The evening opened with powerful words from Founder Guy Tolhurst on the power of collective enthusiasm followed by our keynote speech delivered by the Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business, Kevin Hollinrake MP.
Multi-exit entrepreneur Debbie Woskow OBE opened the show with a rousing reminder on the grace and grit required to achieve success.
The winners, runners-up and ones to watch were celebrated after a rigorous, two-stage judging process had whittled down the entries into 112 finalists and just 23 prestigious awards.
Simon Kevan presented Mercia Asset Management with their prize.