MEET OUR SPONSORS
Sponsoring the Awards provides businesses with the perfect opportunity to raise the profile of their organisation.
Our Headline Sponsor
Harvest
Harvest is a leading supplier of quality ambient, fresh, frozen, and chilled produce, as well as a comprehensive range of non-food items. Based in Totton, Southampton, Harvest has built a strong reputation over the past 30 years for delivering great products at competitive prices with unrivalled service.
Harvest prides itself on sourcing the best quality foods and products from local suppliers whenever possible, ensuring freshness and sustainability. We are committed to environmental responsibility, actively promoting recycling and reducing food miles. With over 56,000 square feet of warehouse space, we maintain a wide range of produce to keep menus fresh and innovative.
Clive Emson Auctioneers
Clive Emson Auctioneers is the leading regional specialist land and property auction service across the South. Providing a high-quality auctioneering facility for everyone - private buyers and sellers, investors and hundreds of estate agents. With offices in Kent, Essex, Hampshire, Sussex and the West Country, its professional team has excellent local knowledge and is well-placed to guide and advise; whether you are looking to sell or buy.
DDS International
The team at DDS International offers fully accredited fire safety, health and safety, and food safety services tailored to meet legal compliance requirements for businesses. DDS has an industry-leading, competent, and well-established team that is experienced in helping clients find solutions to meet all safety compliance requirements (fire, H&S, and food). We provide a comprehensive end-to-end solution to help and support your business, whether it's a start-up, single site, or multi-site operation in Hampshire, throughout the UK, or internationally.
New Forest District Council
New Forest District Council is one of the largest local government authorities in the country, serving a population of over 175,000 residents in the beautiful New Forest district of Hampshire. Our vision is to secure a better future by supporting opportunities for the people and communities we serve, protecting our unique and special place, and securing a vibrant and prosperous New Forest. Committed to enhancing the quality of life for our community, we provide essential services including housing, planning, waste management, and environmental conservation. Our values of learning, empathy, ambition, and fairness underpin everything we do. We are justly proud of our reputation for delivering high quality services to our residents and the high satisfaction rates that we achieve. Located near major urban centres like Southampton and Bournemouth, we are in a prime position to help drive economic growth and development in the region.
Lexus Hedge End and Lexus Bournemouth
Lexus is a luxury automotive brand known for beautifully crafted cars, innovative technology and an exceptional customer experience. With a reputation for smooth performance, refined design, and outstanding reliability, Lexus focuses on comfort, quality and a more sustainable future through its wide range of self‑charging hybrid and electrified vehicles. Inspired by Omotenashi - the Japanese philosophy of warm, thoughtful hospitality - Lexus is about more than just the car; it’s about how you’re looked after. Lexus Hedge End and Lexus Bournemouth are proud to be your local dealerships in Hampshire and look forward to welcoming new guests into the showroom and to the Lexus brand.
The New Forest Fruit Company
The New Forest Fruit Company, established in 2008 and run by farmer and innovator Sandy Booth and his two brothers-in-law, grows, packs and distributes around 5,000 tonnes of fresh fruit and asparagus every year. In addition to its commercial growing and packaging of soft fruit and asparagus, as an innovative and sustainable business, they have also launched two exciting projects: New Forest Fruit Snacks and The B58 Winery. The award-winning pulse-dried snacks tackle the issue of food waste, transforming wonky and misshapen strawberries and raspberries into delicious 100% fruit snacks with nothing added. The B58 winery produces still wines from grape varieties not usually successfully grown in the U.K and was awarded IWSC, IEWA and Wine GB Wessex medals in its first year.
Comax
Your all-in-one partner for smarter, sustainable business solutions. Founded in 1992, we bring more than three decades of expertise across catering, janitorial, healthcare, education, and care—delivering the scale, reliability, and innovation today’s organisations need. As a leading supplier of commercial janitorial, catering, and care products, Comax is renowned for exceptional customer service, convenience, product innovation, sustainability, and value. Our extensive and diverse product portfolio includes more than 5,000 stocked items, alongside exclusive brands, bespoke print solutions, food packaging, disposables, catering equipment, and sustainable cleaning and hygiene ranges.
Associate Sponsors
Hampshire Fare
Hampshire Fare is a small team making a big difference, by championing local produce to consumers and trade businesses. The aim is to inspire residents to discover the abundance of produce available on the doorstep, including cheese, charcuterie and cider, and establish Hampshire as a top foodie destination. This is achieved through facilitating events, opportunities, publicity, and having a voice with local and national organisations. The intention is to encourage members' development, inform the public and educate the next generation.
Lymington Seafood Festival
Celebrating it’s 10th birthday the Lymington Seafood Festival has gone on to scoop awards with Muddy Stilettos, Hampshire Street Food and New Forest Brilliance in Business. It’s now established as one of the south coast's leading foodie events attracting around 14,000 every year, crammed with incredible street food, chef demonstrations, drinks masterclasses and a cookery school.