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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