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Winners of Brighton & Hove Business Awards 2021 revealed

WINNER OF THE BRIGHTON & HOVE BUSINESS AWARDS 2021 REVEALED

Brighton & Hove’s brightest and best businesses have been honoured at a ceremony that celebrated the great achievements of businesses large and small

The awards, presented by TV broadcaster Natasha Kaplinsky, were held online with a ground-breaking virtual event on June 24th and praised the thriving fi rms that have overcome huge challenges posed by the past year.

Mike Herd, former Executive Director at the Sussex Innovation Centre, took the role as Chair of Judges.

Mike commented: “Having received a record level of entries to this year’s BAHBAs, judges had the unenviable task of selecting winners across all 14 categories.

“Each of the winners has demonstrated impressive levels of innovation and ingenuity. They represent the kind of entrepreneurial spirit we need in the business community, particularly as the economy continues to recover. This year more than ever, I want to congratulate the category winners on their success”.

Mike Herd

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WINNERS 2021

COMMUNITY HERO AWARD

Sponsored by Best of British Events WINNER - Sopro Lawton & Dawe Properties Rockinghorse Children’s Charity We Are Tilt

EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Rix & Kay WINNER - RocketMill Magenta Associates Paxton Access Roadways

INNOVATION IN BUSINESS

Sponsored by University of Sussex WINNER - Roadways Crunch Mayo Wynne Baxter Wellbeing with Cari

BUSINESS PIVOT AWARD

Sponsored by MDHUB WINNER - The Float Spa Big Egg Films Blakes Meats The Sussex Sign Company

THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AWARD

Sponsored by Knill James WINNER - Loch Associates Group Britton and Time Solicitors Cognitive Law DMH Stallard LLP

START-UP OF THE YEAR

BIPC Brighton & Hove WINNER - Rockwater LOOKOUT Brighton Marketing 101 Watch This Sp_ce

BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD

Sponsored by Churchill Square WINNER - Home Instead Blakes Meats Crunch The Pet Shed

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Kreston Reeves WINNER - Hyve Managed Hosting Dotsquares Graphite Digital Paxton Access

MICRO BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Quantuma WINNER - OMGTEA Encore Fitness The Joyful Trapeze Media

SME BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by always possible WINNER - Pier Pressure Advice Cloud Search Seven SiteVisibility

LARGE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Lloyds Bank WINNER - KSD Support Services Bird & Blend Tea Co. Peopleforce Recruitment RocketMill

BUSINESSPERSON OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Cardens Accountants WINNER - Krisi Smith, Bird & Blend Tea Co. Dean Orgill, Mayo Wynne Baxter James Bailey, Roadways Richard Pollins, DMH Stallard LLP

COMPANY OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by EMC Corporate Finance WINNER - Hyve Managed Hosting Bird & Blend Tea Co. Blakes Meats Paxton Access Roadways Sopro

OUTSTANDING BRIGHTONIAN

Sponsored by Capital Radio WINNER - Peter James

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

What a fantastic event you created and presented last night. I thought the Platinum team were brilliant and we thoroughly enjoyed it – and we won! Loch Associates This wonderful city is full of inspiring businesses and to have been recognised is a real honour

OMGTea

What an incredible achievement! Our sincere gratitude goes out to all those who contributed to the project and made this win possible

Sopro

Congratulations to all the worthy winners. From the cast, the show to the TV production, it was a really impressive event. Face Media Group To be honoured by the city where I was born and raised means so much to me. I am passionate about Brighton & Hove where I spend so much of my life

Peter James

To win two in the same ceremony is an extraordinary achievement, which acknowledges our resilience and ability to continue innovating and thriving during a time of unprecedented changes and challenges

Hyve Managed Hosting

It’s the best thing I have seen on TV in a very long time! It was highly creative, imaginative and very funny MDHUB

It was perfectly pitched between showcasing the brilliant business community of Brighton and Hove and the drama of awards shows alongside quality entertainment Knill James

People are our business and winning this award shows our commitment to local businesses beyond doubt

Loch Associates Group