IT HAS been a record-breaking year for an awards scheme which celebrates the best of north Hampshire business.
The finalists for the 2018 INSPIRE Business Awards were announced on Tuesday night with a record number of entries received this time around in the 15-year history of the event.
The panel, comprising of business leaders and experts from across the region, judged all of the entries received across the 13 categories and all of the shortlisted finalists in each category were invited to a special event at The Apollo Hotel, in Aldermaston Road, Basingstoke on Tuesday.
Visits to each of the finalists will be taking place over the next few weeks and the winners will be revealed at a gala dinner taking place on Thursday, 22 November, where over 500 esteemed guests will gather at the Hampshire Court Hotel in Chineham.
Felicity Edwards, managing director of Destination Basingstoke, the organiser of the awards, said: “It’s always interesting to see the business behind the nomination and meet the real people that drive these north Hampshire businesses with such enthusiasm that leads to great successes.”
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2018 INSPIRE FINALISTS
Young Business Person of the Year
o Matthew Larcome
o Farah Fonseca
o Jade Binstead
New Business of the Year Award
o Cahn Property
o Wedition
o Funk & Twist Fitness
Family Business of the Year Award
o Rawlings Transport
o Woodlands & Hill Brow
o Planned Lighting Maintenance
Apprentice of the Year Award
o Lewis Hall - Pharmahouse
o Emily Buckley - Rural Fringe
o Calan Kenward - LG Motion
Service Excellence Award
o ACC
o Hair Beauty and Barber Studio
o Reality HR
Innovation Excellence Award
o Razor Secure
o Loma Systems
o BCOT
Employer of the Year Award
o Hawkeye
o Tempcover
o Jargon PR
Small Business of the Year
o Festival Street Kitchen
o Webkick
o Pharmahouse
Business and Community
o Sovereign Housing
o Unum
o Clarke & Son
o Jim Hill Classic Race Simulators
Entrepreneur Of the Year Award
o Joanna Jenson – Childs Farm
o Nick Thompson – DCSL Software
o Neil Rider – Serious Sport Group
International Business of the Year
o Juniper Research
o Driven International
o Exclaimer
Female Achiever of the Year
o Sophie Cranston - Libelula
o Sally-Ann Hall-Jones– Reality HR
o Leah Mathias-Collins – Vitacress
Business of the Year
o Jargon PR
o Childs Farm
o DCSL Software
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