This year saw a record number of applicants, with more than 500 businesses from across the country nominated. Finalists include JustPark, LEON, Tide and Huel, with previous award-winners including Revolut, Go Ape, Innocent Drinks, Betfair and Fever-Tree. We were also pleased to see Mo Bros shortlisted for export champion of the year.

The annual Amazon Growing Business Awards, created by Real Business and backed by the CBI, recognises the achievements of growing UK businesses - large or small, urban or rural. Many of the finalists in recent years have grown to become some of the UK’s most recognisable and successful brands.

This year sees an exciting line-up and the awards on 28th November will once again shine the spotlight on the innovative British businesses driving growth for the UK economy.

The final shortlisted businesses and entrepreneurs for each category are below:

Young Company of the Year

Micro Business of the Year

The Growing Business of the Year: Smaller Company (Turnover up to £10m)

The Amazon Business Growing Business of the Year: Mid-sized Company (Turnover £25m-£50m)

The Santander Growing Business of the Year: Smaller Company (Turnover £10m-£25m)

  • Q5, London

The Santander Growing Business of the Year: Larger Company (Turnover £50m+)

Creative Industries Business of the Year

Family-Owned Business of the Year

  • Xupes, Bishop's Stortford

Rural Business of the Year

The Amazon Marketplace Export Champion of the Year

The Amazon Web Services Digital Business of the Year

The ECI Partners B2B Business of the Year

  • CDL, Manchester

The ECI Partners Consumer Business of the Year

Young Entrepreneur of the Year

  • Antony Woodcock, GIG, London
  • Charlie Taylor, Debut, London
  • Tushar Agarwal, Hubble, London

Entrepreneur of the Year

  • Andrew Preston, GRI, Knutsford
  • Craig Bunting, BEAR, Derby
  • Richard Potter, Peak, Manchester

Innovator of the Year

The Bridges Positive Impact Award