Shortlist 2018

Restaurant of the Year

Bar/Pub of the Year

Best Shopping Experience of the Year

Independent Retailer of the Year

Arts & Culture Award

Business of the Year

Small Business of the Year

Businessman of the Year

Left to right: Stuart Holt (Javelin block), Sam Piri (ITAE Group), Rob Pollard (Lightbox), Matt Jones (Oxbridge Home Learning), Bart Dalton (Bart Dalton Consulting)

Left to right: Kimberley Jane Leary (Squibble), Sophia Cooper (OneFitMama), Natalie Taylor Herrick (Taylor Herrick Recruitment), Lynsey Moore (Kind Consultancy), Eileen Schofield (Schofield & Associates)

Community Initiative / Charity / Volunteer

Pictured: Mark Hayes (West Midlands Ambulance)

Excellence in Media Award

Left to right: Adam Yosef (I Am Birmingham), Anita Champaneri (Delicious PR), Ed James (Heart FM), Noreen Khan (BBC Asian Network), Sacha Brooks (Capital FM)

Sporting Initiative of the Year

Young Achiever of the Year

Left to right: Kari Lawler (Lawler Industries), Mikayla Jones (Uprising), Luke Bodin (Business Adapts), Mark Hipwell (LM JV), Matthew Loughrey (Genting Hotel)