Celebrating Birmingham’s Resilience
The 6th Annual Birmingham Awards will be held on Saturday 27th November, at The Eastside Rooms, Birmingham, B7 4BL. This year we announced some NEW categories to reflect what the city has been through during the pandemic.
Nearly 500 nominations have been received for this year’s awards and the Shortlisting Judges have announced diverse and deserving finalists to reflect Birmingham’s Resilience.
It’s now over to you, the public, to play your part in the process of selecting a winner by voting for your favourite. The votes will be added to the judges scoring process, to help decide an eventual winner for each category.
Voting is open for 1 week ONLY, so choose your favourite in each category. Every vote counts!
Good luck to all the Finalists.
Visit www.birminghamawards.co.uk/vote-now to cast your votes.
See Finalists below:
Independent Online Retailer of the Year
Euronics
I’m Lucky
House of Two Trees
The Clean Kilo
You Got This Club
Independent Retailer of the Year
Alleyways Confectionary
Damascena Coffee House
Loki Wine
Rudells Jewellers
The Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery
Business of the Year
3D Facilities Support
Acorn Analytical Services Limited
Aspire Active Education Group
Electric House
Gleeson Recruitment
HDY Agency
ISA Support Services
Pertemps
Pinnacle Finance UK
Right Time Recruitment
Small Business of the Year
Accentuate Ltd
Ark Media
Aesthetic Health and Fitness Club
Cake Agency
Falcon Insurance
I Choose Birmingham
Jam ‘n’ Vegan
The Cornerstone Kitchen
The Flower Girl Birmingham
The Pineapple Club
Trimz & Tantrumz
Family Business of the Year
Awan International
ChemDry Excel
Dr Print (UK) Ltd
Gemport Jewellery
Kingslea MIA Homes
MECS Property
Omar Khayam Restaurant
PAK Travels
United Carpets (Stechford)
Woodshires Business Solutions
Start-Up Business of the Year
AIO App Limited
Cyber Risk Score
Dhalings Vegan Kitchen
Events in a Box
MY Flamingos Bar
Work From Here
Premier Estate Agents
The Crafty Brum
Tutto Apposto
Voilo Limited
Social Enterprise of the Year
4 Community Trust
Birmingham Enterprise Community
Creative Alliance
Eloquent Praise Dance Academy
I-SE
National Association of Link Workers
Ordinary Magic CIC
Our Place Support CIC
School for Social Entrepreneurs
Square Peg Foundation CIC
Charity of the Year
Acorns Children’s Hospice
Arrive Alive
Art4Charity
Birmingham Youth Sports Academy
Digbeth Dining Club CIC
Muslim Sports Foundation
NICE Charity UK
Noah’s Star
Sport 4 Life UK
This is My City Birmingham
Excellence in Media Award of the Year
Bread Birmingham
Marverine Cole
Narce Media
Nonsensical
Sameena Ali Khan
Contribution to Education Award of the Year
Dr Karan Singh Rana – Aston University
Kimichi School
Lawrence Kelly – Widening Participation Project Team
Little Owl Tuition
Little Sutton Primary School
Mia Bano – Arden Primary School
Rupinder Sandhu – Sandwell College
Services for Education
Simeon Shtebunaev – Birmingham City University
Student Recruitment and Outreach Team – Aston University
Businessman of the Year
Alec Anderson – Koolmill
Anthony Daulphin – Standing Ovation
Gurpreet Bassi – Bond Wolfe
James Ackrill – Centrick
Jude Thompson – CSCM IT
Kieran Quinlan – The Pit Gym JQ
Peter Higgs – BNI Midlands
Saj Hussain – Big Property Group
Sebastian Clough – On the Bread Line
Stuart Wood – Woodshires Business Solutions Ltd
Businesswoman of the Year
Bally Heer – Regional Homes
Carina Ackrill – Centrick
Daniella Genas – She’s the Boss International
Denise Morris – TAG Network Midlands
Emma Jones – Evventi Limited & All in All Events
Mazzy Snape – Bread Birmingham
Natasha Ryan – Trimz and Tantrumz Salon
Oyinkansola Adebayo – Niyo Enterprise
Rachel Woodwards – Smart Move Mortgages
Rebecca Simkiss – Simkiss Guy Recruitment
Employee of the Year
Andrew Perks – Ink Tree Brum
Anne-Marie Newey – Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Daniel Court – Taylor Herrick Recruitment
Hattie D’Souza – East Village
Jill Middleton – Birmingham City University
Lynsey Riley – Touchwood Solihull
Pam Sheemar – Natwest
Sapreena Kumari – Aston University
Vicki Rowles – Acorns Children’s Hospice
Networker of the Year (Virtual)
Aarushi Rana – Natrang Jammu
Adam Andrew Hayes – Hoot Hospitality
Amy Langston – Bab About Town
Elizabeth Mee – Woodshires Business Solutions Ltd
Hailey Hanson – Hailey Hanson Mindset
Hannah Floyd – PI-SQ Ltd
Jessica Brabant – Park Regis
Lavania Oluban – The Amazing Adventures of Me
Naomi Aly – Lulu Wild
Paul Griffiths – Aspire Active Education Group
Zafran Khan – Federation of Small Business
Community Champion of the Year
Debbie Roscoe – Arrive Alive
Gita Devlia – Highfield Hall Community Centre
Hamza Waris – PAK Travel
Hannah Walton – One Third Project
John Barnes – Lions Club International
Kate Gordon – Chinese Community Centre
Morriam Jan – Birmingham City Council
Nagina Munawar – Almas Martial Arts
Shani Dhanda
Sophie Marie – Black Owned Birmingham
Young Achiever of the Year
Amy Francis Smith – Pinnegar Hayward Designs
Aran Channa – IWUK
Baljinder Singh Atwal – West Midlands Police
Charlotte Edwards – Edwards & Gray
Jack Knowles – YAPA
John Sewell – Cosimo Art
Jon Coss – JC Cyber Security Services
Laura Farre Rozada
Libby Kaluna – Acorns Children’s Hospice
Phil Davis – 3D Facilities
Lockdown Hero of the Year
Jemma Yoloye – Mortgages Contact Centre
Jiteen Ahmed – Aston University
Justin Varney – Birmingham City Council
Laura McEwan – Bite Your Brum
Mark Hudson – Clama Property Maintenance
Matt Rudd – Grosvenor Casino
Nicky Brennan – Baby Aid Birmingham
Sarah Mullin – Executive Head Teacher
Frontline Worker of the Year
Miss Nassar – NHS Birmingham
Beverley Marriott – Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust
Donna Henderson – Birmingham Mind
Dr Rima Dhillon-Smith – Birmingham Women’s and Children Hospital
Dr Shahz Ahmed – University Hospital Birmingham
Lawrence Kelly – Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Linda Burden – Birmingham Mind
Muddassir Mukthar – Ipharm
Neelam Dhansey – Good Hope Hospital
