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Meet All The Shortlisted Nominees

We are taking nominations from across the Thames Valley Region. Historically, we have received an enormous volume of nominations, often exceeding 1000 entries, so for anyone who does get shortlisted, it is a massive achievement!

Shortlisted nominees are announced on 3rd February 2025 

This year, the standard of entrants is so high that we are likely to shortlisted a record-breaking number for the awards across the categories. While we cannot give all shortlisted nominees an award, each winner is truly deserving of recognition for their achievements.

The Thames Valley Business and Community Awards judging process is virtual and will see a range of esteemed entrepreneurs come together to scrutinise our finalists and select the short-listed nominees from the nominations and the winners among them.

Jackie Chappell, The 1st Woman CEO of British Rail was part of the judging panel and said:
Judging the awards is always tough. Every entry is of a very high standard and each one is unique which makes the decision harder. I’m very proud of the quality of businesses that we have in this region and these awards give them the true recognition that they deserve.
Alec Jones-hall, Director of Thames Valley Business and Community Awards said
We are proud and excited to be celebrating outstanding achievement across the region and rewarding those who are making a huge impact throughout the Thames Valley. It is also a time for the business community to come together, not only to celebrate the accomplishments of those shortlisted and the deserving winners of each category, but also to mark the fact that we all continue to play a vital role in the success of our region and that its future achievements will be built on the foundations we lay today.

Awards Categories

Business of the Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Active Work Place Solutions Ltd
  • Antac
  • Berkshire Labels
  • Blucando Limited
  • CarComm Coachworks Ltd
  • Complete I.T.
  • Content Guru
  • CV Library
  • Fidelity Energy Limited
  • Frasers Office
  • Global Infusion Group
  • Hansford Sensors
  • Imperial Polythene Products Ltd
  • Insensys Ltd
  • Karen Heath
  • Kelly's Storage Ltd
  • Lucy Electric
  • Maison Maurice Ltd
  • NewLife Medical Aesthetics Ltd
  • Oodle Car Finance
  • Oxford BioMedica
  • Ridge Reading
  • SCITECH ENGINEERING LTD
  • SFE Services
  • Softcat
  • Structural Repair Solutions Ltd
  • The Castle Hotel, Windsor
  • Tims Dairy Limited
  • Total Negotiation Group
  • Warburton Building Services Limited

Male Entrepreneur of the Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Andrew Spiers (We are lens)
  • Anthony Wood (Brookmont)
  • Baikhlaq Hassan (Aciers)
  • Carl Irwin (SpineLab)
  • Chris Beadle (Compliance Angels)
  • Chris Brownlee (Worknet)
  • Chris Lunn (Digity Ltd)
  • Chris McNamara (Pathway CTM)
  • Colin Tarsey (Active Work Place Solutions)
  • Darren Rayner (Kingdom Coffee)
  • James Cavalier (Aitc)
  • James Hakesley (Cube Video)
  • Joe Shuttleworth (Colco Coffee)
  • John Gillborn (Telephone Rentals)
  • Jonathan Clayton (Oddlef Finance)
  • Kenneth Pote (The VAT Team)
  • Matt Brown (Develop Your People)
  • Matt Durrant (BAM CT)
  • Nick Coleman (Snaffling Pig)
  • Paul Robinson (Robinson Management)
  • Samuel Dallimore (Lux Industries)
  • Sean Smith (Globe VHS)
  • Stuart Elsdon (Blucando It)

Female Entrepreneur of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Angela Sharma (Aqua Tubs)
  • Chitra Tripath (Premier Care Support)
  • Erika Morris (Assist Investigations)
  • Jennifer Denning (Filing)
  • Jessica Harcourt (Integral Resources)
  • Joanne Durn (Momentum FM)
  • Kimberley Shamtally
  • Kish Wilkinson (Alchemy Communications)
  • Lisa Chaffey (The Transformation Coach)
  • Lisa Clunie (Thrive Studios)
  • Liz Emelogu
  • Martina Porter (All Spring Media)
  • Michaela Gartside (HR Dept)
  • Mo Ashraf (New Life Aesthetics)
  • Neetika Khanna (Demand Gen)
  • NIkki Willcock (Nesthome Care)
  • Olivia Mikhail (Kew Little Pigs)
  • Rachael Rogers (McKenzie Legal)
  • Rebecca Woolmington (HR Central)
  • Robyn Todd (Green Todd)
  • Shazia Khokhar (Excellence Through People)
  • Sophie Comas (Rimu Marketing)
  • SOPHIE DAVENPORT (Sfe Services)
  • Sue Reynolds (Grandeco)
  • Suzette Thomas (All for Care)
  • Tanya Gaffon (Distinkitv)
  • Tricia Wilkie (The Mind Hub)
  • Victoria Russell (VJR Business Support)

New Start-Up of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Assist Investigations Ltd
  • Bags Of Hope For Cancer Patients
  • Blue Infusion Ltd
  • Cabal
  • Excellence Through People
  • FIRST NEEDS TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED
  • Green Todd Ltd
  • Guidepost Marketing
  • Her Story &Co.
  • LetPlant Technology Ltd
  • MDUK Clothing
  • Not Just Travel
  • PREMIER CARE SUPPORT LTD
  • Robinson Management Services Limited
  • TaskAces
  • Telephone Rentals
  • The Walled Garden Café

Young Entrepreneur of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Emily Smart (Smart Choice Tutors)
  • Jack Kennedy (Invanity)
  • Melissa Willis (Advance School of Dance)
  • Molly Graham
  • Nataly Bonato (Not just Travel)
  • Tolu Salami (Let Plant)

The SME of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Aciers UK Limited
  • Aqua Tubs
  • Beyond Your Brand
  • BlueZeon Ltd
  • Diegesis Ltd
  • Eurospeak Language Schools Limited
  • Fiscal Technologies Ltd
  • Gardner Leader LLP
  • GHS Direct Ltd
  • Globe Vehicle Hire & Sales Ltd
  • H Tuckwell & Sons Ltd
  • HRCentral Limited
  • Invanity
  • McKenzie Consultancy & Legal
  • MCS Rental Software Ltd
  • Momentum Facilities Management Ltd
  • NOTE WINDSOR LTD
  • Pistachio Design Ltd
  • Purple Placements
  • ServiceMaster Clean by Deeland
  • SHJ Medical Gas Pipelines Ltd
  • Snaffling Pig
  • Spinelab
  • The Massage Company
  • The VA Team
  • WBTC
  • Wilson Partners Limited
  • Worldwide Education Recruitment

The Employer of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Acorn Limited
  • Allforcare Croydon
  • Avanti
  • B P Collins LLP
  • BAM Construction Training
  • Digity Ltd
  • Finling Associates Ltd
  • GHS Direct Ltd
  • Globe Vehicle Hire & Sales Ltd
  • House of Fisher (HOF)
  • KFP Total IT Solutions
  • Lucy Electric
  • Momentum Facilities Management Ltd
  • Nest Homecare Limited
  • NOTE WINDSOR LTD
  • Pathway CTM
  • Pistachio Design Ltd
  • Rapid Personnel
  • SHJ Medical Gas Pipelines Ltd
  • Softcat
  • ServiceMaster Clean by Deeland
  • Spinelab
  • The Castle Hotel, Windsor

Networker of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Lisa Chaffey
  • Roger Line
  • Vicki Messenger

The Apprentice of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Aimee Empson (Fair Field Care Home)
  • Layla Haslegrove (Wildwoods Riding)
  • Naomi Lyons (Frederick Miller)

The Charity of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Adviza
  • ANGY CARE HEALTH FOUNDATION
  • Berkshire Youth
  • Beyond Boundaries Foundation
  • Chemogiftbags
  • DIALOGUE SOCIETY OXFORD
  • Fifi's Vision C.I.C
  • HEROS Charity
  • Lindengate Charity
  • Number 22 Community Counselling Services
  • Parenting Special Children
  • Rainbow Trust Children's Charity
  • Sport in Mind
  • The Link Visiting Scheme
  • Together for Mental Wellbeing

Outstanding Contribution to The Community

Shortlisted Nominees

  • AITC
  • Calcot Service for Children
  • Craig Hunter
  • David Beeney - Breaking The Silence
  • Ecliptic Group CIC
  • Family Bloom
  • Kathy Morgan
  • Kingdom Coffee
  • Liz Primrose
  • Lucy Electric
  • Mahmut Gunaydin
  • Newbury Soup Kitchen
  • Together for Mental Wellbeing
  • Trail Group
  • The Link Visiting Scheme

Lifetime of Achievement

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Alexandra Watson
  • Bonnie May
  • David Harvey
  • Denise Greene
  • Gaurav Vahi
  • Harvinder Singh
  • Joby Carter
  • Joshua Nesbitt
  • Lynne Shipton
  • Richard Dick
  • Roger Line

The Leisure & Tourism Award

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Bearwood Lakes Golf Club
  • Biancas House Hotel
  • Bletchley Park
  • Holiday Inn Reading-South
  • Horwood House
  • Kew Little Pigs
  • PREMIER SUITES
  • Regal Curt Business Centre
  • Roseate Hotel Reading
  • Sindlesham Court
  • The Walled Garden Café
  • The Castle Hotel, Windsor

Innovator of The Year Award

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Agenda Scope
  • CarComm Coachworks Ltd
  • Content Guru
  • Imperial Polythene Products Ltd
  • Insensys Ltd
  • Kingsbeech
  • LetPlant Technology Ltd
  • Lucy Electric
  • LUX Industries
  • MCS Rental Software Ltd
  • Monodraught
  • Muscle Mechanics
  • Oxford BioMedica
  • PHABRIX
  • Red Helix
  • Ridge Reading
  • SCITECH ENGINEERING LTD
  • The Real Organic Foods Company Ltd
  • Tomato Energy
  • Wave RS
  • Wilson Partners Limited
  • Yoodee

Business Leader of The Year

Shortlisted Nominees

  • Andre Gottemaker (Service Master)
  • Chris Hansford (Hansford Sensors)
  • Chris Knox (Insensys)
  • Colin Powell (Acorn Limited)
  • Craig Mincher (WBTC)
  • David Grant (Scitech)
  • David Jenkins (Wave RS)
  • Emma Kiernan (Worldwide Education)
  • Frank Mathias (Oxford BioMedica)
  • Grant Hutchinson (Kelly Storage)
  • James Lodge (Tuckwells)
  • James Warburton (Warburton)
  • Jason Mole (Car Comm Coach Works)
  • John Griffiths (Lucy Electric)
  • Karen Heath (Note -Windsor)
  • Marion Stewart (Red Helix)
  • Mark Cranstoun (Total Negotiation)
  • Mark Simpson (Avanti )
  • Nick Denning (Diegesis)
  • Richard Dick (Lucy Group_
  • Roger Line (Structural Repairs)
  • Simon Shah (Rapid Personnel)
  • Stephen Burton (Antac)
  • Trine Oestergaard Stafford (House of Fisher)
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