2022 SoGlos Gloucestershire Business Award winners revealed
Following our support for the 2021 inaugural event, Willans was incredibly proud to be co-headline sponsors of this year’s SoGlos Gloucestershire Business Awards, which has now recognised the county’s most inspiring businesses and individuals.
The 2022 awards ceremony, which took place at the University of Gloucestershire’s Oxstalls campus, was presented by Steve Knibbs and brought together 300 people from the Gloucestershire business community, after 382 nominations were made by 178 companies earlier this year.
As co-headline sponsors alongside Hazlewoods, we were delighted to be involved in an initiative that celebrates and champions local businesses.
Chris Wills, partner and head of our corporate & commercial team, was involved in the awards judging process and said: “It was a pleasure to be part of showcasing the stories, challenges and successes of SGGBA’s winning businesses and individuals. On a personal note, I really enjoyed meeting those who attended and raising a glass to our collective achievements over the past year.”
From all of us at Willans, a huge congratulations to the 2022 SoGlos Gloucestershire Business Award winners:
New Business of the Year
PACE Manufacturing
Most Innovative Business of the Year
DPS Designs
Growth Business of the Year
Core to Cloud
Family Business of the Year
Cotteswold Dairy
Green Business of the Year
For Peat’s Sake! / Eco Coir Compost
Best Place to Work of the Year
Gloucester City Homes
Corporate Social Responsibility Award
Tidal Training Direct and their ‘Public Hearts Cheltenham’ defibrillator campaign
Customer Excellence Award
Bamboo Technology Group
International Business of the Year
ALS Mechatronic
Entrepreneur of the Year
AccXel’s Nicola Bird
Employee of the Year
Belinda Hunt of Cheltenham BID
Team of the Year
SLG Brands
Heritage Business of the Year
Hobbs House Bakery
Business Leader Award
ProCook’s Daniel O’Neill
Young Business Leader Award
Kane Lewis of Severnside Security
Apprentice of the Year
James Ashly of Gloucestershire Engineering Training
Public Sector Excellence Award
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Micro Business of the Year
Cleevely Motors and Cleevely Electric Vehicles
Small Business of the Year
Hooray Recruitment
Medium Business of the Year
Bamboo Technology Group
Large Business of the Year
ProCook
Business of the Year
Cotteswold Dairy
Search the hashtag #SGGBA or visit @WillansLLP on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn for a running commentary of the awards ceremony. You can also visit SoGlos to keep an eye out for official photos from the event.
SoGlos is one of Gloucestershire’s leading media and publishing companies and celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.
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