Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards 2024: Full expanded shortlists are revealed

Almost 300 entries were received this year and assessed by an expert team of judges. The winners will be revealed at a ceremony at Headingley Stadium in Leeds on November 21, hosted by Look North’s Amy Garcia. A lifetime achievement award selected by judges will be announced on the evening.

Here is the full shortlist:

Best Business Startup

Homes by Honey; Nuumad Ltd; Pets 2 Places Pontefract & Wakefield; Tectonix Natural Stone Ltd; The Inhaler Tailor; YorLoos.

Manufacturing Award

Belzona Limited; Bespoke Stairlifts; Gripple; instantprint; Trojan Baths; Trust Electric Heating.

Best Family Business

Ben Ellis - Pastry Chef & Chocolatier; Jenx Ltd; MPCC (UK) Ltd; Saint Cecilia's Care Group; Skipton Properties Ltd; The Japanese Shop.

Employee Health & Wellbeing Award sponsored by Sovereign Health Care

Belzona Limited; Hunter Gee Holroyd; Torsion Group; UP Maintenance Ltd; Visiting Angels; Zenith.

Small Business of the Year (up to 50 employees)

BPI Auctions Limited; Giant Bradley's Sweet Shop; Hetty & Betty Ltd; JTM Service Ltd; Sam Teale Productions; Yorkshire Heart Vineyard.

Best New Commercial Development Award

Carlton Hill, Leeds; City Square House, Leeds; Konnect62, Knottingley; One City Park, Bradford; Velocity Point, Leeds.

Sustainability Award

Ambion Heating; Burendo; instantprint; The Bio-D Company; Yorkshire Garden Centres; Zenith.

Medium Business of the Year (51-250 employees)

Bumper; City Cruises York; Drewton's Farm Shop and The Manor Rooms; Hatmill; Roy Hatfield Group; Sipras Nursery Group (Granby Nurseries).

Hospitality Business of the Year

Escapism Bars; Five Star Collection; HRH Group; Starling Harrogate; The Riverfront York; The Star Inn at Harome.

Innovation Award

Gripple - SwiftLine Rail Dropper; Nuumad Ltd; TestCard Ltd; The Inhaler Tailor; Trust Electric Heating; ViDrate.

Large Business of the Year (251+ employees)

FMG; Kings Secure Technologies; Royal Armouries, Conference and Events; Torsion Group; Yorkshire Garden Centres; Zenith.

Technology & Digital Award sponsored by Openreach

Authenticate; IDR Law Claim Checker; instantprint; Nuumad Ltd; NYnet Ltd; Pentest People.

Apprentice of the Year

Fizza Mumtaz, Bradford District Credit Union; Levente Szasz, Dalton Roofing Ltd; Lauren Rayner, EN:Able Futures; Harrison Blackman, Houghtons of York; Kiya Cannon, OLS Ltd; Laiba Zahoor, The FDM Group.

International Business of the Year

Belzona; Bespoke Stairlifts; CO2Sustain; Go Green Ireland; Regal Food Products Group Plc; Tunley Environmental.

Business Leader/Entrepreneur of the Year

Edel Christie - Arcadis; Victoria Tomlinson - Next-Up Ltd; Sam Teale - Sam Teale Productions; Fiona Conor - Trust Electric Heating; Dan Archer - Visiting Angels; Dr Sipra Deb - Wickersley Nursery Ltd.

The Rob Burrow Outstanding Contribution to Charity Award

Gripple Ltd; Karl Avison, Cedarbarn Farm Shop & Café; Regal Food Products Group Plc; RJC Plant Services Ltd; Rob Northfield, 2inspire; Yorkshire Garden Centres.

​Sponsors for this year’s event include Openreach and Sovereign Healthcare, as well as Leigh Day, Bygone Classics and Cut & Craft, while this year’s charity partner is Yorkshire Cancer Research.

The team of four judges were David Kerfoot CBE, founder of The Kerfoot Group; Sharon Watson MBE, CEO and Principal of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds; Peter Kavanagh, CEO and Founder of Harmony Energy and Dr Sophie Dale-Black, a former British Business Bank Midlands and North director who is now a consultant for adviser and non-executive focused on the success of science and innovation led businesses across the UK.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

To book tickets for the evening, visit https://www.nationalworldevents.com/ypba-2024