The stage is set for the 2023 Cambridge Independent SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards, celebrating the best of the county’s small and medium-sized enterprises.
A gala dinner takes place tonight (Thursday, September 28) at the five-star Cambridge Country Club in Bourn, at which the winners will be revealed in categories from Business Innovation to Business Person of the Year.
Editor Paul Brackley said: “This is a wonderful celebration of SMEs working in a wide range of sectors and I wish all of our finalists the best of luck.
“Once again, we had a large number of entries demonstrating ingenuity, determination and sheer hard work, which meant our judging panel faced a challenging task. We look forward to revealing the winners.”
Many of those winners will also go on to compete at a national level in the National SME Business Awards, at which some of our previous winners have also triumphed.
Returning as headline sponsor of this year’s Cambridge Independent SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards is the law firm Barr Ellison Law, which is supporting the Property Industry Business of the Year category and the Service Excellence award.
Partner Kelly Peck said: “In 2024, Barr Ellison Law will be marking our 150th anniversary, so this is a fantastic opportunity for us to step back and celebrate our finalists’ major achievements throughout 2023.
“These businesses and their people are our raison d’etre at Barr Ellison. This is why we are honoured to be headline sponsor of these business awards, and to recognise industrious, hard-working enterprises for their achievements.”
Also supporting the awards this year are South Cambridgeshire District Council, which is backing the Sustainability category, in recognition of the emphasis it is placing on helping businesses to grow and develop in sustainable ways through the work of its business support team.
Productheads, which helps hire, scale and train product teams, is sponsoring the Business Innovation category, while The Cambridge Building Society’s community focus makes it a natural sponsor for the Community Business of the Year category, which features finalists who go the distance to support those around them.
The Best New Business category is sponsored by @Inc (MENTA), reflecting how it helps foster new enterprises. Growth Works, meanwhile, which is helping businesses across the country to scale, is supporting the High Growth Business of the Year category, featuring finalists from fields as diverse as a bakery and life science.
You can follow the awards night on Twitter using #SMECambs and by following @CambridgeIndy. Look out for post-event coverage on this website and a special supplement on the winners in next week’s Cambridge Independent, out from Wednesday, October 4. Photographs from the night will be made available via photos.iliffemedia.co.uk.
The 2023 Cambridge Independent SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards Finalists
Best Enterprising Business
Beaucroft Watches
Mainspring
Modern World Business Solutions
Naturepac
WindsorPatania Architects
@Inc (MENTA) Best New Business
Cambridge Spectacle Co
Domestic Abuse Education Ltd
K9 Digital
Magnum Accountancy Ltd
MathsFit
Peonies & Palms
SMi Drug Discovery
Tap HR
Business Innovation sponsored by Productheads
Acuigen Ltd
Game Swap Shop UK
Toby’s Favourites
Welch’s Transport Ltd
WindsorPatania Architects
Business of the Year less than 50 Employees
Guardtech Group
Hera Beauty
Layrd Design
Libra Interiors
Revive! Auto Innovations East Anglia
Skat Ltd
This Land Ltd
Vine FX Ltd
Business of the Year more than 50 Employees
Domainex Ltd
Welch’s Transport Ltd
Business Person of the Year
Adil Khokhar – CBS Automotive
Ahmed Ejaz – Cambridge Spectacle Co
Chris Welch – Welch’s Transport
Daxa Khunti – Magnum Accountancy
Hayley Mitchell – Bowella Recruit
Jade Holly Smith – The Saddle Bank
Liam Rushmer – Fitness Rush
Lisa Eagling – MathsFit
Olivia Cutforth – Beyond A Princess
Rebecca Davies – HR Ready Ltd
Ryan Windsor – WindsorPatania Architects
Sharon Livermore – Kameo Recruitment
Sohini Biswas – Skat Ltd
Businesswoman of the Year
Daxa Khunti – Magnum Accountancy
Hayley Mitchell – Bowella Recruit
Jade Holly Smith – The Saddle Bank
Lisa Eagling – MathsFit
Olivia Cutforth – Beyond A Princess
Rebecca Davies – HR Ready Ltd
Sharon Livermore – Kameo Recruitment
Sohini Biswas – Skat Ltd
The Cambridge Building Society Community Business of the Year
Cambridge Science Centre
Cookie Cut Media
Creating Natures Corridors
Fenland Families and Baby Bank CIC
Fitness Rush Community
Hope Against Poverty CIC
Shri
Young Technicians Academy
Employer of the Year
Aspire Travel
BioStrata Ltd
Domainex Ltd
OpenArch
Owlstone Medical Ltd
The ONE Group
Family Business of the Year
Allbright Property Maintenance
Cambridge Support
CBS Automotive
Clip ‘n Climb Cambridge
G & S Hutchinson Ltd
Guardtech Group
Libra Interiors
The Shearline Group
Growth Works High Growth Business of the Year
Domainex Ltd
Hera Beauty
K9 Digital Ltd
Stir Bakery
Hospitality Business of the Year
Big Deal Comedy
Gonville Hotel
Stir
The Station House
The Wesley
Viva Esprit Ltd
Networking Group of the Year
Be Social Directory
Cambridge Cleantech
Clinician Engineer Hub
CONEXEN
Sketch & Social
Barr Ellison Property Industry Business of the Year
Allia Future Business Centres
Arnold & Willis Construction
KMC Transport Planning
Layrd Design
OpenArch
Barr Ellison Service Excellence
Burwash Larder
Calver Wealth Management
Clip ‘n Climb Cambridge
Dan Regan Hypnotherapy
FM Family Law
Gonville Hotel
The Saddle Bank
Vero HR Ltd
South Cambridgeshire District Council Sustainability Award
ASL Group
Crossfit Stags & Does Ltd
Flora Laura Flowers
Naturepac
S K Ward Pest Control Services Ltd
Shepreth Willdife Park
Website of the Year
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Cambridge Spices
Cleanroom Solutions (part of the Guardtech Group)
Corazon Health Ltd
REATECH SOLUTIONS LTD
The Saddle Bank
Twelve Noon Films
Vibrant Colour
Young Business Person of the Year
Chloe Colman – Colman Creative
Eleanor Crosland – This Land
Jessica Duke – Cambridge SpectacleCo
Mia Di Paola – Front Cover Dog Grooming
Modestas Mankus – Our Culture Mag
Sam Cooke – Blue Bricks Magazine
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