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Finalists, sponsors and special guests don't have long to wait until the SoGlos Gloucestershire º£½ÇÉçÇø Awards 2023 are revealed this Thursday 19 October 2023.

The glittering awards ceremony is º£½ÇÉçÇø place at Gloucester South Community Fire Station to celebrate the very best businesses from across the county with help from our event partners PR Production Services; fantastic food from Hungry Monkey and Wholly Gelato; as well as drinks from Sibling Distillery to raise a toast to the winners and finalists. 

Having whittled down hundreds of entries in an, at times, heated judges panel meeting, the winners of all 22 hotly-contested categories — including the overall SGGBA º£½ÇÉçÇø of the Year 2023, handpicked by headline co-sponsors Hazlewoods and Willans LLP solicitors — will be revealed by former BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Gloucestershire broadcast journalist, Faye Hatcher, this year.

Here's who is in the running...

SGGBA 2023 finalists

SGGBA New º£½ÇÉçÇø of the Year — sponsored by Montrose Group — 

• AccXel
• Cotswold Eco Tubs
• Elderflower & Fern
• Grandbar Snacks
• Marvel FMCG

SGGBA Most Innovative º£½ÇÉçÇø of the Year — sponsored by Hartpury University and College — 

• AccXel
• Astor Bannerman
• DUKU
• Green Car Depollution
  

SGGBA Growth º£½ÇÉçÇø of the Year — sponsored by GFirst LEP — 

• Bolthole Retreats
• Cotswold Energy Group
• Gloucester Brewery
• Immersa and AlphaESS UK Group
• Premiere Kitchens
• Squashed Robot Films
  

SGGBA Family º£½ÇÉçÇø of the Year — sponsored by QuoLux — 

• Bennetts Coaches
• Gloucester Carpet Outlet
• Green Car Depollution
• G.R. Lane Health Products
• MG Markey Group
  

SGGBA Green º£½ÇÉçÇø of the Year — sponsored by Ecotricity — 

• Cotswold Energy Group
• Fleet Electric Leasing
• G-TEKT Europe Manufacturing (G-TEM)
• Howard Tenens Logistics
• Stroud Brewery
  

SGGBA Best Place To Work of the Year — sponsored by Six Property Consulting — 

• Ecclesiastical Insurance Office
• Freemans Event Partners
• Holiday Architects
• Larchtower Engineering
• Original Consultants
  

SGGBA Customer Excellence Award â€” sponsored by MKM — 

• Be More Bob
• Bolthole Retreats
• Laithwaites Wine
• Tayntons Solicitors
  

SGGBA International º£½ÇÉçÇø of the Year — sponsored by Invest in Gloucestershire — 

• Avon Metals
• Cloudtamers
• Cotswold Eco Tubs
• PACE Manufacturing
• Prima Dental

SGGBA Entrepreneur of the Year — sponsored by University of Gloucestershire — 

• Chris Brown — Rippl
• Graham Taylor — Hudson Rose
• Heather Muir — Spruce Cirencester Professional Dog Grooming
• Louise Williams — Solace Gym
• Mary Merheim — Grandbar Snacks

SGGBA Employee of the Year — sponsored by GB Solutions — 

• David Hodges â€” Cotteswold Dairy
• Leanne Williams â€” Stagecoach West 
• Phil Beastall â€” Squashed Robot Films 
• Rachel Stephenson â€” Larchtower Engineering 

SGGBA Team of the Year — sponsored by ReformIT — 

• Aquascape Swimming Pools
• Bamboo Technology Group
• GET — Gloucestershire Engineering Training
• Rappor Consultants
• Severnside Security

SGGBA Heritage º£½ÇÉçÇø of the Year — sponsored by Hewer FM — 

• Cotteswold Dairy
• G.R. Lane Health Products
• MG Markey Group
• Tayntons Solicitors
  

SGGBA º£½ÇÉçÇø Leader Award â€” sponsored by Gloucestershire County Council — 

• Chris O'Riordan — Firestarter º£½ÇÉçÇø Solutions
• Colin Smith — Wheatway
• Lucy Beresford and Richard Buckland — SLG Brands
• Laurie Bell — The Cheltenham Trust
• Mark Colebrook — Astor Bannerman

SGGBA Young º£½ÇÉçÇø Leader Award â€” sponsored by Ontic — 

• Gemma Elizabeth Conway — Cotswold Cottage Gems
• Heath Gunter — Cheltenham BID
• Hugh Joslyn â€” Gloucester Brewery
• Lauren Cleary â€” Cotswold Eco Tubs
• William Collins â€” Sanderson Financial

SGGBA Apprentice of the Year — sponsored by Gloucestershire College — 

• Harry Davis â€” Cobalt Health 
• Jozef Nixon â€” North Tower Consulting 
• Maea Browning â€” Pro Global
• Oliwier Kieltyka â€” Stagecoach West 
• Ruby Roberts â€” Penguin Uniform  

SGGBA Cyber º£½ÇÉçÇø of the Year — sponsored by Cleevely Electric Vehicles — 

• Core to Cloud
• Cyber Security Associates
• Emerge Digital
• InfoSec People
• Salus Cyber
  

SGGBA Charity of the Year — sponsored by Nimble Elearning — 

• Caring for Communities and People
• Cobalt Health
• Hollie Gazzard Trust
• National Star
• Pied Piper Appeal
  

SGGBA Micro º£½ÇÉçÇø of the Year — sponsored by 16i — 

• Cotswold Wine School
• Fairbank Design
• Go Climate Positive
• MIMMO Studios
• P3M Works
• Quayside Wealth Management
  

SGGBA Small º£½ÇÉçÇø of the Year — sponsored by HR Star — 

• Bolthole Retreats
• Cloudtamers
• Gloucester Brewery
• Greenfields Garden Services
• Holiday Architects
• Severnside Security
  

SGGBA Medium º£½ÇÉçÇø of the Year — sponsored by Workplace Interiors Co — 

• Astor Bannerman
• Avon Metals
• Cotswold Energy Group
• Freemans Event Partners
• Stroud Brewery
  

SGGBA Large º£½ÇÉçÇø of the Year — sponsored by Vitruvius — 

• Cotteswold Dairy
• Ecclesiastical Insurance Office
• G-TEKT Europe Manufacturing (G-TEM)
• Howard Tenens Logistics
• Prima Dental
  

SGGBA º£½ÇÉçÇø of the Year — sponsored by co-headline sponsors Hazlewoods and Willans LLP solicitors —  / 

• To be revealed on the night of the SGGBA awards.