{"id":8877,"date":"2025-10-29T16:37:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/?page_id=8877"},"modified":"2025-10-29T16:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:38:11","slug":"2025-awards-winners-and-highly-commended","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/?page_id=8877","title":{"rendered":"2025 Awards Winners and Highly Commended"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Business Growth Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The JAQ Group \u2013 Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Innovative Small Business<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Galgorm Melts – Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MB Motors – Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dougies Goodies\u2013 Highly Commended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Promising New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dogs Inn \u2013 Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Use of Digital Media<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelmax \u2013 Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gibson Paving \u2013 Highly Commended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customer Service\/Service Sector<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duality Healthcare – Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JTEC IT \u2013 Highly Commended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCarroll and McConnell \u2013 Highly Commended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employee of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tara Cupples \u2013 We Are Waymaker – <\/em>Winner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courtney McAllister \u2013 Habitat ReStore- <\/em>Highly Commended<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helena McDonnell \u2013 Neo Environmental- <\/em>Highly Commended<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right Place to Work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Adair Arms Hotel – Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family Business of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BH McKeague Optometrist – Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustainability Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wrightbus – Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norbev \u2013 Highly Commended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Involvement in the Community<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spar Broughshane – Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diversity and Inclusion Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Galgorm  \u2013 Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McDonalds Ballymena \u2013 Highly Commended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Young Person in Business<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Callum Irwin \u2013 Cooked by Callum – Winner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skills Development Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pilgrims Europe – Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business Premises Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eurospar Doury Road \u2013 Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Enterprise of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good Morning Ballymena – Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customer Service Award \u2013 Retail<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create and Conquer \u2013 Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country Garage BMW \u2013 Highly Commended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

River Island – Highly Commended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customer Service Award \u2013 Hospitality<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shot – Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rococo \u2013 Highly Commended<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Restaurant Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gatto\u2019s Ristorante \u2013 Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Thatch Inn – Winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Services to The Community<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isobel Kerr <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Recognition Award <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muriel Barr<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commitment to Ballymena <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colin Johnston \u2013 Galgorm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Business Growth Award The JAQ Group \u2013 Winner Best Innovative Small Business Galgorm Melts – Winner Team of the Year MB Motors – Winner Dougies Goodies\u2013 Highly Commended Most Promising New Business The Dogs Inn \u2013 Winner Best Use of Digital Media Travelmax \u2013 Winner Gibson Paving \u2013 Highly Commended Customer Service\/Service Sector Duality Healthcare […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8877","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8877"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8879,"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8877\/revisions\/8879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballymenachamber.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}