"We have always been based in the 'Naki and that can make it hard to know how you're tracking compared to other companies.
"It's really nice to get that recognition," says Radcliffe.
One of the biggest challenges faced by IVHQ this year was dealing with the Nepal earthquakes.
"We have good local teams based out of Kathmandu and throughout Nepal and the earthquakes were serious for them.
"We are fortunate we had no casualties and I'm proud of the way the team stepped up in such a trying time."
For Oscar Ellison, founder of peer-to-peer car-sharing service YourDrive, seeing his company pass go has been a highlight of the year.
YourDrive had not long launched when it featured here in June as part of the sharing economy. The business now has four employees.
"I worked on it for a couple of years from inception to launch, going through all the legal and insurance issues as well as the usual challenges you have with a start-up of building a website, marketing and branding," says Ellison.
"So it has been really rewarding to see people now using it.
"Talking to customers and hearing them say, 'We love using it' is pretty great."
As well as the sharing economy, social enterprise is another growing business trend profiled this year.
Adriana Christie is a co-founder of The Pallet Kingdom, which turns used pallets into furniture.
Since our interview in August she reports they have diverted about 600 more pallets from waste.
Christie says one of the firm's challenges has been managing growth.
They have had to turn down some projects because they don't have the capacity to take them on.
It has been rewarding to grow the business sustainably so far, however, she says, without relying on external funding sources.
