2023 Shortlist

Please note that this is the shortlist from 2023. If you would like to view the shortlist for 2024, please visit this link.

Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic Business of the Year

 Shortlist

Bezaleel Solutions Ltd 

Diversifying Group 

Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing 

Ibadah London 

LoveRaw 

Nemi Teas Ltd 

Ngozi Cadmus 

ScreenHits TV 

UpSkill Digital 

ZR Consultants Ltd 

Business Lender of the Year

Shortlist

Dawsongroup Finance 

Fearless Adventures 

Haydock Finance Ltd 

365 Business Finance 

mycashline 

Nucleus Commercial Finance 

Tallaght Financial Ltd T/A Cubefunder

ThinCats 

Entrepreneur of the Year

Shortlist

Abdul Thadha, Books2Door 

Andrea Clewett, Showerscape 

Aurangzaib Chawla, Lanop Pvt Ltd 

Deirdre Mc Gettrick, ufurnish.com 

Jeff Dewing, Cloudfm Group 

Jo Tutchener-Sharp, Scamp & Dude 

Karen Turton, Purple Story Ltd 

Penny Reid, Eximia 

Rishiraj Kapur, ABI Business Services Ltd T/A V4 Telecom 

Samantha Charles, Float Digital 

Health and Wellbeing Initiative of the Year

Shortlist

Ecosulis Ltd 

Homeglow Products Ltd 

Incorporating Wellness with Kelly Hopley 

Inuvi 

LDM UK 

Lifestyle Fitness Gym ltd 

NovaPure Naturals 

Sarah Banks Coaching 

The Miracle Foundation 

Zen Communications Ltd 

Inclusion Initiative of the Year

Shortlist

Amazon Web Services 

BioStrata 

Cosgrove & Drew Ltd 

ISC Group 

Magnetar IT 

North East International Film Festival  

The Dogs Squad CIC 

The Fearless Academy 

The Sheldon B&B 

Insurance Broker of the Year

Shortlist

John Palmer, Coversure Poole 

Ben Davis, Superscript 

Janthana Keenprakhamroy, Tapoly 

Micro Business of the Year

Shortlist 

Amity Fish Company Ltd 

Destination Digital Marketing 

Float Digital 

Gangplank Ltd  

Global HR Implementation Services   

Ibadah London 

International Business Centre Ltd 

Juliemay Lingerie 

Southwest Chauffeur Auto and Driver Services Ltd 

The Power Within Training & Development Ltd 

Most Innovative Business Idea of the Year

Shortlist

CeraPhi Energy 

Copner Biotech 

Haybrooke Associates Ltd 

iCOR Systems Ltd 

Juliemay Lingerie 

Odonata International Ltd ( SNOAP )

Plantasia Tropical Zoo 

The Teatle Ltd 

Trust Electric Heating 

Yardd 

Next Generation Entrepreneur of the Year

Shortlist

Ben Thornton, Thornton’s Growing and Living 

John Hall, The Development Plan Ltd  T/A GetBoardwise

Joe Seddon, Zero Gravity 

Zoltán KopácsiBest of Hungary 

Recruitment Advisor of the Year

Shortlist 

Ellie Fisher, AKA Recruitment 

Fiona Morrison-Arnthal, Ambitions Travel Recruitment 

Phillipa Nicholson, Blue Bull Recruitment Ltd 

Gareth Lee, G&J Lee Recruitment 

Jason Whittenham, Kenect Recruitment 

Emily Doull-Reeves, Lawes Consulting Group 

Ricky Patel, Mase Consulting 

John Lugsden, Rogers Mchugh Recruitment Ltd 

Richard Barker, Talent Locker 

James Pepe, WPR 

Retail Business of the Year

Shortlist 

AJ Sports 

Flare Audio Ltd 

Ice of Ixworth 

Pennine Cycles 

Play Square Ltd T/A Crazy Thumbs 

Sew Creative Ltd 

Small Business of the Year

Shortlist

Adventure Togs 

Clootie McToot Ltd 

Excel TM Group Ltd 

International Business Centre Ltd 

JLLighting 

Pets Purest Ltd 

Resus Rangers Ltd 

The Bath House – Banya London 

TOAST 

White Horse Energy Ltd 

SME Accountancy Firm of the Year

Shortlist

GW & Co Ltd 

Philip Hare & Associates LLP 

TaxAssist Accountants 

Vibrant Accountancy 

SME Marketing Agency of the Year

Shortlist

BioStrata 

Blue Array 

Digital Media Team 

Gambit Partners 

La La Communications 

Mitchell & Stones 

PPC Geeks 

The DM Lab 

ThinkEngine 

Unicorn Orange Ltd 

Start-up of the Year

Shortlist

Ambitions Travel Recruitment 

Bloomwise 

Boddice Accounting Ltd 

Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing 

Gretel 

Know-it 

Metaverse VR Ltd 

Social Media Kickstarter Training Ltd 

Stardust Book Services 

STEPS Prosthetics 

Sustainable Business Award of the Year

Shortlist

Clean Energy Capital 

EQ Investors 

Green Tomato (Midlands) Ltd 

Groundwork Wales 

iCOR Systems Ltd 

Just Peel Ltd 

Lyfcycle Ltd 

Nemi Teas Ltd 

Pulp2 Ltd 

VideOdyssey 

Technology Provider of the Year

Shortlist

BrightHR 

C2-Ai 

ClickMechanic 

Freemarket 

Magnetar IT 

Ortharize 

Pulse 

RefTech Ltd 

Satago 

Voilo 

Woman Led Business of the Year

Shortlist

Bare Kind 

Bays Consulting Ltd 

Diversifying Group 

Emerging Communications Ltd 

JEKBEE 

Maria Fogg Family Law Ltd 

Scamp & Dude 

ScreenHits TV 

Tomson Consulting Ltd 

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