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Meet All The Shortlisted Nominees

We are taking nominations from across the South West Region. Historically, we have received an enormous volume of nominations, often exceeding 1000 entries, so for anyone who does get shortlisted, it is a massive achievement!

Shortlisted nominees are announced on 3rd Feburary 2025 

This year, the standard of entrants was so high that we shortlisted a record-breaking number for the awards across the award categories. While we cannot give them all an award, each winner is truly deserving of recognition for their achievements.

The South West Business and Community Awards judging process saw a range of esteemed entrepreneurs come together to scrutinise our finalists and select the short-listed nominees from the 460 nominations and the winners among them.

James Phipps, Chairman of Excalibur Group and renowned Entrepreneur was part of the judging panel and said:
Judging this year’s awards was tough. Every entry was of a very high standard and each one was unique which made the decision harder. I’m very proud of the quality of businesses that we have in this region and these awards give them the true recognition that they deserve.
Alec Jones-hall, Director of South West Business and Community Awards said
We are proud and excited to be celebrating outstanding achievement across the region and rewarding those who are making a huge impact throughout the South West. It is also a time for the business community to come together, not only to celebrate the accomplishments of those shortlisted and the deserving winners of each category, but also to mark the fact that we all continue to play a vital role in the success of our region and that its future achievements will be built on the foundations we lay today.

Awards Categories

Business of the Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • A1 Photogenics
  • Bath Garden Design Ltd
  • Dale Chadwick Carpentry & Construction LTD
  • Dean Healthcare South West Ltd
  • Eat PR & Marketing
  • Gooding Accounts
  • Halo Design Associates
  • Home Front
  • Liquid Friday
  • Logiq
  • Ludo Sports Bar & Kitchen
  • Mar-Key Group
  • Mollys Mates Day Care for Dogs
  • Motorhome Holiday Company
  • Neighbourhood Care
  • Netitude
  • Regency FX
  • Shield Services
  • SIm Staff
  • SMARTech energy Ltd
  • Structural Soils
  • The Heritage Fine Food Company
  • The Pursit Agency
  • The Somerset Toiletry Company
  • Trent Drains
  • TWC Home Improvements
  • Vysiion Ltd
  • WestSpring IT

Male Entrepreneur of the Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Adam Cartwright (Moor View Garden Services)
  • Andrew Hill (TWC Frames)
  • Dale Chadwick
  • Dave Southby (SJPP)
  • Gareth Sanders (Bailey Dean)
  • James Eades (Systemagic)
  • Joseph Heaton (TWC Frames)
  • Louis Trent (Trent Drains)
  • Luke Wareham (Swindon Tuition Centre)
  • Martin Longden (Karuta Sportswear)
  • Matt Ville (Hiyeild)
  • Nathan Sandhu (Jazz Bones)
  • Neil Tinson
  • Nick King (Goates of The Gorge)
  • Owen Wood (Parkrow Marketing)
  • Raphael Fiorentino (Business Doctors)
  • Scott Gulliver (Fluff Software)
  • Simon Crisp (Green Machine Computers)
  • Simon Tesler (Parade House Trowbridege)
  • Waliur Rahman (Property Investment Consultant)

Female Entrepreneur of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Becky Barnes
  • Becky Ray (Culture Kick)
  • Carey Tesler (Parade House Trowbridge)
  • Charlotte Marshall (Travel Bee)
  • Elizabeth Donovan
  • Hannah Fruen
  • Janet Shreeve (Shreeve Care Services)
  • Katie Thomson (Kt Marketing)
  • Kayla Williams- KJ Accounts
  • Laura Mathis (Rising Aspirations)
  • Laurie Kyle (Giddy Octopus)
  • Liz Hutchings (Total Guide to Ltd)
  • Louise Hunt Skelley
  • Rachel Way (Food & Beverage Expert)
  • Sarah Cole (Scribbleton)
  • Sarah Morrison (Elmtree Learning)
  • Sussi Murphy (Visually Connected)
  • Vanessa White

New Start-Up of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Ben Perry Bookkeeping
  • Bertie and Belle
  • Arthur & Co
  • Brew Book Ltd
  • Cameron Mills Group
  • Creative Crochet By Shani / Shani Moore
  • Food and Beverage Expert LTD
  • Giddy Octopus
  • Homes 2 Outstanding Ltd
  • Jim's Gym
  • Katie Jones - Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner
  • Mint HS
  • Right Pear
  • Scribbleton Ltd
  • Swindon Darts Hub
  • The Culturevators
  • This Moment
  • Tom Carder Media
  • Vanessa White Coaching
  • Wealthy Solutions Ltd
  • Wellness Wiltshire
  • West and Jones

Young Entrepreneur of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Ben Perry (Ben Perry Book Keeping)
  • Sophie Alway (Georgia's Voice)
  • Josh Martin (SimStaff)
  • Josh Ware (Future Bodies)
  • Lucy West (West & Jones)
  • Tom Carder (Tom Carder Media)
  • Lillie-May Mills (Arthur & Co)
  • Katie Jones
  • Josh Martin
  • Cameron Thomas Mills

The SME of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Arctic Direct
  • C&G Power Services Ltd
  • Dave Southby Financial Planning
  • Digital Wonderlab
  • Elementa Education Group Ltd
  • Future Bodies Gym
  • Jazzbones Creative
  • Karuta Sportswear
  • Katie Thomson Marketing
  • Moor View Garden Services
  • Neighbourhood Care
  • Netitude Ltd
  • PANDEK Group
  • Park Row Marketing
  • Rainbow Communications
  • Robinson Grace HR Consultancy
  • Signable
  • Socal Butterfly Digital Ltd
  • Square Works
  • Swindon Tuition Centre
  • The Family Shutter Co
  • The Heritage Fine Food Company
  • The Somerset Toiletry Company
  • Total Guide to Ltd
  • Homes 2 Outstanding Ltd

The Employer of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • C&G Power Services Ltd
  • Digital Wonderlab
  • Eat PR & Marketing
  • Gooding Accounts
  • Halo Design Associates
  • Hiyield
  • Liquid Friday
  • Logiq
  • Ludo Sports Bar & Kitchen
  • Neighbourhood Care
  • Netitude
  • Regency FX
  • Shield Services
  • Signable
  • Systemagic Ltd
  • The Somerset Toiletry Company
  • Trent Drains
  • TWC Home Improvements
  • Vysiion Ltd

Networker of The Year Award

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Ben Mears
  • Darren Earney
  • Elsbeth Hallam
  • Mike Land
  • Rebecca Lloyd
  • Swindon Software (Scott Gulliver)
  • Tracy Marland
  • Jo Pitkin (Hypnotherapy)

The Apprentice of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Alexandra Mason-Hosie
  • Callum Martin
  • Jack Biggs
  • Lily Kendrick
  • Niamh Jenkins

The Charity of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Age UK Plymouth
  • Best Mates - We Got Ya
  • Bristol Women in Business Charter
  • Children's Wishes Plymouth
  • CoLab
  • Georgia’s Voice
  • Hugs Children’s Cancer Charity
  • Ipsum mental health charity
  • The Burnt Chef Project
  • The Pearl Exchange CIO
  • Westbank Community Health and Care

Outstanding Contribution to The Community

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Ben Mears
  • Bosun Care Ltd
  • Football Fun Factory - Jon Radford
  • Gooding Accounts
  • Green Machine Computers
  • Jenny Quinla
  • Julie Mattinson
  • Mohindra S Chowdhry
  • Orchard Street Business Centre
  • Rising Aspirations Academy of Performing Arts
  • The Big Step- Year 6-7 Transition Programme
  • The Kit4Care Collaborative
  • The Welcome Team at CoLab
  • Three Ways School
  • Toby Gorniak MBE
  • W.E. Irish C.I.C
  • West Country Business Show

Lifetime of Achievement

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Julie Mattinson
  • Mark Trent
  • Nick Wells
  • Rebecca Lloyd
  • Richard Heather
  • Toby Gorniak MBE

The Leisure & Tourism Award

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Chiseldon House Hotel & Restaurant
  • Clifton Hotels
  • Doubletree by Hilton Swindon
  • Festival of Nature (by The Natural History Consortium)
  • Ludo Sports Bar & Kitchen
  • Motorhome Holiday Company
  • Parade House Enterprises
  • Scribbleton Ltd
  • The Roseate Villa Bath

Innovator of The Year Award

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Regency FX
  • Arthur & Co
  • Bertie and Belle
  • C&G Power Services Ltd
  • Duku
  • Eco Camping & Leisure LTD
  • Elastic Mint
  • Fluff Software
  • Home Front
  • Luke House
  • Mark Trent
  • Mar-Key Group
  • Natalie King-Barnard
  • Nick King
  • SMARTech energy Ltd
  • The Kit4Care Collaborative
  • Visually Connected
  • Zebra EM

Business Leader of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Adam Harling (Netitude)
  • Adam Shailer (Virtrium)
  • Ben Scroggie (Mar Key)
  • Fiona Major (Systemaci)
  • Joe Taffurelli (Liquid Friday)
  • Liz Hutchings (Total Guide to Ltd)
  • Luke House (Shield Services)
  • Matt Sims (Motorhome Holiday Company)
  • Nathan Baranowski (Digital Wonderlab)
  • Peter Clapton (Vysiion)
  • Sam Gooding (Gooding Accounts)
  • Scott Royal (Rainbow Network)
  • Stuart Pearce (SMARTech-energy)

Solo Entrepreneur of The Year Award

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Fiona Scott of Scott Media
  • James Hilton
  • Jennifer Jackson
  • Kayla Williams- KJ Accounts
  • Lucy West
  • Natalie von Tersch
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