The winners of the GloucestershireLive Business Awards 2022 have been revealed at a special ceremony at Cheltenham Racecourse.
The prestigious black-tie event, run in association with parent company Reach Plc and sister site GloucestershireLive, returned on Thursday evening (October 13) to recognise the achievements and resilience of the county’s business community.
BBC Points West television presenter Alex Lovell hosted the ceremony, which brought together some of the most successful companies - and their leaders - in Gloucestershire.
Attendees were also treated to a three-course dinner and entertainment from Universal Entertainments.
For nearly quarter of a century the GloucestershireLive Business Awards - supported in 2022 by returning headline sponsor Randall & Payne - has been recognising the county’s best businesses from across a wide range of industries.
This year, family-owned Leeway’s Packaging Services - a supplier of thermoformed plastic packaging - scooped Business of the Year, while former Western Daily Press editor and Business West director for Gloucestershire Ian Mean was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The awards’ charity partner for 2022 was the Hollie Gazzard Trust, which was set up following the murder of 20-year-old Hollie Gazzard in 2014 by her ex-partner. The charity was founded by her parents, Nick and Mandy, along with sister Chloe, and works to reduce domestic violence by delivering programmes on domestic abuse and promoting healthy relationships to schools and colleges.
Sarah Pullen, Reach Plc's commercial director of regionals, who addressed the event, said: "There’s something unique and special about the county of Gloucestershire. Whether you are living here as well as setting up business here - the warmth, the co-opetition, the collaboration and the imagination of businesses in Gloucestershire is outstanding."
All the winners of the GloucestershireLive Business Awards 2022
GloucestershireLive Small Business of the Year sponsored by Newent School
Every Cloud Play Therapy and Creative Arts Therapy
GloucestershireLive Family Business of the Year, sponsored by WSP Solicitors
Printwaste Recycling & Shredding
GloucestershireLive Start-Up Business of the Year sponsored by Cyber Security Associates
Kalex Films Ltd
GloucestershireLive Best Place to Work Award sponsored by Glevum Security
Prosperity Care and Wellbeing
GloucestershireLive Corporate Social Responsibility Award sponsored by Steve Gooch Estate Agents
Spirax Sarco
GloucestershireLive Best Employee Award, sponsored by Spirax Sarco
Josh Boiles, Nicks & Company (Timber)
GloucestershireLive Business Innovation Award, sponsored by EESI Group Services
Protrack Solutions
GloucestershireLive Local Business Hero, sponsored by Spirax Sarco
Clare Seed
GloucestershireLive Young Business Person of the Year, sponsored by Renishaw
James Markey, Nutrition X
GloucestershireLive Charity of the Year Award, sponsored by Nicks & Co (Timber ) Ltd
Cheltenham and Gloucester Hospitals Charity
GloucestershireLive Sustainability Award sponsored by LB Bentley Limited
Joint winner: Commercial Corporate Services and Sanctus
GloucestershireLive Business of the Year, sponsored by Randall & Payne
Leeways Packaging Services Ltd
GloucestershireLive Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by British Bespoke Auctions
Ian Mean, Business West’s Gloucestershire director
This year’s car sponsor was Ford Fleet Management, while the drinks sponsor was Gloucestershire College and our media partners were SGS College and Visit Gloucestershire.
