2022 Winners

Awards night Tuesday 14th November Grosvenor House, London

 

The Lloyds Bank Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award

Award Winner



Curious Universe

The Lloyds Bank Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award - Winner!

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.

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Highly Commended



Sinewave

The Lloyds Bank Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award - Highly Commended!

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.

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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

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The Lloyds Bank Mid-Market Business of the Year Award

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Littlefish

The Lloyds Bank Mid-Market Business of the Year Award - Winner!

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.

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Highly Commended



Green Retreats

The Lloyds Bank Mid-Market Business of the Year Award - Highly Commended!

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.

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Antony Reed

Lloyds Bank

Regional Director

David Higgins

360 Consulting

CEO

Karen Mann

LDC

Investment Director

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The Lloyds Bank Local Business of the Year Award

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Jackson Family Funeral Directors

The Lloyds Bank Local Business of the Year - Winner!

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.

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Highly Commended



For the Love of the North

The Lloyds Bank Local Business of the Year - Highly Commended!

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

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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

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The Lloyds Bank New Business of the Year Award

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Revive Collagen

The Lloyds Bank New Business of the Year Award - Winner!

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

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Highly Commended



The Simulator Company Ltd

The Lloyds Bank New Business of the Year Award - Highly Commended!

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

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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

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The Virgin Atlantic & Delta Air Lines Business Enabler of the Year Award

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BigChange

The Virgin Atlantic & Delta Air Lines Business Enabler of the Year Award - Winner!

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.

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Highly Commended



Route 101 Ltd

The Virgin Atlantic & Delta Air Lines Business Enabler of the Year Award - Highly Commended!

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.

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Award Judges



Donna O’Toole

August Awards

CEO

Geoff Hudson Searle

IBEM

NED

Luke Rawsthorn

Different Staights Group

CEO

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The LDC Entrepreneur of the Year Award

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Lizzie Carter, Only Curls

The LDC Entrepreneur of the Year Award - Winner!

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.

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Award Judges



Declan Curry

LBC

Broadcaster

Jonathan Caswell

LDC

Origination Director

Julie Devonshire

Kings College London

Head of Entrepreneurship

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The Lloyds Bank Sustainable Business of the Year Award

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Sinewave

The Lloyds Bank Sustainable Business of the Year Award - Winner!

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

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Highly Commended



WJ Group

The Lloyds Bank Sustainable Business of the Year Award - Highly Commended!

About WJ Group

WJ Group are the UK’s leading road safety business, specialising in road marking and stud installation and removal, safety surfacing, joint repair, retexturing, TASCAR and various other highways and Intelligent Transport System solutions.

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Award Judges



Glenn Bemmnet

Lloyds Bank

Head of ESG

Gudrun Cartwright

BITC

Climate Action Director

Tim Smith

RICS

Head of Thought Leadership

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The Department for International Trade Exporter of the Year Award

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Fever-Tree

The Department For International Trade Exporter of the Year Award - Winner!

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.

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Highly Commended



Aircards

The Department For International Trade Exporter of the Year Award - Highly Commended!

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.

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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

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The Gateley Business Transformation of the Year Award

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SF Recruitment

The Business Transformation of the Year Award - Winner!

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

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Highly Commended



OCL Facades Ltd

The Business Transformation of the Year Award - Highly Commended!

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.

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Award Judges



Heather Anne Hubbell

Phundex

CEO

Laura​​ Whitworth

T-three Consulting (part of the Gateley Plc)

Director

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The ORESA Leader of the Year Award

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Ali Parsa, CEO, Babylon Health

The Leader of the Year Award - Winner!

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.

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The Employer of the Year Award

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Octopus Energy

The Employer of the Year Award - Winner!

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.

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Highly Commended



Blink

The Employer of the Year Award - Highly Commended!

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.

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Award Judges



Alex Evans

Talint Partners

Managing Director

Kathyrn Herrington

CLS Group

CAO

Steve Hyde

360 Exec

CEO

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The Scale Up Business of the Year Award

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Aker Systems Limited

The Scale Up Business of the Year Award - Winner!

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.

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Highly Commended



Redkite

The Scale Up Business of the Year Award - Highly Commended!

About Redkite

Redkite is a data consultancy, engaged as the data change partner to the CDO, CIO and business change leads within consumer-orientated enterprises and hyper-growth organisations. Their primary focus is on Consumer Packaged Goods, Retail and eCommerce.

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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

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The Diversity Champion of the Year Award

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Foundervine

The Diversity Champion of the Year Award - Winner!

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.

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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

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The ESG Champion of the Year Award

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Reflex Vehicle Hire

The ESG Champion of the Year Award - Winner!

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

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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

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The Purpose Before Profit Award

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Cotswold Fayre Ltd

The Purpose Before Profit Award - Winner!

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.

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Highly Commended



PPL

The Purpose Before Profit Award - Highly Commended!

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

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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

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The New Entrepreneur of the Year Award

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Mitchell Franklin, UMATR

The New Entrepreneur of the Year Award - Winner!

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.

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Highly Commended



Tim Keaveney and Matt Aubrey, Homethings

The New Entrepreneur of the Year Award - Highly Commended!

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.

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Award Judges



Dani Stephenson

Full Circle Art

CEO

Phillippa Main

The Main Group

CEO

Scott English

Elite Business

CEO

Sophie Milliken

Moja

CEO

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The Technology Innovation Award

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CharterSync

The Technology Innovation Award - Winner!

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.

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Highly Commended



Endomag

The Technology Innovation Award - Highly Commended!

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.

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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

About This Category

For all media and PR enquiries relating to any of our finalists please contact Lee Mitchel, BBEA PR - lee@10yetis.co.uk