2017 Winners

Firms from Launceston to Penzance were recognised for their achievements across a wide range of sectors at the 2017 Cornwall Business Awards with England rugby hero Matt Dawson, MBE our celebrity speaker. Matt shared tales from the pitch, the dance floor and the kitchen in an entertaining opening to the event before the 5 star dinner and awards.

Headforwards, a software company based in Redruth, bagged the ‘Winner of Winners’ prize as well as Most Dynamic Growth Business while their employee, Lyssa-Fee Crump, was named Young Business Person of the Year.

Bodmin-based Microtest were double winners for Business Innovation of the Year and for Best Family Business.

Wayne Retallack of South West Laundry picked up the coveted prize for Entrepreneur of the Year and the Great Cornish Food Store was honoured as the Best New Business in Cornwall.

Hendra Holiday Park in Newquay were recognised as Most Sustainable Business, Rugged Interactive won for Best Use of Design, and Celtic & Co were named Best International Business.

The quality of all the entries and the winners is a testament to the outstanding breadth and depth of Cornwall’s economy.

Headforwards

Headforwards

Winner of Winners

The Teenwork Cornwall team from Treviglas Community College, Newquay

The Teenwork Cornwall team from Treviglas Community College, Newquay

Young Enterprise

Lyssa-Fee Crump, Headforwards

Lyssa-Fee Crump, Headforwards

Young Business Person of the Year

Great Cornish Food Store

Great Cornish Food Store

Best New Business

Active Plus CIC

Active Plus CIC

Best Third Sector Business

TorFX

TorFX

Customer Focus

Smile Together Dental CIC

Smile Together Dental CIC

Employer of the Year

KCS Print

KCS Print

Manufacturer of the Year

Rugged Interactive

Rugged Interactive

Most Creative Use of Design

Hendra Holiday Park

Hendra Holiday Park

Most Sustainable Business

Radix Communications

Radix Communications

Excellence in Digital Marketing

Headforwards

Headforwards

Most Dynamic Growth Business

Microtest

Microtest

Best Family Business

Celtic & Co

Celtic & Co

Best International Business

Microtest

Microtest

Business Innovation of the Year

Wayne Retallack, South West Laundry

Wayne Retallack, South West Laundry

Entrepreneur of the Year