{"id":47838,"date":"2026-10-19T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/south-west\/?p=47838"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:55:26","slug":"shortlist-revealed-for-the-south-west-growth-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/south-west\/news\/47838-shortlist-revealed-for-the-south-west-growth-awards","title":{"rendered":"Shortlist revealed for the South West Growth Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The shortlist for the TheBusinessDesk\u2019s inaugural South West Growth Awards has been announced.<\/p>\n<p>The awards recognise the people, teams and businesses that have made meaningful progress over the past year by driving business growth across the region.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/oct_26\/sw-growth-sponsors-new-300x125.png\" alt=\"\" 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finance, technology, people and board excellence.<\/p>\n<p>They are being staged in partnership nationally with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/south-west\/business-profiles\/brown-shipley-2\">Brown Shipley<\/a>, a Quintet Private Bank, with leading law firm Thrings, and international accounting, tax, audit, advisory and business services group Azets, joining as headline sponsors in the South West.<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted companies and individuals will now be visited by the award judges before the winners are selected at a final judging session in January.<\/p>\n<p>The awards ceremony takes place on Thursday 22 April 2027 at the Bristol Harbour Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>To book tickets and for more information, click <a href=\"https:\/\/businessdesk.zohobackstage.eu\/220427-SW-SouthWestGrowthAwards2027\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TheBusinessDesk South West Growth Awards shortlist is:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Company Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Breakthrough of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BMT<\/p>\n<p>DeskLodge<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scale-Up of the Year (up to \u00a310m)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eat PR<\/p>\n<p>Kovia<\/p>\n<p>Martin Industries<\/p>\n<p>Over Farm<\/p>\n<p>Total Clean Air<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scale-Up of the Year (\u00a310m-plus)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rappor<\/p>\n<p>TrueStart Coffee<\/p>\n<p><strong>International Growth Story of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crux Product Design<\/p>\n<p>Rise Technical Recruitment<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>People Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cardstream<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Way Group<\/p>\n<p>Nebula IT<\/p>\n<p>Neuronostics<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technology &amp; Transformation Team of the Year\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BMT<\/p>\n<p>Nexus Open Systems<\/p>\n<p>Virgate Accounts<\/p>\n<p><strong>Individual Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Emerging Growth Leader<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ben Giles &#8211; Balloon Letting Co<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Taylor &#8211; Eat PR<\/p>\n<p>Sam Taylor &#8211; TM Construction Solutions<\/p>\n<p>Ian Dibb &#8211; Wayfinder Advisory<\/p>\n<p><strong>Growth Leader of the Year (up to \u00a310m)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Julian Martin &#8211; Martin Industries<\/p>\n<p>Heledd Wyn &#8211; Rothley Law<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Travell &#8211; Virgate Accounts<\/p>\n<p><strong>Growth Leader of the Year (\u00a310m-plus)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mark Neath &#8211; Old Mill Accountants<\/p>\n<p>Adam Padmore &#8211; Rappor<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u200bGrowth Business of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>To be announced at the awards evening<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awards recognise the people, teams and businesses that have made meaningful progress in the 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