2026 ActewAGL Shoalhaven Business Awards
Winners and finalists
Congratulations to every winner across our 17 award categories, announced at the Gala Dinner on Friday 31 July 2026 at the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre.
Business of the Year
- WinnerEHD Concrete Sleepers
Outstanding Employee
- WinnerAllison Bielski, Climax Air Conditioning
Finalists
- Jeremy Comans, Lone Fig Environmental
- Craig Thomas, CHC Helicopter Australia
- Ellie Geoghan, South Coast Brides
- Emily McNeil, Sonder Youth
- Stacey Beetson, Bomaderry High School
- Daniel Hundt, Bomaderry High School
- Kellie Andrews, Stella Studioz
Outstanding Young Business Leader
- WinnerAvalon Bourne, Sonder Youth
Finalists
- Leonard White, Lone Fig Environmental
- Ory Purhonen, Webics
- Zaid Forrester, The Deli on Kinghorne
- Rebecca Lown, ANZ Mobile Lending
Outstanding Business Leader – 20 Employees and Under
- WinnerKim McArthur, South Coast Brides
Finalists
- Rachel Ratini, Shorebreak Finance
- Nathan Carson, South Coast Therapy & Support Group
- Sharlina Swan, Financial Dynamics
- Ayush Chopra, Two Brown Men
- Claire Carson, South Coast Therapy & Support Group
- Kate Dezarnaulds, WorkLife.org.au
- Sian Ludlow, Stella Studioz
Outstanding Business Leader – 21 Employees and Over
- WinnerErica Jones, Interchange Shoalhaven
Finalists
- Angela Pendlebury, North Shoalhaven Meals on Wheels
- Kim Armstrong, Kimberlie & Co
- Kelly Cropper, Remmy
Employer of Choice – 20 Employees and Under
- WinnerEHD Concrete Sleepers
Finalists
- EHD Concrete Products (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Expressive Mind Therapy
- South Coast Therapy & Support Group
- Sonder Youth Ltd.
- Good Things Organic
Employer of Choice – 21 Employees and Over
- WinnerBCR Communities
Finalists
- Interchange Shoalhaven
- Climax Air Conditioning
- Bomaderry High School
- Ave Maria Disability and Mental Health Services
Excellence in Innovation
- WinnerProperty Pricer
Finalists
- Shoalhaven Recycling
- Webics
- Bomaderry Employment Skills and Training (BEST) Pathways Program
- Stella Studioz
- Expressive Mind Therapy
- South Coast Therapy & Support Group
- Blak Cede
Excellence in Sustainability
- WinnerStormtech
Finalists
- Good Things Organic
Outstanding Community Organisation
- WinnerNorth Shoalhaven Meals on Wheels
Finalists
- Nowra Show Society Inc
- Sonder Youth Ltd.
- SASSI
- Interchange Shoalhaven
- WorkLife
- South Coast Arts
- NSW South Coast Bravehearts
Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion
- WinnerInterchange Shoalhaven
Finalists
- South Coast Therapy & Support Group
- Kimberlie & Co
- Expressive Mind Therapy
- Stella Studioz
Outstanding New Business
- WinnerRed Fox Pilates
Finalists
- South Coast NSW Playing Cards
- South Coast Kitchen Gardens
- Coastal Spark
- Queen Bean Mobile Coffee Van
- Beloved Scents Cleaning
- Kohlis Indian on Wheels
Excellence in Micro Business (5 Employees and Under)
Finalists
- Shoalhaven Flowers
- Two Brown Men
- The FAM
- Ariane Sparkles
- Life Home Builders
- Buying South Coast Buyers Agent
- Lanham Media
Excellence in Small Business (6–20 Employees)
- WinnerSupercalla
Finalists
- South Coast Therapy & Support Group
- Good Things Organic
- Shorebreak Finance
- Webics
- Burbank Brown Lawyers & Conveyancing
- Insight Legal Solutions
- Driving Miss Daisy Nowra
Excellence in Medium Business (21–99 Employees)
- WinnerClimax Air Conditioning
Finalists
- Holiday Rental Specialists
- Kimberlie & Co
- North Nowra Tavern
- Encore Support Group
- Remmy
Excellence in Large Business (100+ Employees)
- WinnerShoalhaven Ex-Services Group
Finalists
- Ave Maria Disability and Mental Health Services
Outstanding Visitor Experience
- WinnerSupercalla
Finalists
- Cupitt's Estate
- The FAM
- Holiday Rental Specialists
- Blak Cede
Excellence in Workplace Health & Wellbeing
- WinnerEHD Concrete Sleepers
Finalists
- EHD Concrete Products (Aust) Pty Ltd
- South Coast Therapy & Support Group
- Webics
- Manildra Group
