The Eastbourne Business Awards at the Winter Garden raised over £4,500 for St Wilfrid's Hospice and the event included:
* A Sparkling Drinks Reception
* Gala Dinner
* Do you know Eastbourne? Top & Tails
* Awards Ceremony
* Singing Secreto Waiters
* Lloyd Wade and the Soul Man Band
* Carriages at Midnight
For the gallery of pictures and video visit Eastbourne Business Awards
Our winners and highly commended award winners were selected from over 100 first-class finalists. Judging took days as the competition was so fierce!
It included mystery shops, website reviews, Google and Facebook reviews and much debate about the nominations received.
After due consideration the following winners were agreed:
Start Up of the Year - Sponsored by Watson Associates
* Winner, Kiddicity
Best Learning Company - Sponsored by East Sussex College
* Winner, The View Hotel
Sustainable Business Practices Award - Sponsored by Identity
* Highly Commended, OHM Energy
* Winner, Long Man Brewery
Community Support Award - Sponsored by Birchwood Group
* Highly Commended, Anderida Adolescent Care
* Winner, Morrisons Community Champion, Kim Hatcher-Davies
Health and Wellbeing Award - Sponsored by First Choice Dental Clinic
* Winner, You Raise Me Up Charity
Apprentice of the Year - Sponsored by lecs UK
* Highly Commended, Ciaran Toms of Joe Lam Hair Artist
* Winner, Niles Lambourne of EAG Marketing
Manager of the Year - Sponsored by Brewers Decoration Centres
* Winner, Marcella Glenister of Gelato Famoso
* Winner, Stephen Holt of Your Eastbourne BID
Professional Services Award - Sponsored by Quantuma
* Winner, HR Dept Sussex-by-the-Sea
Creative / Digital Industries Award - Sponsored by Zoonou
* Highly Commended, Cloud, Voice & Data
* Winner, Southern IT Networks
Retailer of the Year - Sponsored by The Beacon
* Highly Commended, Maybugs
* Winner, JCS Meats and Provisions
Hospitality Business of the Year - Sponsored by The Lansdowne Hotel
* Highly Commended, To The Rise Bakery
^ Winner, Royal Hippodrome Theatre
Customer Service Award - Sponsored by Handelsbanken
* Winner, ECF Accident Repair, Servicing and MOT Centre
International Company of the Year - Sponsored by booksy
* Winner, Rathfinny Wine Estate
Best SME Business - Sponsored by Advanta
* Highly Commended, Room2Let
* Winner, Pearce Marketing
Best Large Business - Sponsored by Gardners
* Lighting Fibre
Business Person of the Year - Sponsored by Rotary Club of Eastbourne
* Luca Albertoli of the Pom Mozz Group
Lifetime Achievement Award - Sponsored by Rotary Club of Eastbourne
* Bill Plumridge
Overall Business of the Year 2022
Sponsored by W Bruford
* Rathfinny Wine Estate
