It was champagne all round for industrial equipment supplier Radwell International after scooping the coveted Business of the Year title at the 2022 Stoke-on-Trent BusinessLive Awards.
The Newcastle-under-Lyme business fought off tough competition from Acacia Training, Erwin Hymer Centre Travelworld and Swan Brand UK for the top award of the night.
It is just one of a number of trophies the company has received in the last 12 months and comes on the back of Radwell's triple win at the 2021 Business Awards.
It was also a cause for celebration for Penkhull-based international technology company Lucideon which won both of the categories it was up for – Innovation in Business and Science and Technology.
Other winners on the night included Stafford IT provider EPX Technical Services, which walked away with the Small Business of the Year award and Habitans Lettings, based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, which took the top spot in the Start-up Business of the Year category.
The High-Performing Team of the Year award was presented to fellow Newcastle-under-Lyme business Sempar Accountancy and Tax, while Hanley haulage firm Danny Poole & Sons scooped the Business in the Community award.
Elsewhere, the International Trade category was won by engineering and product design firm Haughton Design, which is based in Stafford, and Training Excellence went to motorhomes dealer Erwin Hymer Centre Travelworld, which is also based in Stafford, for the second year in a row.
Varicose vein specialist Veincentre, based in Trent Vale, picked up the Growth Award while Rob Sutton from Fenton-based RKW was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year title and Simon Davies, director at Tunstall-based ProtectaPet, was named Young Professional of the Year.
The final award of the night was the Lifetime Achievement Award which was presented to Donald Burton, founder and chairman of Longton trailer manufacturer Don-Bur.
This year's event – which was hosted by ITV weather presenter Emma Jesson – took place at the King's Hall in Stoke for the first time since 2019.
Guests got to enjoy a selfie mirror, 360 photobooth and music from a saxophonist. There was also a silent auction with proceeds going to the Children's Air Ambulance.
The results:
Small Business of the Year – sponsored by Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
Winner: EPX Technical Services
Runners-up: Acorn Training, Misco's Chocolates, The Kindergarten Group
Start-up Business of the Year – sponsored by The Sentinel
Winner: Habitans Lettings
Runners-up: CyberKiln, Rock that Scent
High-Performing Team of the Year – sponsored by Plinkfizz
Winner: Sempar Accountancy and Tax
Runners-up: Back On Track Teens, Swan Brand UK
Business in the Community – sponsored by Rydale Roofing
Winner: Danny Poole & Sons
Runners-up: Radwell International, Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce
Innovation in Business – sponsored by Staffordshire BIC
Winner: Lucideon
Runners-up: Fittingly, RKW
International Trade – sponsored by BusinessLive
Winner: Haughton Design
Runners-up: Easy Composites, ProtectaPet
Training Excellence – sponsored by Autonet
Winner: Erwin Hymer Centre Travelworld
Runners-up: Rydale Roofing, Tuffa UK
Growth Award – sponsored by Dains Accountants
Winner: Veincentre
Runners-up: Radwell International, Swan Brand UK
Science and Technology – sponsored by Staffordshire University
Winner: Lucideon
Runners-up: Haughton Design, SYTECH – digital forensics
Entrepreneur of the Year – sponsored by Erwin Hymer Centre Travelworld
Winner: Rob Sutton - RKW
Runners-up: Alistair Trippett - Habitans Lettings, Jason Harker - Planterra
Young Professional of the Year – sponsored by StokeonTrentLive
Winner: Simon Davies - ProtectaPet
Runners-up: Chris Daniels - CyberKiln, Jemma Ball - Jemma Elizabeth Beauty and Academy, Tom Wilkinson - Beta Commercial Finance
Business of the Year – sponsored by Brewin Dolphin
Winner: Radwell International
Runners-up: Acacia Training, Erwin Hymer Centre Travelworld, Swan Brand UK
Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner: Donald Burton - Don-Bur
Other sponsors on the night included We Are Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent City Centre BID. Special thanks also go to GoJute, Best of British Beer and Flawless Venue Dressing for their support.
