley Council gratefully acknowledges all our 2025 Brightest & Best Business Awards sponsors for their generous support, with special thanks to our major sponsors Healing on Spring and Premium Solutions.
Other valued sponsors include Richardson & Wrench Bondi Beach, Vivid Built, Eastside Radio, Westfield Bondi Junction, The Beast Magazine, Bondi Innovation, Bondi & Districts Chamber of Commerce, Service NSW, and Second Nature.
| Beauty & Cosmetic Services | Best New Business |
|---|---|
| Antisystem Barbershop | Dog Days Concierge |
| Blow Bar Co | Freedom Potential |
| G Hair Concept | JVC Energy Australia |
| Haus Of Beauty | MAMA SMOKE |
| Sage Beauty | Storylast |
| The Fit Injector Clinic |
| Business Woman of the Year | Childcare & Education |
|---|---|
| Doone Roisin, Female Startup Club | Discover Learning Australia |
| Sarah Lawrance, Hot Toast | First Education Bondi |
| Deborah Garcia Guedes, JVC Energy Australia | The Little Kids School |
| Brenda Miley, Lets Go Surfing | Waverley Community Out of School Care Centre |
| Sarah Dominguez, The Wattle Centre |
| Creative & Digital | Entrepreneur of the Year |
|---|---|
| Believe Advertising & PR | Anna Mildon, Guest Realty |
| Focus on Forbes Media | Syed Abid, Inzer |
| Marzipan Media | Sharon Melamed, Matchboard |
| Bondi Visuals | Deborah Garcia Guedes, Nidas Australia |
| NEXA Group | Felicity Ward, The Fit Injector Clinic |
| Storylast | Chloe Austron, The Little Ones Lost |
| Fitness & Wellness | Healthcare & Medical |
|---|---|
| 8 LIMBS | Bondi Dental |
| Creature Fitness | Elite Spinal Physiotherapy and Pilates |
| Evoke Movement | Kids & Co Clinical Psychology |
| Feel Free Dance | Summit Physiotherapy & Sports Medicine |
| Live Well Health & Fitness | Tracton Optometrists |
| Nimbus Co. |
| Hospitality, Entertainment & Tourism | Professional Services |
|---|---|
| Bondi Wellness Festival | Bondi Vet Hospital |
| Bonnibel | H2O Laundry and Dry Cleaning |
| Dive Centre Bondi | Hot Toast |
| Lets Go Surfing | Malleys Lawyers |
| WanderBuddies | Matchboard |
| PropSearch |
| Retail & E-Commerce | Trade Services |
|---|---|
| Bondi Boulangerie | Mint Plumbing & Relining |
| Bondi Records | Pamment Projects |
| Doglato (La Paleteria) | Pest2Kill |
| Ottway The Label | Proximity Plumbing |
| Threadx | SBC PLUMBING |
| WEST 14TH |
| Sustainability Excellence | |
|---|---|
| Arthur Murray Bondi | |
| Divide 8 Pizza | |
| Hot Toast | |
| JVC Energy Australia | |
| Lets Go Surfing | |
| Tracton Optometrists |
| Award Category | Winners |
|---|---|
| Beauty & Cosmetic Services | Antisystem Barbershop Runner-Up: Haus Of Beauty |
| Best New Business | Freedom Potential Runner-Up: MAMA SMOKE |
| Business Woman of the Year | Brenda Miley, Lets Go Surfing Runner-Up: Sarah Lawrance, Hot Toast |
| Childcare & Education | The Little Kids School Runner-Up: First Education Bondi |
| Creative & Digital | Believe Advertising & PR Runner-Up: NEXA Group |
| Entrepreneur of the Year | Felicity Ward, The Fit Injector Clinic Runner-Up: Anna Mildon, Guest Realty |
| Fitness & Wellness | 8 LIMBS Runner-Up: Creature Fitness |
| Healthcare & Medical | Summit Physiotherapy & Sports Medicine Runner-Up: Tracton Optometrists |
| Hospitality, Entertainment & Tourism | Dive Centre Bondi Runner-Up: Lets Go Surfing |
| Professional Services | MALLEYS LAWYERS Runner-Up: Matchboard |
| Retail & E-Commerce | Ottway The Label Runner-Up: WEST 14TH |
| Trade Services | Proximity Plumbing Runner-Up: Pest2Kill |
| Sustainability Excellence | Lets Go Surfing Runner-Up: Divide 8 Pizza Runner-Up: Hot Toast |
| Business of the Year | Ottway The Label |
| People's Choice | Proximity Plumbing |
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