Stage is set for the Cambridge Independent Business Awards 2025
The winners of the Cambridge Independent Business Awards 2025 will be revealed at a gala dinner at King’s College tonight (Thursday, 25 September).
Outstanding achievements across all sectors in the region will be celebrated, with 14 categories featured. Among them will be a Lifetime Achievement Award winner, who will be revealed on the night and speak to the capacity audience in the stunning Great Hall.
There are three Business of the Year awards – covering small, medium and large businesses – along with awards for companies at different stages, including start-up and scale-up.
We will also celebrate great employers, environmental achievements, innovation and collaboration at our second annual awards, which feature Barr Ellison Law once again as headline sponsor.
The black tie awards night, which will be hosted by editor Paul Brackley, will begin with a networking reception, sponsored by HSBC.
Kelly Peck, managing partner at Barr Ellison Law, will address the audience, who will also hear from the mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Paul Bristow. The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is sponsoring Scale-up of the Year.
Also sponsoring the awards are AstraZeneca, BDO, The Cambridge Building Society, Conscious Communications, Kale & Damson, Cambridge BID, Mantle Space and Pure.
Paul said: “We are looking forward to revealing the winners of our second annual Business Awards following an exceptionally strong set of entries. Good luck everyone.”
A silent auction will be held during the event to raise money for Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust to put towards the new Cambridge Children’s Hospital and the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital.
Don’t miss details of the winners online after the event and our celebratory supplement in next week’s Cambridge Independent, out from 1 October. Follow #CIBA2025 on social media.
The Cambridge Independent Business Awards 2025 Finalists
Start-up of the Year
Cellestial Health
Cambridge Medixine
Cambridge IT Security
AnthroTek
Retailer of the Year
Sponsored by Cambridge BID
Iris & Violet
Campkins Cameras
40 Green Street
Podarok
Employer of the Year
Sponsored by Pure
Amphista Therapeutics
Echion Technologies
RxCelerate
Stratagem IPM
The Papworth Trust
Bidwells LLP
Raspberry Pi Foundation
The Green Award
Hilton Cambridge City Centre
Cambridge Architectural Design
Lambda Energy
Eyesea Green
Cambridge Past, Present & Future
Cheffins
Social Enterprise of the Year
Creating Nature’s Corridors
Fitness Rush Community CIC
Wintercomfort
Form the Future CIC
Positively Parenting
Business Person of the Year
Sponsored by The Cambridge Building Society
Matthew Cooper, Cooper Barnes Automotive
Elle Roberts-Nissen, Elle-Events Management
Lisa Eagling, MathsFit
Richard Finn, Hilton Cambridge City Centre
Martin Macwhinnie, Grand Arcade
Will Mayes, Layrd Design
Innovation of the Year
Sponsored by Mantle Space
Upfront Diagnostics
Monumo
Paragraf
Bango
Cambrionix
HMO Architects
The Mayor’s Award for Scale-up of the Year
Sponsored by mayor Paul Bristow and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
Mulino Cambridge Kitchen
Monavate
Paragraf
Genie Ventures
Layrd Design
Hospitality Business of the Year
Sponsored by Kale & Damson
Fullers Hill Cottages
Clayton Hotel, Cambridge
The Gonville Hotel, Cambridge
Graduate by Hilton Cambridge
Cambridge Rowing Experience
Amelie Restaurant, Ben’s Yard
The Award for Collaboration
Sponsored by AstraZeneca
Abselion and NHS Blood and Transplant
FocalPoint Positioning and STMicroelectronics
AnthroTek and TG0
Stagecoach East for Buses and Businesses Against Abuse
Cambridge Past, Present & Future
Grand Arcade for Rainbow Runway
Business of the Year (Small)
Elle-Events Management
CardiaTec Biosciences
4Cambridge
FM Family Law
Cambridge Support
Thrive Cafe, Cambridge
Business of the Year (Medium)
Sponsored by Conscious Communications
Cathedral View Childcare
Oakington Garden Centre & Olive Tree Cafe
FocalPoint Positioning
Monavate
Velocity Commerce
Vine FX
Business of the Year (Large)
Sponsored by BDO LLP
University Arms
Stagecoach East
Bango
Find out more about the awards at the dedicated website – cambridgeindependentbusinessawards.co.uk.