The shortlist for the 2019 Birmingham Post Business Awards can be revealed.
This year's awards will celebrate business excellence across 12 different categories including four new prizes for corporate social responsibility, hospitality, property and young businessperson.
The 2019 list of finalists includes small businesses, start ups, household names and large corporations.
We are delighted to welcome Barclays, Birmingham Airport, Fazenda, ICC, Jaguar Land Rover, Park Regis and PwC as our 2019 event partners and sponsors.
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The 2019 shortlist is:
Small Business of the Year
CrowdProperty
Faber
Gleeson Recruitment
Lightbox Digital
New Business of the Year
Digital Waffle
Ignis Group
Student Roost
Manufacturing Business of the Year
Co-Eng
Nicklin Transit Packaging
Power Minerals
Hospitality Business of the Year
Edgbaston
ICC Birmingham
Staying Cool At The Rotunda
Professional Services Firm of the Year
Bevan Brittan
SF Recruitment
Squire Patton Boggs
Property and Construction Business of the Year
CBRE
St Modwen
Student Roost
Third Sector Organisation of the Year
Baby Lifeline
Millennium Point
Witton Lodge Community Association
CSR Project of the Year
Power Minerals
West Midlands Trains
Willmott Dixon
Green Business of the Year
Aston Manor Cider
SF Recruitment
Willmott Dixon
International Trade and Export Award
Infinity CCS
PM Connect
Young Businessperson of the Year
Cleo Morris, MyDine
Kieran Quinlan, The Pit Gym
Thomas Wooldridge, Co-Eng
Company of the Year
Chosen from the above category winners
This year's judging panel was chaired by Birmingham Post editor-in-chief Marc Reeves who was joined by Lucy Fardy, relationship director with Barclays, PwC's Midlands private business leader Neil Philpott and Sarah Pullen, Midlands managing director for Birmingham Post publisher Reach plc.
Meet the 2019 panel here
Mr Reeves said: "It's always a tough but very satisfying job judging the entries to our annual business awards as it reaffirms our faith in the Greater Birmingham business community at such a tumultuous time, politically and economically speaking.
"And it's particularly pleasing that we are recognising the achievements of young entrepreneurs and business people with their own dedicated category - one of four new ones for 2019.
"I would like to thank everyone for taking the time to enter and congratulate the finalists and I look forward to the awards ceremony in September."
Need to Know
- The award ceremony takes place at the ICC on Thursday September 12 - click through here to buy a ticket
- For more information about the awards and to get involved, please contact Kate Evans by emailing kate.evans@reachplc.com or calling 0121 234 5054
- To discuss sponsorship opportunities, please contact Hayley Pearce on 0121 234 5785 or hayley.pearce@reachplc.com
- Please follow the conversation on our social media channels using the hashtag #BPBA19
