AWARD CATEGORIES
Listed below are the award categories and those companies already nominated and currently among the top ten. Click "view all nominees" to see the entire league table for each award category. If you cannot see a company listed that you wish to vote for, you can nominate a company.
Made in Herts
Sponsored by Stevenage Borough Council
This award is open to any Hertfordshire-based company whose products are produced in the county. They demonstrate a passion for working-with and supporting other businesses in Hertfordshire, by sourcing locally.
1 | @BambuuBrush | |
2 | The Cake Shack | |
3 | Castaway Cottage | |
4 | Tracy’s Treasured Keepsakes | |
5 | Farr Brew | |
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Best Family Business
Sponsored by Longmores Solicitors
This award is for a commercial organisation in which decision-making is influenced by multiple generations of a family (blood-line or marriage) and who are closely aligned with the company through leadership or ownership.
1 | Vida Eco Shop | |
2 | The Cake Shack | |
3 | ASK Physio | |
4 | Hogies Online | |
5 | Sunny Kids Shine | |
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This award is open to I.T. support, desktop support, help desk, software development, app development, cloud computing, data and server centres, network management, network monitoring, content and security, installations, service, disaster recovery, backup and data services.
1 | Protech-Solutions Limited | |
2 | NBM Technology Solutions Ltd | |
3 | ICE Technology Services | |
4 | EMSL | |
5 | Konnetix | |
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This award is open to recruitment, HR, training providers, coaching, mentoring, Health & Safety benefit providers, incentive providers.
1 | Extrastaff Ltd | |
2 | Thomson Training | |
3 | MPI Ltd | |
4 | Emico | |
5 | Ten2Two | |
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Best Legal and Financial Services Provider
Sponsored by Needham House
This award is open to banks, solicitors, lawyers, licensed conveyancers, will writers, finance and leasing companies, accountants, bookkeeper’s, IFA’s, mortgage brokers, factors, loan companies, insolvency practitioners and general insurance brokerage services.
1 | Crane & Staples | |
2 | Total Legacy Care Ltd | |
3 | Aqua Wealth Management Ltd | |
4 | Dispute Resolution Ombudsman | |
5 | HRJ Foreman Laws | |
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This award is open to marketing specialists, PR, graphic design, printing, social media, digital marketing, web design, digital agency, sign writers, exhibition companies, copywriting, advertising.
1 | EMSL | |
2 | Igloo Creative | |
3 | Mather Marshall Estate Agents Knebworth | |
4 | Cariad Marketing Ltd | |
5 | Deearo Marketing | |
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Best Apprenticeship
Sponsored by Hart Learning & Development
This award is open to any apprenticeship scheme that provides excellent job training, ensuring the apprentice becomes a master of their trade. Success is measured in the number of apprentices becoming a valued employee.
1 | Farr Brew | |
2 | @BambuuBrush | |
3 | Emico | |
4 | MCP Property Services Ltd | |
5 | Gem Cable Solutions | |
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Business Services of the Year
Sponsored by George Hay Accountants
This award is open to Hertfordshire-based businesses that provide professional services to SMEs, such as business consultancy, quality management systems, infrastructure and operations management, sales force development, facilities management, property services (architects, valuers and quantity surveyors), property/site and/or office plant maintenance, car hire, business travel management, language translation, delivery/freight services, catering, cleaning, waste and recycling, etc.
1 | Mason Navarro Pledge | |
2 | ASK Physio | |
3 | EMSL | |
4 | ICE Technology Services | |
5 | Crane & Staples | |
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This award is open to any business that has a turnover of up to £3m. They should have a clear marketing and development strategy for future expansion and demonstrate exceptional financial returns, strong growth, innovation strategies, and market prominence in their sector.
1 | ASK Physio | |
2 | Home-Start Hertfordshire | |
3 | Farr Brew | |
4 | Hogies Online | |
5 | EMSL | |
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Large Business of the Year (>£3m)
Sponsored by Tollers Solicitors
This award is open to any business that has a turnover in excess of £3m. They should have a clear marketing and development strategy for future expansion and demonstrate exceptional financial returns, strong growth, innovation strategies, and market prominence in their sector.
1 | Mason Navarro Pledge | |
2 | Emico | |
3 | Extrastaff Ltd | |
4 | Hanwell Solutions Ltd | |
5 | Chilfen Group | |
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This Award is open to any Hertfordshire based business that is under 3 years old and has demonstrated rapid growth since starting up. They should have a clear marketing plan and development strategy that demonstrates where they are headed in the future.
1 | The Cake Shack | |
2 | Vida Eco Shop | |
3 | @BambuuBrush | |
4 | Castaway Cottage | |
5 | Tracy’s Treasured Keepsakes | |
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Business of the Year
Sponsored by Barclays Bank PLC
This award is not directly entered but selected from the finalists, by the judges. It recognises the company who excelled in every part of the awards criteria and demonstrated good ideas, careful planning and a determination to succeed and produce a thriving business.