The best of Glasgow named as shortlist unveiled for The Glasgow Business Awards

Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has announced the shortlisted entries for The Glasgow Business Awards 2023, revealing the very best of the city’s business community. 

The Glasgow Business Awards celebrates its silver anniversary this year with a black-tie ceremony on 5 October at the DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central. Sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland, the awards will recognise businesses and individuals across 17 categories in total. 

Glasgow Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the 2023 shortlist: 

The Glasgow Business Award for Best Performing Large Business

• A.C. Whyte & Co. Ltd
• Allied Vehicles Limited
• Bill Gosling Outsourcing
• Kibble
• The King's Theatre and Theatre Royal Glasgow
• Kura

The Glasgow Business Award for Best Performing Small-Medium Business
sponsored by Beam Digital and Design

• Connect Three
• DMG Services Group Ltd
• Excel Vending Ltd
• Lochlie Construction Ltd
• Rocket Exhibitions and Events
• Wholesale Domestic Bathrooms

The Glasgow Business Award for Business Resilience
sponsored by Glasgow City Innovation District

• Allied Vehicles Limited
• Occutrace
• One4Growth Limited
• Premiership Experience
• Rocket Exhibitions and Events

The Glasgow Business Award for Community Wealth Building
sponsored by Glasgow City Council

• Glasgow Care Foundation
• Golf It!
• Homes for Good
• The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice
• Urban Union

The Glasgow Business Award for Entrepreneur of the Year
sponsored by Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP

• Darren McGhee, DMG Services Group Ltd
• David MacDonald, Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging
• Gordon Coyle, MDH Recruitment LTD
• James Fleming, The Power Within Training and Development
• Ruby Sweeney, The Events Hub
• Susan Aktemel, Homes for Good

The Glasgow Business Award for Excellence in Communications
sponsored by The Herald

• Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity
• Glasgow City Innovation District
• Glasgow Life
• KC Group Shipping Ltd

The Glasgow Business Award for Fair and Healthy Workplace
sponsored by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

• A.C. Whyte & Co. Ltd
• Barrhead Travel Group
• City of Glasgow College
• KC Group Shipping Ltd
• Kibble
• Scottish Sports Futures

The Glasgow Business Award for Family Business of the Year
sponsored by Ambassador Theatre Group

• Elite Contract Furniture
• Excel Vending
• fatBuzz
• Fayre Play
• Wholesale Domestic Bathrooms 

The Glasgow Business Award for Green Champion
sponsored by ScottishPower

• Connect Three Solutions Ltd.
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• Kabloom Ltd
• Lead Powerful Impact Ltd.
• Peel Ports Clydeport
• Scottish Sports Futures

The Glasgow Business Award for Innovation in Business
sponsored by KubeNet

• Fayre Play
• ICL Tech
• Morgan Goodwin Ltd.
• Onboard Maritime
• Optimum Business Growth
• The Power Within Training

The Glasgow Business Award for International Trade

• Collins Debden
• Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging
• House of Glenroy
• Morgan Goodwin Ltd.
• Premiership Experience

The Glasgow Business Award for Net Zero Achievement
sponsored by Glasgow City Council

• Cassiltoun Housing Association
• Cryptic
• Dear Green Coffee Roasters
• Kabloom
• Lochlie Construction Ltd
• Matthew Algie

The Glasgow Business Award for Sustainable Development
sponsored by Scottish Water

• DataVita Limited
• Glasgow Wood
• Matthew Algie
• Peel Ports Clydeport
• WEEE Scotland Limited

The Glasgow Business Award for Young Business Person of the Year
sponsored by City of Glasgow College

• Andrew O'Brien, J.G.B Steelcraft (UK) Limited
• Jade Edgar, Onboard Maritime
• Jon Hill, JACK RYAN
• Roberta Carlone, Hilton Glasgow
• Tala Cook, ALT
• Victoria Nicol, My Language Connection

A further three awards will be presented on the night, namely The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the most prestigious accolade of Royal Bank of Scotland’s Most Outstanding Business which will be awarded to one of the winners from the other categories. 

Glasgow’s Favourite Business, sponsored by Glasgow Times, is the only Glasgow Business Award voted for by the public. This category shortlist will be announced over the coming days, welcoming public votes, and the winner will wait to be crowned on the night. 

Richard Muir, Deputy Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, said: “Glasgow has such a vibrant business community, and it brings the entire Glasgow Chamber of Commerce team great pride to shine a light on a selection of the city’s excellent companies and organisations. Throughout all the challenges of the past few years, these businesses have shown great resilience and continued to flourish and inspire us all in Glasgow. 

“Our thanks as always go to our title sponsor Royal Bank of Scotland and the strong array of category sponsors including media partners The Herald and Glasgow Times. Congratulations to all the shortlisted businesses, we wish them the best of luck for the awards this October in our special 25th anniversary year.”