The winners come together with their awards. All credit: Wimborne Business Awards
Published: May 2, 2023 | Updated: 28th April 2023
With Ringwood and Poole both now gearing up for their own October awards shows, it was Wimborne who held the spotlight last Thursday.
Businesses gathered at the town football club to celebrate local talent and find out if they’d managed to top one of the many available awards categories.
Nigel Reeve
With just over 120 entries and nominations, judges praised the high quality of this year’s hopefuls.
Nigel Reeve of organisers MW Events said: “We believe that local business is the backbone of the local economy, the adapt, they innovate, they focus on what their customers want, they create employment and most of all they care about their customers.
“Many of the previous year’s winners have said how the awards have helped the profile of their business. After so much negative news it’s fantastic to see local businesses smiling.”
The 2023 winners and their categories are as follows:
Customer Service – Swain and Rands
Overall Business of the Year winners Vetsmiths Ltd – Sam Devlin and Tara Peaty
Overall Business of the Year runners-up Swain and Rands and Eight Arch Brewing Co
Best Place to Work winners MJP Law
Pub and Casual Dining winners Eight Arch Brewing Co
Customer Service winners Swain and Rands
Family Business winners Long John’s Fish and Chips
Independent Business winners Classy Collections
Green/Eco Business winners Lewis-Manning Hospice Care
B2B Business winners Solweb Ltd
New Business winners Vetsmiths Ltd
Health and Fitness winners Square One
Tourism Business winners Wimborne Minster Folk Festival
Young Entrepreneur winner Andy Lennox
