Last night, we celebrated the best of British business at the 2024 British Business Awards at the Picturehouse in Piccadilly Circus, London.

The awards were hosted by investor and entrepreneur, Oli Barrett, co-founder of Clean and Cool.

This year saw a record-breaking 750+ entries from 188 unique businesses. The winners were chosen by a panel of 14 judges including the Small Business Commissioner, Liz Barclay.

We were proudly sponsored by HSBC, Smart Energy, Home Grown, Akoni and Save More Money.

The organisers of the British Business Awards said:

“With a record-breaking 700+ entries, this year’s competition was incredibly fierce. We’re so proud of every single business that took part.

 “It was a fantastic night filled with networking, celebrating, and recognising the incredible achievements of our industry. We loved connecting with so many inspiring entrepreneurs and businesses in person.

“As we look ahead to 2025, submissions will open again next year February, be sure to keep an eye out! We encourage all UK small business owners to take part, did we mention entries are free?

 “If you know an entrepreneur or business that deserves recognition, please share this link with them to sign up for British Business Awards email communications. We can’t wait to celebrate the best of British business again next year!”

A huge congratulations to all 15 winners and every shortlisted business and entrepreneur!

British Business Awards 2024 – the winners

Here is a rundown of the shortlist and the winners from the British Business Awards 2024.

Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Business of the Year

• Baptiste
• Black Culture Market
• CLIP-KNIX
• Creative Nature
• EssencesByNadya
• evokeu
• Flexi Clean Group LTD
• Gapeless Ltd
• Geocare Services Limited
• GeoSmartPro
• khamsa Limted
• MAGIC AI
• O.T.C Beverages
• PAPA JI
• PivotSimply
• Rosie’s People
• Sahan Cares CIC
• Sankofa Care Limited
• Sankofa Care Services
• Shhh Menopause Wellness
• Skilled Hands Organisation CIC
• Social Blox
• Squosh Compacting Company Ltd
• The AFA Group
• Vital Educators
• ZR Consultants Ltd (ZRC)

Winner: Sahan Cares

Entrepreneur of the Year (over 30)

• Aakash Kapoor, V4 Consumer
• Ana Hasula, Biowise London Ltd
• Fiaz Ashraf, The AFA Group
• Gareth Rifkin, Student Pages Magazine
• Gerry Lianos, Raffolux
• James Vincent, Hot Source Creative
• James Fleming, The Power Within Training
• John Courtney, BoardroomAdvisors.co
• Julianne Ponan MBE, Creative Nature
• Mark Flanagan, Shield Safety Group
• Martijn van der Meulen, Snap Finger Click
• Martin  Lees, SedateUK
• Martin McKay, Texthelp
• Maurice Lyte, Krazy Savers Limited
• Natalie Klausen, Let’s Abode Limited
• Oli Bristowe, Pets Purest
• Olivia Malcolm Berry, OMB EVENTS LTD
• Olivia Osei-Assibey, Sankofa Care Services
• Sadra Hosseini, Ryft
• Samuel Brooksworth, Remoteli
• Sayani Sainudeen, Y1 Capital
• Tom Ball, DeskLodge
• Vicky Simpson, Vcare-24 limited
• Yauheniya Tyler, Uptitude ltd

Winner: Martin McKay, Texthelp

Entrepreneur of the Year (under 30)

• Chris Richards, SMART CHOICE PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LTD
• Chris Millard, The Barmy Army
• Harry Reynolds, London Card Show
• Joe Seddon, Zero Gravity
• Joshua Chidyausiku, Autonomy Pro Ltd
• Louis Trent, Trent’s Drains
• Lucinda Denney, Inflow Partnership
• Lucy Jeffrey, Bare Kind
• Lucy Linford, Desert Island Dumplings
• Rafmary Millan Reyes Baker, Cambridge Business Online Centre Ltd
• Sunil Jindal, MAGIC AI
• Xavier Parkhouse-Parker, Cambridge Future Tech

Winner: Joe Seddon, Zero Gravity

Health and Wellbeing Initiative of the Year

• Aqua Catalysis
• Enhanced Healthcare Solutions Limited
• Lem-uhn
• Radically Digital
• Telic Advisory Ltd

Winner: Enhanced Healthcare Solutions Limited

Micro Business of the Year

• Aqua Catalysis
• Bubble Media Group T/A DC Media
• Gapeless Ltd
• Good Wash Day Ltd
• Halo Business Consulting
• Intrusted Pension Services Limited
• Leon Luxury
• My Pirate Pen Pal
• Polycroo Ltd
• RedWizard (Red Wizard Consulting Ltd)
• Showerscape Ltd
• Snootiful Hound Ltd
• The Brand Artisan
• The Ice Cream Shop West Kirby

Winner: Aqua Catalysis

Most Innovative Business Idea of the Year

• Bluestonex
• CheckedSafe
• CLIP-KNIX
• Green Tomato (Midlands) Ltd
• Haybrooke Associates Limited
• Mind Station Limited
• Pets 2 Places ltd
• Phonely
• P-Wave
• Snootiful Hound Ltd
• Squosh Compacting Company Ltd
• Tech1M
• TIB Services Ltd
• WAC
• YourGamePlan

Winner: Mind Station Limited

Recruitment Advisor of the Year

• AKA Recruitment
• BoardroomAdvisors.co
• Core Recruiter
• HomeOranisers Ltd
• iConsult Technical Ltd
• Inflow Partnership
• Ivy Tech (Ivy Tech Holdings Ltd)
• Jiggle Staffing Ltd
• McNally Recruitment Ltd
• Talent Locker

Winner: Kelly Cartwright,Director, Core Recruiter

Retail Business of the Year

• Candy’s Cupcakes
• Good Wash Day Ltd
• LoveReading and LoveReading4Kids
• MY URBAN TRAIL LTD
• Petit Versailles
• Quinlan Couture Bridal
• Slush Truck
• The Kicks Brand
• The Workplace Depot
• TOAST

Winner: Candy’s Cupcakes

Small Business Influencer of the Year

• Carlo (Charles) Weaver, Apprentago
• Caroline Towers, Caroline Towers
• Caroline Hayward, Chairman’s Network Ltd (trading as ChairX)
• Federico Fiorentini, Iotdomus.com
• Heath Gascoigne, HOBA Tech
• Paul Cash, Rooster Punk
• Serena Price, Evolution Risk Group Limited
• Wendy Gannon, wo0 Photography

Winner: Carlo Weaver, Apprentago

SME Marketing Agency of the Year

• Altitude Marketing Ltd
• Aqueous Digital
• Bamsh Digital Marketing
• Champions (UK)plc
• La La Communications
• MentionSocials LTD
• Destination Digital Marketing
• Growth by Design
• Rooster Punk
• The DM Lab
• Yay!Starter Marketing

Winner: Champions (UK) plc

Sustainable Business of the Year

• Adopter LTD
• Alchemie Technology
• Collingwood Learning LTD
• Heygates Bookshop (Bognor Regis)
• Honey Bee Good
• LoveReading and LoveReading4Kids
• Polycroo Ltd
• Trykind Clothing
• Tunley Environmental

Winner: Alchemie Technology

Technology Provider of the Year

• Censornet
• Comgem
• Freemarket
• Luminance Technologies Ltd
• NetSupport
• Pulse
• Snap Finger Click
• STAXO Group
• Tapoly
• Tech1M
• Thrive
• V4 Cloud

Winner:  Luminance Technologies Ltd

Woman Led Business of the Year

• Adopter LTD
• Ivy Tech (Ivy Tech Holdings Ltd)
• Luminii Consulting
• luna
• MY URBAN TRAIL LTD
• OMB EVENTS LTD
• Successful Mums Career Academy
• The Joy Club
• TimeTrove
• Uptree
• Well Cool Clothing
• Zero Gravity

Winner: Successful Mums Career Academy

Start-up of the Year

• CLOSWAP Ltd
• Enablists
• Fairware Ltd
• Flux Aviation
• Hautier
• Integrity HSE (same as above)
• Javelin Content Management Ltd
• Jiggle Staffing Ltd
• Little Green Change
• luna
• Manchester Ball Boys Ltd
• Outsourcexpert Solutions
• People Station
• Praeferre
• Safety first social care
• Social Blox
• SolRecycle Ltd
• The Bank Of Knowledge
• The Conception Plan
• The Kicks Brand
• TriVA Solutions Ltd
• Valley Wags Cumbria
• Vital Educators
• WLC (West London Clean)
• Zero Gravity

Winner: luna

Small Business of the Year

• AKA Recruitment
• Barmy Army Ltd
• Berger Tools Ltd
• Bridgehouse
• Censornet
• Cosaris Ltd
• CRIMPiT Group Ltd
• EssencesByNadya
• Groundwork North Wales
• Han Law
• Haybrooke Associates Limited
• IAMTech Ltd
• Little Dish
• Modern World Business solutions
• More Than Muscle
• Neudata Limited
• NVision Studios Ltd
• Quinlan Couture Bridal
• Raffolux
• Sarah Banks Coaching
• Shape Talent
• Signs Base Ltd / Horizium Limited
• Simply Doughnuts Ltd
• The Change Hive
• The Electric Car Scheme
• The Power Within Training
• TIB Services Ltd
• Trent’s Drains
• Tunley Environmental
• Universal Vibes Limited T/A Care Trainings
• Unmanned Life
• Uptree
• Virtalent Limited
• WESTGATE TYRES
• Wingfield Consultants Ltd
• Wyndham Resources (UK) Ltd

Winner: CRIMPiT Group Ltd

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