It’s that time of year again! The stage is set, the bubbly is ready to be popped and the finalists are ready for the South Essex Business Awards.
The annual ceremony, which is being held at the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend on Friday, marks the great and good of business in the county and is set to be a glittering night of celebration.
More than 430 people are expected to attend.
The dozens of entries have been whittled down to a shortlist of finalists.
Meet the finalists of this year’s awards:
New Company
Bryman Recruitment
Dish of the Day
Little Rosa
Fresh Box
Rockamilly
T.I.M.E (Therapy in Musical Expression) Ltd.
Fabricake Sugarcraft Limited
Polar Creative
Small Business
Booksure Accounting
Callie & Finn
Guardian Display
Polar Creative
Qualitas Inspection Services Ltd
Sculpture Studios
Reginald O’Neill Dental
Systematics International Ltd
Excellent Customer Service
ENS Recruitment
Face The Fun
The Underfloor Heating Store
Shampooches
Pink Hygiene
Konico Minolta
Palmers Solicitors
Spargo Hairdressing
Systematics International Ltd
WFP Fire & Security
Growing Business
Darwin Recruitment
AJ Chambers
Brand Identity
Private Ambulance Service
The Underfloor Heating Store
Best Use of Social Media
Zest City
Beep Beep Pop Up
5 Elements
Spinnaker Global
Amos Estates
The Underfloor Heating Store
Rockamilly
Excellence in Marketing
All Your Property Services
6 Red Squares
Contractor Wizard
Forever Boutique
Southend United F.C
Organically Epic
Business Connected
Community Charity
Basildon and Thurrock Hospital’s Polly Parrot Appeal
Trust Links
Community Private
Blatella Films
Metro Bank
Gateway 978
Garde UK
Talking Tots
Rossi Ice Cream
Business to Business
Climatec Windows
ENS Recruitment
Palmers Solicitors
Rossi Icecream
Vertical Systems
Spinnaker Global
Environmental Awareness
Brightest Fuels
Energy Save Plus
Reginald O’Neill Dental
Urban Farmers
Konica Minolta
Return Loads
Swift Office
Cleaning Services
Young Entrepreneur
Kim Box Personal Trainer
Lee Sturgess Polar Creative
Ria Carroll Ri Ri’s Boutique
Natalie Scarsbrook Blatella Films
David Mason Vape and Juice
Daniel Salmon Neverawastedjourney
Rob Thomas Essex Social Media Consultancy
Apprentice of the Year
Kerenza Rouse AJ Chambers
Frederick Gill Duncan Wealth Management/Crown Vocational
Mason Jones Brights Locksmiths
Sophie Davies CRT Air Con/Crown Vocational Training
Emma Pipe Contractor Wizard
Evie Rourke WFP Fire and Security
Hannah Woods Guardian Display
Business Man of the Year
Andrew Hilliard Aj Chambers
Ian Mcbain Move it removals
Stuart Oldham Clear Thinking IT
Neil Dingley Konica Minolta
Business Woman of the Year
Karla Spinks KS Recruitment
Nyki Dilworth Vertical Systems
Kat Ashdown Sweetcheeks Trees
Sandra Colston Funky Voices
Jaime Lawson Space 282
Bridget Coyne Equivalency Testing
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