The shortlist for the fifth annual Cardiff Business Awards has been announced today, with no less than 44 organisations or individuals in contention for sixteen prestigious awards.
Since launching in 2015, the awards have become one of the highest profile and well-attended in the capital. Unique on the business awards calendar, these are the only awards to recognise those organisations and leaders who have made the greatest impact on the Cardiff, regional and wider UK economy over the last 12 months.
The winners of each category, as well as the Cardiff Business of the Year, will be announced at the awards evening which will be held on Friday 21st June at City Hall, Cardiff and hosted by Sian Lloyd.
Commenting on this year’s finalists, Professor Dylan Jones-Evans, chair of the judging panel for the Cardiff Business Awards, said: “Cardiff continues to be a magnet for investment, entrepreneurship and innovation and the annual Cardiff Business Awards continue to demonstrate the talent, enterprise and innovation from across the city’s business community”.
Liz Brookes of Grapevine Event Management, organiser of the Cardiff Business Awards, added: “The Cardiff Business Awards are the perfect occasion where the achievements of the capital city’s business community can be celebrated. Yet again, we have received excellent entries from businesses large and small and from across all sectors. All of those who have been shortlisted this year can be immensely proud of their success in business over the last twelve months.”
The shortlist is as follows:
Construction Business of the Year
Euroclad Group
LCB Construction
Mott MacDonald
Creative & Digital Business of the Year, sponsored by University of South Wales
Bad Wolf
Box UK
Illustrate Digital
Sotic
Yard
Employer of the Year, sponsored by CPS Group
Apollo Wales
CatSci
Howells Solicitors
Illustrate Digital
Pentan Architects
Entrepreneur of the Year, sponsored by Cardiff Metropolitan University
John Rawnsley – CP Hire
Liam Bevan – LCB Construction
Nigel Saunders – Sure Chill
Nick Russill – TerraDat UK
Family Business of the Year
Heath Windows & Doors
iRG
Park Plaza Hotel
Pugh’s Garden Village
Financial & Professional Services Business of the Year
ActiveQuote
Eversheds Sutherland
Howells Solicitors
Mott MacDonald
Rio Architects
Green Business of the Year
Amber Energy
Eversheds Sutherland
Genesis Biosciences
Community Business of the Year, sponsored by ICAEW
Cardiff & Vale Credit Union
FOR Cardiff
Innovation Business of the Year, sponsored by Welsh Government
Genesis Biosciences
Sure Chill
We Build Bots
International Business of the Year, sponsored by Eversheds Sutherland
CatSci
CJCH Solicitors
Euroclad Group
Object Matrix
Leisure, Hospitality & Retail Business of the Year
Artisan Interiors
Future Inn Cardiff
Laura May Bridal
Pugh’s Garden Village
SME of the Year, sponsored by Yard
ActiveQuote
Amber Energy
CP Hire
CPS Group (UK)
Social Enterprise of the Year
Cardiff & Vale Credit Union
RCMA Social Enterprise
Start-Up Business of the Year, sponsored by Spectrum Internet
bedigital professional services
Hoop Recruitment
LINKS Recruitment Group
SamePage Group
Technology Business of the Year, sponsored by Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions
Inspiretec
MYPINPAD
Object Matrix
Uprise VSI
Young Business Person of the Year, sponsored by CP Hire
Jenny Evans – Jenny Kate
Katherine Jones – Katherine Jones Artist
Jonathan Day – Wash Cycle
The 2019 awards are sponsored by some of the city’s most prominent businesses, including: NatWest (headline sponsor), Bluegg, Cardiff Council, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cleartech Live, CP Hire, CPS Group, Evershed Sutherland, ICAEW, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Spectrum Internet, University of South Wales, Welsh Government, Yard Digital.
The awards ceremony will be held on 21st June 2019 at City Hall, Cardiff. For more information, please visit https://cardiffbusinessawards….
