Winners and Finalists 2019
The 2019 Oxfordshire Business Awards celebrated 25 years. Now the biggest business celebration in the County, the Awards have been recognising, rewarding and promoting the excellence of Oxfordshire-based companies. Organised and supported by 14 of the county’s leading organisations, the Awards are firmly established as a benchmark for excellence in today’s competitive business environment.
At this year's awards ceremony, held at Oxford Brookes University at Headington, compere, Rory Bremner, had the audience rolling in their seats almost from the minute he stepped onto the stage.
More than 600 guests from across the county's business community came together to celebrate the 2019 award-winners and to see Lord Paul Drayson, one of Oxfordshire's most celebrated businessmen and entrepreneurs, received a Special Recognition Award.
THE HAWKINS BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD
WINNER
Ridge and Partners LLP
THE BICESTER VILLAGE RETAIL AWARD
WINNER
William Powell
FINALISTS
Loft and Coles Books
THE BRITA GREEN AWARD
WINNER
Restore
FINALISTS
Oxford Wood Recycling and Montala
THE CIS TECHNOLOGY EXCELLENCE AWARD
WINNER
Cognitant Group
FINALISTS
Royal Cars and Brethertons LLP
THE HARTWELL CHARITY & COMMUNITY AWARD
WINNER
One-Eighty
FINALISTS
Transition by Design and Witney Music Festival
THE HAYS EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
WINNER
Nielsen
FINALISTS
Oodle Car Finance and Abingdon & Witney College
THE HEART BEST VISITOR EXPERIENCE AWARD
WINNER
Cotswold Wildlife Park
FINALISTS
TOAD and Hook Norton Brewery
THE KNIGHTS SMALL BUSINESS AWARD
WINNER
Imaginera
FINALISTS
High Spec Composites and TOAD
THE NATWEST LARGE BUSINESS AWARD
WINNER
Nicholsons
FINALISTS
Ridge & Partners LLP and Planet IT
THE OXFORDSHIRE LEP NEW BUSINESS AWARD
WINNER
Sensyne Health
FINALISTS
Common Ground and SWJ Consulting
THE OXFORD SCIENCE PARK INNOVATION AWARD
WINNER
Oxford Biomedica
FINALISTS
Fuel3D and Exscientia
THE SHAW GIBBS BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD
WINNER
Paul Morrow, British Bakels
FINALISTS
Daniel Geoghegan, Bicester Heritage and Paul Drayson, Sensyne Health
THE SHAW GIBBS YOUNG BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD
WINNER
Sarah Jaycock, High Spec Composites
FINALISTS
Dan Weston, Mathews Comfort Financial Services and Toby Crawford, Imaginera
THE SYNDICUT MARKETING EXCELLENCE AWARD
WINNER
Fuel3D
FINALISTS
Aston & James and Sesui