Josh's Rainbow Eggs Macedon Ranges Business Excellence Awards

We are delighted to have Josh's Rainbow Eggs back on board as the naming sponsor for 2026. Having won three categories in the 2019 awards and they came on board as naming rights sponsors in 2021 and continued in this role to support and encourage other businesses.

The Bendigo Bank Community Bank branches in the Macedon Ranges are delighted to sponsor the business awards for an eighth year, to support and celebrate local businesses. With four locations in the shire, they see every day how important local businesses are to the fabric and success of our communities.

These branches all offer the full range of Bendigo Bank products, competitive rates and local staff who care about your financial success, plus an important point of difference – they invest in the local communities in which they operate. To date, they have given back $5 million to support clubs, projects, events and schools in the Macedon Ranges to help our communities thrive.

So, for great service and banking you can feel good about, bank with your local branch:

• Community Bank Gisborne – 11 Nexus Way or (03) 5420 7210
• Community Bank Lancefield – 20A High Street or (03) 5429 1977
• Community Bank Romsey – 105 Main Street or (03) 5429 5526 

• Bendigo Bank Kyneton – 89 Mollison Street or (03) 5422 3400

Workspace Australia Ltd  is the largest business incubator provider in Australia. Established in 1998 it has grown to encompass 6 incubator sites across regional Victoria. 

Setting the benchmark for assisting start-up businesses in becoming commercially viable it has achieved a level of success which is unmatched within the industry. In a time when 40% of businesses are successful after the first three years of operation, Workspace has been able to achieve a success rate of 98% over the last seven years . 

Voted Australia’s Business Incubator of the Year in 2010 and a finalist in the International Incubator of the Year awards in 2011, Workspace has become the leader in establishing best practices within the industry.  

This non-profit organisation, governed by a Volunteer Board of Directors has been voted one of the top 10 incubators in the world and was awarded Bendigo’s Business Excellence Social Enterprise of the Year in 2016.

Kennedys Accountants offers local personalised convenience for businesses and individuals with the expertise of the ‘big smoke accountants’. Sharing tools and knowledge to help you to get the most out of your business and individual tax returns.

The team has real life business experience as well as tax knowledge. Kennedys Accountants assists businesses in a number of industries including health, hospitality, manufacturing, legal firms, civil construction, online clothing, trades, transport, equine, primary production and more. These businesses vary from small sole traders to businesses with multi million dollar turnovers.

As well as tax planning to keep tax to a legal minimum they also understand the importance of business structure and other areas such as cash flow, budgets, profitability, banks finance, HR issues and marketing.

The team aims to achieve the best outcomes to help businesses thrive and keep tax to a minimum.

The Midland Express is a free weekly newspaper circulating in the Macedon Ranges and Mount Alexander regions of Victoria, Australia. The paper has a circulation of over 22,000 every week. The paper's office remains at its original location in the town of Kyneton, it is published weekly on a Tuesday and has been since its inception in 1979.