By Jayne McIntyre | November 28, 2011Brisbane-based meat processor and exporter, Teys Australia, has once again come out on top at this year’s
Queensland 400 Gala Awards.
The official rankings were unveiled at a masquerade-themed dinner at the Sofitel Brisbane on Friday night (November 25), featuring guest speaker Thérèse Rein.
Rein spoke of Queensland’s resilience to the spate of natural disasters experienced earlier this year, and congratulated all of this year’s
Q400 companies on their successes.
She also spoke about the work of her company Ingeus, which recently re-entered the Australian market after acquiring organisational development and employee assistance provider, Assure Programs.
Founded in Queensland, Assure Programs is a wholly owned Australian organisation which delivers business psychology services throughout Australia and New Zealand.
A total 13 awards were given out on the night, as announced by master of ceremonies and MiniMovers Founder and Managing Director, Mike O’Hagan.
Top New Entrant was taken out by Followmont Transport, which enters this year’s
Queensland 400 at 15.
Other category winners include the Sarina Russo Group (Business & Personal Services), Pickering Investments (Retail & Wholesale), BMD Holdings (Property & Construction), Dialog (ICT), EGR Group (Manufacturing), Apollo Motorhome Holidays (Tourism & Hospitality), Bundaberg Brewed Drinks (Environmental Sustainability), PWR Performance Products (Innovation), Morris Corporation (Global Star).
Rising Star awards were also given out to NRG Global Solutions, which has jumped 285 places to 97th on this year’s list, and PoolWerx, which made a splash at number 13, up 212 places from 2010.
This year’s event was supported by Premium Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers, as well as award sponsors APN Print, Burrell Stockbroking and Superannuation, OAMPS Insurance Brokers, QUT Business School and UK Trade and Investment.