STONES Awards 2025
Award Categories
Celebrating a new business that has made a significant impact within its first year.
Criteria:Innovation, customer engagement, market presence, and growth.
Honouring a small business that consistently excels and serves as a cornerstone of the community.
Criteria: Business performance, community involvement, customer satisfaction, and longevity.
Recognising a business that delivers exceptional customer service.
Criteria: Customer feedback, service consistency, training programs, and innovative customer service solutions.
Awarding a business for launching a groundbreaking product that has significantly influenced its industry.
Criteria: Originality, market impact, customer adoption, and problem-solving capabilities.
Celebrating a restaurant that offers exceptional dining experiences.
Criteria: Food quality, service, ambiance, customer reviews, and community engagement.
Honouring a retail business that sets the standard for shopping experiences.
Criteria: Product variety, customer service, store ambiance, and business performance.
Criteria: Range of services, customer feedback, community initiatives, and innovation in wellness
Criteria: Trendsetting, customer satisfaction, brand presence, and community engagement.
Awarding a business that enhances home and living through exceptional products or services.
Criteria: Product quality, customer feedback, innovation, and market presence.
Recognising a business that provides outstanding leisure and entertainment options.
Criteria: Customer reviews, service quality, variety of offerings, and community impact.
Honouring a business that has made a significant positive impact on the community.
Criteria: Community initiatives, sustainability efforts, social responsibility, and overall influence.
Criteria: Attendance, community engagement, organization, and feedback.
Recognising a business at the forefront of technological innovation.
Criteria: Innovation, market impact, customer feedback, and future potential.
Awarding a business that leads in sustainability and environmental practices.
Criteria: Environmental impact, sustainability initiatives, community education, and innovation.
Honouring a business that excels in promoting diversity and inclusion.
Criteria: Inclusive practices, diversity initiatives, employee feedback, and community involvement.
Criteria: Quality of food, use of local ingredients, customer reviews, and community engagement.
Celebrating a business that significantly contributes to local art and culture.
Criteria: Artistic influence, community involvement, innovation, and feedback.
Awarding a business that provides exceptional services or products for families.
Criteria: Family-oriented services, customer feedback, safety measures, and community involvement.
Recognising a business that excels in the health and beauty industry.
Criteria: Quality of services, customer reviews, innovation, and market presence.
Celebrating a business selected by popular vote as a community favourite.
Criteria: Public voting, community presence, customer satisfaction, and overall reputation.
Criteria: Innovation, scientific contribution, impact on society, collaboration, and sustainability.
How it works
We invite the community to nominate and enter our businesses awards and share why they deserve to be recognised. An esteemed panel of judges, comprising local industry experts and community leaders, will review the nominations to select the finalists.
Nominations Close 24th October 2025.
The winners will be announced in November 2025, where we will celebrate the achievements of our local business stars.