Winners 2026
Business of the Year - Small
Winner
Conscious Communications
Highly Commended
4Cambridge
FINALISTS
Conscious Communications
DH Thomas
Kitchensmiths
Fen Ditton Gallery
4 Cambridge
Seed Renewables
Business of the Year - Medium
Winner
Grand Arcade
Highly Commended
Hot Numbers
FINALISTS
Citystay Living
Graduate by Hilton Cambridge
Monavate
Hot Numbers
Blighter Surveillance Systems
Grand Arcade
Business of the Year - Large
Winner
Gearset
Highly Commended
Frontier Developments
FINALISTS
Stagecoach East
Aveva
Frontier Developments
Gearset
Sponsored by
Business Person of the Year
Winner
Alex Tunbridge, Cambridge United Football Club
Highly Commended
James Tweed, Coracle
FINALISTS
Alex Tunbridge, Cambridge United Football Club
Avril Farr, Hilton Cambridge City Centre
James Tweed, Coracle
Eleanor Roberts-Nissen, Elle-Events Management
Prashant Shah, o2h Discovery
Tabitha Goldstaub, Lichen.AI
Sponsored by
Employer of the Year
Winner
Gearset
Highly Commended
Cambridge Vacuum Engineering
FINALISTS
Hilton Cambridge City Centre
Cambridge Vacuum Engineering
Gearset
Clayton Hotel
RxCelerate
Echion Technologies
Sponsored by
The Mayor's Award for Scale-up of the Year
Winner
Jumptech
Highly Commended
Midsummer Energy
FINALISTS
Paragraf
Gearset
Midsummer Energy
Jumptech
Sponsored by
Retailer of the Year
Winner
Plumbs’ Dairy
Highly Commended
Campkins Cameras
FINALISTS
Plumbs' Dairy
Townhouse Nail Care
Barrington Store
Campkins Cameras
Tea Apothecary
Art of Flooring
Sponsored by
Hospitality Business of the Year
Winner
The Oak Bistro
Highly Commended
University Arms
FINALISTS
University Arms
Hilton Cambridge City Centre
Hyatt Centric Cambridge
The Oak Bistro
Everyman Cinema, Grand Arcade
Graduate by Hilton Cambridge
Sponsored by
Innovation of the Year
Winner
HutanBio
Highly Commended
Alchemie Technology
FINALISTS
HutanBio
Project-A
CardiaTec
LVOne by Upfront Diagnostics
Marshall Aerospace
Alchemie Technology
Sponsored by
The Award for Collaboration
Winner
Owlstone Medical & Welbeck Health Partners
Highly Commended
Marshall Aerospace & Horizon Aircrafty
FINALISTS
Morgan's Butchery's Cuts & Countryside
Grand Arcade's Grand Discoveries
Owlstone Medical & Welbeck Health Partners
Marshall Aerospace & Horizon Aircraft
COEL & Carter Jonas
Cambridge Investment Partnership
Sponsored by
Social Enterprise of the Year
Winner
MathsFit
Highly Commended
Cambridge Science Centre
FINALISTS
Cambridge Junction
Shutter Hub
Allia
Cambridge Science Centre
MathsFit
Cambridge Female Founders Network
Sponsored by
The Green Award
Winner
Alchemie Technology
Highly Commended
The Cambridge Building Society
FINALISTS
The Cambridge Building Society
Hilton Cambridge City Centre
o2h Discovery
Alchemie Technology
Cambridge Investment Partnership
Pragmatic Semiconductor
Sponsored by
Start-up of the Year
Winner
Elle-Events Management
Highly Commended
CompliMind
FINALISTS
WPark
Data Incite
Elle-Events Management
QL Security
Football Finery
CompliMind
Sponsored by
Lifetime Achievement
Winner
Martina King
Sponsored by
