The Winchester Business Excellence Awards 2025 have been launched earlier today at a networking breakfast event hosted at Theatre Royal Winchester, part of the award-winning arts and education charity Play to the Crowd.
The competition, organised by Winchester Business Improvement District (BID), The Hampshire Chronicle and Hampshire Chamber of Commerce, has now begun and the judges will be looking for the best and brightest businesses in the Winchester district.
Nominations are open until 24 April, the judges will announce three finalists in each category in the Hampshire Chronicle and on hampshirechronicle.co.uk on 8 May, and then a celebratory evening will conclude the awards on Thursday 19 June at Winchester Cathedral.
Nominations are open for the awards which are now in their 23rd year and have become an important part of the city’s business calendar.
Click here to find out more about the launch and to enter the awards.
This year’s categories are:
Business of the Year | Business Leader Award sponsored by Paris Smith | Large Business Award sponsored by Dutton Gregory Solicitors | Small Business Award sponsored by Hazeley Enterprise Park | New Business Award sponsored by University of Winchester | Charity and Social Enterprise Award sponsored by LOCALiQ | Sustainable Business Award sponsored by Winchester City Council | Service Excellence Award sponsored by JM Finn | Creative and Cultural Award sponsored by The Hampshire Chronicle | City Centre Champion Award sponsored by Winchester BID.
The awards are also supported by CTG Cleaning Services, The Little Kitchen Company, NatWest, Play to the Crowd and Winchester Cathedral Venues.
Nominations are welcomed for businesses in the Winchester district or businesses are able to nominate themselves: winchesterbusinessawards.co.uk.
Video: Donna Laine from Donna Laine Fine Jewellery talks about their success at last year’s awards and why you should enter in 2025.
