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)

Venue of the Year

Social Enterprise of the Year

Blogger of the Year

Left to right: Brummy Mummy of 2, Full to the Brum, Ruth Millington, Suzie Speaks, The Ting Thing

Contribution to Education Award

Pictured (left to right): Brian Davies (Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School), Mike Hopkins (South City College)

Best Apprenticeship Employer Award

Professional of the Year

Left to right: Matthew Barnsley (Downtown in Business), Emma Noble (Pinsent Masons), Clive Read (VWV), Chrissie Wolfe (Irwin & Mitchell), Andy Street (Mayor of the West Midlands)

Best use of Social Media or Marketing Campaign

Pictured: Social Innovation Media Ltd