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2022 Finalists
The Lloyds Bank Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
Playful Promises
Greenwood Plants
Tribeca Technology Group
Talking Tables
Zenzero
UBDS
Akula Living Ltd
AMS Accountants Group
Shaken Udder
Sinewave
About Sinewave
Sinewave is a NERS accredited Independent Connection Provider that provides high-voltage and low-voltage services throughout the United Kingdom. Founded in 2015, Sinewave designs, installs, and maintains electricity networks from 400V to 132kV. The company’s vast experience extends from electric vehicle charging to the residential, industrial & commercial, and renewable sectors.
Curious Universe
About Curious Universe
Curious Universe is the Leading Arts and Crafts, Toys and Book creator selling through most UK Retailers. Established in late 2017, the company has had compound growth of 55% for the past 3 years to £21m last year (f/c £26m this year showing the progression continues.
Forecast
Award Judges
Amanda Dorel
Lloyds Bank
Regional Director, South West Region SME and Mid Corporates
Miles Nolan
Sterling Investments
Partner
Natalie Calvert
CX
CEO
Richard Thompson
INEWS
Managing Director
The Lloyds Bank Mid-Market Business of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
Nexus Vehicle Rental
Amscan International
Easy Bathrooms
Fairstone
Net World Sports
Cotswold Fayre Ltd
Green Retreats
About Green Retreats
Green Retreats are UK specialists in designing, manufacturing and installing superior quality garden rooms. Operating since 2005 with over 14,000 garden room buildings installed nationwide, their garden rooms use predominantly British materials from leading suppliers, helping to support the UK economy whilst o ering the high quality of build that Britain is famous for.
Littlefish
About Littlefish
Littlefish are a Managed IT and Cyber Services Provider. Established in 2003 and growing year on year ever since, Littlefi sh’s goal is to continue building its reputation as the market leader for providing world-class end-user services. Its focus remains on genuinely understanding its customer’s business challenges (as they pertain to IT) and enabling these customers to achieve their core business goals.
Global Procurement Group
TIMCO
Mansfield Sand Company Limited
Award Judges
Antony Reed
Lloyds Bank
Regional Director
David Higgins
360 Consulting
CEO
Karen Mann
LDC
Investment Director
The Lloyds Bank Local Business of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
Morgan’s wigs – hair loss solutions
Blue Apple Theatre
Jackson Family Funeral Directors
About Jackson Family Funeral Directors
Jackson Family Funeral Directors’ mission is to provide a more transparent and a ordable funeral service to the local community that focuses on delivering personal and emotional support to families in their time of need. The business cares deeply, building a reputation for delivering honest services for those facing a challenging periods.
Lucy Potter Hair and Beauty
be local
Hill Clinics
Bryndu Caravan & Camping
For the Love of the North
About For the Love of the North
Born out of the co-founder’s mutual love of the North East, For the Love of the North sells prints, cards, gifts and souvenirs, working with artists and creatives from all over the region. The team o er mentoring support to newly established small businesses and have also become an accredited Living Wage Employer
White Rose Psychology Practice
Thompson Planning Ltd
ECASS Every Charitable Act Supoorts Someone CIC
Vitus Wellbeing
Award Judges
Carmela Coop-Rodia
The Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards
Director
James Kent
Your Tender Team
CEO
Jaymey McIvor
Esssex County Councillor and Managing Director of Capital Flowers
Councillor and Managing Director
The Lloyds Bank New Business of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
Kid-A
The Simulator Company Ltd
About The Simulator Company Ltd
In just three years, The Simulator Company Ltd has grown from a vision to create tools for clinicians to a global provider of ECMO/ECLS Simulators. Using the simulators, clinicians can learn and practice Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation therapy to treat heart and/or lung failure
Fearless Adventures
Mood Bears
ITHQ
Homethings
GetSetGo! Family Clubs
Victory Hill Capital Advisors LLP
Electrifying.com
Revive Collagen
About Revive Collagen
Revive Collagen is a luxury liquid collagen brand developed to help women and men fi ght the signs of ageing from within, delivering real results within just six-to-eight weeks. Impressively, the brand generated £1 million in revenue from one product within six weeks of launch
Change Right
Award Judges
Hela Wozniak-Kay
Sister Snog
Founder
John Brightwell
Lloyds Bank
Head of Branch Business Banking
John Hubbell
Hubbell Ventures
CEO
Sajag Patel
Solasas Drinks
CEO
The Virgin Atlantic & Delta Air Lines Business Enabler of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
AVN Inspiring Accountants
Home Made
Bit Famous (Ltd)
Sharing in Growth UK Ltd
Foothold America
Route 101 Ltd
About Route 101 Ltd
Route 101 is a cloud systems integrator, providing hosted and true-cloud telecommunications, contact centre and customer engagement solutions. Honoured with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2020, Route 101 combines industry-leading communications and contact centre platforms to provide the tools to help businesses deliver exceptional customer experience and empower their workforce.
Altia
CTI Group
Tribeca Technology Group
BigChange
About BigChange
BigChange has revolutionised the performance of field-service businesses by making leading mobile workforce and job management technology available to organisations of all sizes; helping them improve operational e ciency, boost customer service, win more work and ultimately, grow stronger.
Award Judges
Donna O’Toole
August Awards
CEO
Geoff Hudson Searle
IBEM
NED
Luke Rawsthorn
Different Staights Group
CEO
The LDC Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
John Bailey & Samantha Faiers, Revive Collagen
Derry Green, The Secret Garden Glamping
Steve Witt & Paul Harrison, Not Just Travel
Jamie Hinton, Razor
Sean Ramsden MBE, Ramsden International
Mark Shashoua, Hyve Group plc
Matthew Sanders, Suits Me
David Brennan, Nexus Vehicle Rental
Emma Sayle, Killing Kittens
Lizzie Carter, Only Curls
About Lizzie Carter, Only Curls
Only Curls are on a mission to encourage curly haired people of all textures to ditch the chemicals, forget the straighteners and start loving their natural curls. The range of hair products and accessories are sold via their website onlycurls.com and are used in curl specialist salons nationwide.
Andy Pinnington & Michael Ribaudo, CyberIAM
Edward Lovett, The Collecting Group
Award Judges
Declan Curry
LBC
Broadcaster
Jonathan Caswell
LDC
Origination Director
Julie Devonshire
Kings College London
Head of Entrepreneurship
The Lloyds Bank Sustainable Business of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
Hawksmoor
Juice Global Ltd
WJ Group
Cotswold Fayre Ltd
Midstream Lighting
Sinewave
Green Retreats
Allium Helmsley Ltd T/A Allium Energy
Victory Hill Capital Advisors LLP
Barratt Developments PLC
Award Judges
Glenn Bemmnet
Lloyds Bank
Head of ESG
Gudrun Cartwright
BITC
Climate Action Director
Tim Smith
RICS
Head of Thought Leadership
The Department for International Trade Exporter of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
The English Soap Company
Quality Bearings Online Ltd
CatSci Ltd
Fever-Tree
About Fever-Tree
Fever-Tree is the world’s leading premium mixer brand. Fever-Tree is committed to creating the world’s best mixers, ranging from their award-winning, signature tonic waters, to Ginger Beers, and their new Premium Sodas. Founded in the UK in 2003, the Brand listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2014 and had revenues of £311m in 2021.
Akula Living Ltd
Wanis Ltd
Warrior Academy
Sure Purity Limited
Aircards
About Aircards
Trading since April 2020, Aircards harness web-based augmented reality (WebAR) and web-based virtual reality (WebVR) to create outstanding interactive experiences for their clients. A Technology company at heart, Aircards boast a rock-star team of developers and creatives who have built WebXR projects for the world’s biggest brands - including Warner Bros, Microsoft, Pepsi, Disney, Haribo, Kinder, Unilever, Lush and Samsung.
Award Judges
Allyson Stewart Allen
International Marketing Partners
CEO
Charlotte Laycock
American European Business Association
CEO
Dhaval Gore
Globalization Partners
Director
Shehzad Chaudhary
Department for International Trade
Director
The Gateley Business Transformation of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
SpaceBands LTD
Alphagreen Group
SF Recruitment
About SF Recruitment
SF Recruitment is the leading specialist recruiter supporting small businesses across the Midlands to thrive through recruiting the right talent for the right roles and helping people to fi nd their natural fi t. The past 2 years have seen them transform from a traditional recruitment fi rm with rigid practices to a people-centric, female-led business empowering its employees and candidates, enabled by a new culture of innovation, autonomy and fl exibilit
Howells
ELE Advanced Technologies Ltd
Wilcox & Co (Limousines) Limited Group
OCL Facades Ltd
About OCL Facades Ltd
OCL Facades Ltd are a specialist façade and drylining contractor working predominantly for blue chip main contractors on residential developments in and around the city of London.
imail comms limited
Industrial Trading Solutions Ltd
Award Judges
Heather Anne Hubbell
Phundex
CEO
Laura Whitworth
T-three Consulting (part of the Gateley Plc)
Director
The ORESA Leader of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
Ali Parsa, CEO, Babylon Health
About Ali Parsa, CEO, Babylon Health
Ali Parsa launched Babylon Health, a developer of mobile healthcare apps, in 2014. Headquartered in London, Babylon Health is a subscription health service provider that enables users to have virtual consultations with doctors and health care professionals via text and video messaging through its mobile application. Parsa is an advocate of more private-sector involvement in the NHS, believing it improves e ciency, pro tability and quality of healthcare. He was named by e Times among the 100 global people to watch in 2012, and by the Health Service Journal among the 100 most infuential people in UK healthcare.
The Employer of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
Government Grant and Tax Consultants Limited (GovGrant)
Octopus Energy
About Octopus Energy
Octopus Energy is on a mission to make a big green dent on the universe - o ering the best prices, products and service to happy customers across worldwide, supported by a brilliant team of employees. In just 6yrs, they have become a top 5 UK energy supplier with 3.2million customers, the ONLY Energy supplier recommended by Which? for fi ve years running, and fast-track growth to $5bn valuation.
Acacium Group
FSP
Blink
About Blink
Blink transforms conversations, productivity and retention at frontline organizations through one intuitive, flexible app and are one of Europe’s fastest-growing B2B SaaS startups. Since launch in 2019, they have grown their staff count from 14 to 80, opened offices in New York and Sydney, and raised over $30M in capital from some of the world’s most prolific investors.
Apadmi
Revolution Bars Group
Sahan Cares C.I.C
Pertemps Network Group
ServiceMaster AAA
Award Judges
Alex Evans
Talint Partners
Managing Director
Kathyrn Herrington
CLS Group
CAO
Steve Hyde
360 Exec
CEO
The Scale Up Business of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
Aker Systems Limited
About Aker Systems Limited
Aker is a high growth technology company that builds exceptionally secure environments in the public Cloud for complex, problematic and highly sensitive data sets - addressing exceptionally high security and/or performance requirements. This enables Aker to provide Critical National Infrastructure for UK Government departments and secure data environments for the fi nancial services sectors.
Origin Global
Grayce
Lusso
Apadmi
Ecologi Action
Redkite
Zephr
Setfords
Clear Junction
Award Judges
Alex Robson
Westend Drinks
CEO
Daniel Priestley
Dent
CEO
Guy Bradshaw
Amplifi
Consulting Director
Joost De Kruiff
Home Grown
Director
Stella Panu
Vianet Group plc
NED
The Diversity Champion of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
Monumental Marketing
CatSci Ltd
Grayce
Dartmouth Partners
Acacium Group
The Gen Z Club Ltd
Foundervine
About Foundervine
Foundervine’s vision is a world where ambitious leaders, creators and innovators have the tools to build the organisations of tomorrow. Their belief is that with the right support, an idea can grow into a groundbreaking enterprise. In 2021/22, They’ve helped over 1500 entrepreneurs scale and accelerate their business with their community raising over 23 million pounds in funding.
Evenfields Careers Ltd
FSP
Award Judges
Aisha Shaibu
Moonlight Experiences
Founder of Moonlight Experiences & LGBTQ+ activist
Sandra Kerr CBE
Business In The Community
Race Equality Director, Business in the Community
Sophie Isaacs
LDC
Origination Manager, LDC
The ESG Champion of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
Syzygy Consulting
LoveRaw
Reflex Vehicle Hire
About Reflex Vehicle Hire
Reflex Vehicle Hire is a nationwide flexible rental provider of cars and vans allowing customers to add cars and vans to their fleet without a long-term commitment, so if they no longer need vehicles, they can hand them back without incurring any fi nancial penalties, an ideal solution for the current economic conditions. Their fl exible fl eet services help to power the backbone of British Business
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Acacia Training
Award Judges
Alastair Loasby
Business In The Community
Responsible Business & Strategy Campaign Director
Andrew Webb
SeenThis
Group Commercial Director
Glenn Bemmnet
Lloyds Bank
Head of ESG
Katrina Sale
The Entrepreneurs Network
Chair of the Green Entrepreneurship Forum
The Purpose Before Profit Award
Award Shortlist
Handmade by Tinni
PPL
About PPL
PPL is an award-winning Social Enterprise, B Corp, and one of the Financial Times’ Leading UK Management Consultancies 2022. PPL’s purpose is to support health, wellbeing and economic success, working with individuals, communities and the organisations that support them, by applying the best in current and emerging think
Cotswold Fayre Ltd
About Cotswold Fayre Ltd
Established by CEO, Paul Hargreaves, in 1999, Cotswold Fayre is now the leading wholesaler of ambient and chilled speciality food to independent food retailers. The company suppliers from its range of around 4,000 products to 1,500+ farm shops, food halls, convenience stores, delicatessens, and garden centres across the UK.
Fearless Adventures
Full Circle Funerals
Clear Voice Interpreting Services
…Gasp!
Eloquent Praise And Empowerment Dance Company
White Rose Psychology Practice
Pitch121 Ltd
Foundervine
Kind Bag
Award Judges
Abdul Shill
Sahan Cares
CEO
Carmela Coop-Rodia
The Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards
Director
Charles Homan
UHY Hacker Young
Partner
Hela Wozniak-Kay
Sister Snog
Founder
The New Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Award Shortlist
David Kite, DK Divorce Consultants
John Roussot, FiiT4GROWTH
Moonoon Jawadin, MOOHANS KITCHEN
Lou Nylander, Wildflowers of London
Mitchell Franklin, UMATR
About Mitchell Franklin, UMATR
UMATR is a technology talent partner, primarily focusing within Scala, React, and Cloud Computing. They partner with some of the coolest and most exciting brands in the market, from leading start-ups to international giants, to build world-class scale-up teams. To date, they’ve supported their partners and candidates across 24 different countries.
Diptesh Patel, UBDS
David Spencer Percival, Life Science People
Tim Keaveney and Matt Aubrey, Homethings
About Tim Keaveney and Matt Aubrey, Homethings
Homethings is changing the way the world cleans by making innovative waterless, refi llable and plastic-free eco cleaning products. They are the most innovative challenger brand in the household cleaning category, continuously investing in R&D to create revolutionary waterless formats instead of liquid concentrates. Since September 2020, they’ve hit £2 million annualised run rate revenues.
Jason Stoneham, Straight And Narrow Drinks.co.uk
Award Judges
Dani Stephenson
Full Circle Art
CEO
Phillippa Main
The Main Group
CEO
Scott English
Elite Business
CEO
Sophie Milliken
Moja
CEO
The Technology Innovation Award
Award Shortlist
ScoreApp
VoiceBox
Atom Learning
Chattermill
CharterSync
About CharterSync
CharterSync is a ground-breaking British aviation services and technology company that has revolutionised the UK air cargo charter market by harnessing digital innovation. The business is centred around CharterSync’s proprietary B2B air cargo charter digital platform, which has transformed and simplifi ed the way that freight forwarders and charter operators work together.
Summize
Endomag
About Endomag
Endomag is a global technology company that believes everyone deserves a better standard of cancer care. Many of the world’s leading physicians and hospitals use the company’s technologies to help women with breast cancer avoid surgery when it isn’t needed, and experience better outcomes when it is.
BrightHR
Red Sift
Keyless
disguise
Autoglym
Award Judges
Andy Barr
10 Yetis
CEO
Diedre McGettrick
Unfurnish
CEO
Gareth Holmes
SeenThis
VP
Henry McLean
4ThePlayer
Co-founder, Commercial & Marketing Director
Sarah Davidson
iNews
Business Journalist