Creative Entrepreneur of the Year

Alixe Lobato – Flying Duck Studio Lab

Cory & Greg Varga – You Could Travel

Gemma & Adam Barrett-Brook & Ashley Sherwood – Devign Studios

Nick Danks – Madhouse Media

Sam Teale – Sam Teale Productions

Samuel Marriott-Dowding – Marriott Communications

Equity-backed Entrepreneur of the Year

Bobby Thandi – XR Games

David Hill CBE – Environment Bank

Emma Bowe – Shocken Foods

Neil Moles – Progeny

Sarat Pediredla – hedgehog lab

Family Business Entrepreneur of the Year

Ashleigh & Michael Donald – Halo Business Consulting

Hadley Pollard – Dawson Rodgers

Jules Shiel-Boulger, Toria Chan & Ray Boulger – STEPS Rehabilitation

Phil Harrison – Escapism Bars

Sean Ramsden MBE – Ramsden International

Innovation Entrepreneur of the Year

Adam Jacobs – Bloom Procurement Services

Greg Fraser – The Bottled Baking Co.

Kirsty Smitten – MetalloBio

Nigel Apperley – Trustist

Sam Spoors – Talentheads

Vijayalakshmi Subramani – Kerckhoffs

Purpose Entrepreneur of the Year

Lisa-Marie Tonelli FRSA – North East International Film Festival

Rachel Kettlewell – Fearne & Rosie

Razan Alsous – Yorkshire Dama Cheese

Simon Payne – Sole Responsibility

Steve Pugh – Roadmap MBA

Tammy Banks – Taye Training & Consultancy

Retail Entrepreneur of the Year

Danielle Best & Craig Beaumont – Mexi Bean & Mexi Bean Express

Emma Bowe – Shocken Foods

Liam Alexander Cahill – Vorelli

Melissa Blackwood – Roller Girl Gang

Rebecca Dickenson – Rebecca Dickenson Hair Body and Soul

Sophie Baldwin – The Mum Collective

Scale-up Entrepreneur of the Year

Ciaran Savage – Card Industry Professionals

Dr Emma Black – Cascade Cash Management

Kieran Harris – Senior Stairlifts

Oliver Banks & Tim Coen – North Property Group

Simon Moyle – Vivup

Service Industries Entrepreneur of the Year

Ed Reid – The Alternative Board (UK)

Helen Shinner – 1st for EPA

Joshua Daniels – Go Amplify

Kelly Maxwell – Kelly’s Heroes Private Tuition

Kieran James – Stryde Accountancy

Louise Kennedy – Oculus HR

STart-up Entrepreneur of the Year

Bethan Harding MBE & Ben Harding – Harding Education

Colette Shaw & Peter Durkin – STEPS Prosthetics

Jon Webster – EOS Security

Lisa Eaton – FABRIC

Lucy Malarkey & Karen Faulkner – Positive About Inclusion CIC

Sarah Yorke – Stylebook Directory

Sustainability Entrepreneur of the Year

Alison Smith – Matthias Winter

David Hill CBE – Environment Bank

Peter Barrett – the BOX BNB

William Beer – Tunley Engineering

William Forshaw – Maxwell-Scott

Technology Entrepreneur of the Year

Bobby Thandi – XR Games

Emma Bowe – Shocken Foods

Joydeep Mondal – MiToken Technology

Kirsty Smitten – MetalloBio

The global entrepreneur of the Year

Ellie Chapman – Lim

Gail & Matt Waterman – Watermans Corporate Enterprises

Nigel Apperley – Trustist

Sarat Pediredla – hedgehog lab

Sean Ramsden MBE – Ramsden International

William Beer – Tunley Engineering

MAKER & CREATOR of the Year

 

Bethan Aspland – Pretty In Paper By B

Lisa Shepherd & Saskia Roskam – The Biskery

Lynsey & David Crossman – Black Hills Products

Savannah Roqaa – The Savvy Baker

Scott Wilson-Laing – WL Distillery

Young Entrepreneur of the Year

 

Bailey-Stephen Greetham-Clark – BeGreatFitness

Harvey Morton – Harvey Morton Digital

Liam Alexander Cahill – Vorelli

Marc Walker – Low Digital

Will Larkin – WISTL

Yuru Guo – Hey! Food is Ready

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