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Finalists announced for the 2022 Scale-Up Awards

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The finalists for the 2022 Scale-Up Awards have been announced today.

Celebrating high-growth companies and the entrepreneurs running them, the Scale-Up Awards are the first and only awards focusing on the scale-up sector. Bringing together politicians, VIPs and business leaders from across the UK and the world to celebrate success and enterprise, this year’s event takes place at Tobacco Dock in London and is a must-attend for anyone operating in the scale-up sector.

Sponsors for this year’s event are BKL Advance, Bright Data, ClearCourse, finnCap Group, Hubble, Huboo, MHI, PensionBee, Rocketmakers, Servcorp, and The Specialist Works.

The independent panel of judges – which contains Touker Suleyman from Dragon’s Den, PensionBee Co-founder Jonathan Lister Parsons, and many other esteemed figures from the business world – evaluated a record number of entries. After months of deliberation, the judges successfully narrowed down the finalists in the 15 awards categories.

Who are the finalists at the 2022 Scale-Up Awards?

Award for ESG and Social Impact

Capsule Cover
Cleanology
Clearly Drinks
ProCook
Shoosmiths
Tops Day Nurseries
Y.O.U Underwear

Business Leader of the Year

Tony Ottley and Mark Scott – Bella & Duke
Kate Hardcastle MBE – Insight With Passion
Steve Adams – MattressOnline
Jacqueline O’Donovan – O’Donovan Waste Disposal
Oliver Chapman – OCI
Daniel Walton – Olpro
Sean Ramsden – Ramsden International
Guy Rigby – The Entrepreneurs’ Adviser

Customer Champion Award

Accu
Enable Life
Iwoca
PensionBee
Real Life Group
Storage Giant
Systemagic

Diversity Champion

Blend Network
Generation Success
Grayce
PensionBee
Plentific
Shelforce
Tech Returners

E-commerce Business Award

Accu
Alphagreen
Lick
MattressOnline
Olpro
Olsam
Tiny Box Company
Trust Payments

Employer of the Year

Adopstar Ltd
Beamery
BioStrata
Birdie
develop
ITECCO
PensionBee
Perspectum Ltd
Source Group International

Family Business of the Year

Adopstar Ltd
Caribbean Blinds
Cleveland Containers
GB Electronics
Go2Mortgages
Hey Lola
PPP Capital
Regency Purchasing Group

International Business of the Year

Foothold International
Innovative Physics
Innovolo
Mail Handling International
Moochies
SRL Publishing
Total Processing
Wolfestone Group

Manufacturing Excellence Award

Caribbean Blinds
Clearmark Solutions
Origin Global
Premier Arches
SLAC Precision Engineering

Overall Scale-Up Business Award

Claimsline
ClearCourse
Cleveland Containers
Easy Bathrooms
Grayce
OCI
OnePlan
Regency Purchasing Group
Zenobe

Scale-Up Disruptor Award

CrowdProperty
Dstny Automate
Enroly
Housekeep
N2S
Sonovate
Sprout.ai Limited
UnderTheDoormat
Vet-AI

Scale-Up Entrepreneur of the Year

Adam Sharpe – Cardstream
Emma Sayle – Killing Kittens
Lucas London – Lick
Martin Ackroyd and Antony Kitson – Accu
Oliver Chapman – OCI
Rachel Watkyn – Tiny Box Company
Tony Ottley and Mark Scott – Bella & Duke

Sustainable Scale-Up Business of the Year

Accelar Limited
AMSCHELA
Blend Network
Cleanology
Ecoserv Group
Talking Tables
The Friendly Chemical Co.
Y.O.U Underwear

Technology Scale-Up of the Year

Bright Network
ClearCourse
Housekeep
HyperFinity
Innovative Physics
OnePlan
Ultraleap
Xledger

The #SBS Small Business Award

AME Accounting & Co. Ltd
Dog and Hat Coffee
Exceed Events
Little Acorn Games Ltd
LoyalFree
Paisley Training and Consultancy
People First Mobility

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