The 2019 Finalists
Find out more about the finalist businesses for the Cornwall Business Awards 2019 and why they made the top three out of hundreds of entries in the fourteen categories.
You get to choose our overall winner for Business of the Year – go here to vote before the end of the awards night on 27th June 2019.
Ambassador of the Year sponsored by Corserv
The School for Social Entrepreneurs, Cornwall
SSE Cornwall supports individuals to gain the skills and expertise they need to help build a fair and equal society where the potential of all people is fully realised.
Unmanned Survey Solutions Ltd
Unmanned Survey Solutions designs, builds and operates Unmanned Surface Vessels. For marine, scientific, commercial and environmental industries.
CIS (UK) Ltd
CIS (UK) Ltd create off-site, modular buildings for residential, commercial, education and healthcare sectors built off-site.
Best Business with a Purpose sponsored by Eden Project
Coastline Housing
Coastline Housing is a charitable housing association owning and managing over 4,500 homes.
Cornwall Air Ambulance
Cornwall Air Ambulance flies more than 800 lifesaving missions each year throughout Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
St Petrocs
St Petrocs works to end street homelessness in Cornwall by providing accommodation, support, advice, training and resettlement services to single homeless people.
Best Customer Service sponsored by St Austell Brewery
Blue Flame Heating
Founded in 1988 the firm support over 12,000 domestic, commercial and landlord customers with gas, electrical, oil, solid fuel, renewable and plumbing solutions.
Perfect Stays
Perfect Stays specialise in unique and luxurious self-catering holiday homes in spectacular locations across the South West.
Vision Independent Financial Planning Ltd
Vision is a network of Independent Financial Advisers and their clients throughout the country. Based in Falmouth, the company originally started, with 2 advisers in 2008 and now employs 40+ people to provide administration, finance and compliance support to over 125+ advisers nationwide.
Best Family Business sponsored by St Austell Printing Company
Colwith Farm Distillery Ltd
Colwith Farm Distillery is Cornwall’s first plough to bottle distillery – crafting premium vodka and gin from scratch using produce grown on our 5th generation family farm, nestled in Lanlivery.
Microtest Ltd
Microtest is one of the UK’s leading software suppliers for GP Surgeries in the NHS. Microtest’s clinical IT systems allow healthcare providers to deliver streamlined services, leading to improved patient care.
Treyone Woodcraft Ltd
Treyone is a family business which design, make and install kitchens that not only look and work beautifully but last for years. Kitchens that are 100% bespoke and custom-made.
Best Marketing Campaign sponsored by CEG
Beach Retreats
Beach Retreats are specialists in self-catering holidays, on a Cornish beach.
Their marketing campaign was a challenge to visit as many beaches as possible on the summer solstice in support of South West Coast Path Association, “40for40” campaign.
DCA Public Relations
DCA Public Relations offers PR, digital marketing, media relations, high-level stakeholder engagement, content creation, planning/development support and public consultations.
Their campaign was for client St Ives Business Improvement District to address negative attitudes to seagulls.
Triskel Marine Ltd
Triskel Marine Ltd is a small, high tech company providing a range of technologies delivering significant energy savings in the marine industry.
Their campaign was for a product launch for ‘Integrel’, an advanced generator replacement technology used for both propulsion and energy generation simultaneously – one engine, two jobs, less fuel
Best New Business sponsored by Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership
Pitched
Pitched works specifically with UK holiday parks and campsites. Offering holiday park booking software developed solely in-house, alongside their creative offerings of websites, design and digital media.
St Blazey Recycle Reuse Resale CIC
A shop filled with good furniture and white goods saved from the local HWRCs, sold at low prices to help families in crisis. We have saved 60 tonnes of furniture from landfill and uplifted many people struggling to cope.
Teacup Tearoom
The Teacup Tearoom is a Dog Friendly Vintage Tearoom nestled in the beautiful coastal village of Mevagissey that prides itself on a warm welcome for all of its customers.
Best Place to Work sponsored by Cornwall College Business Training
Bluefruit Software
Bluefruit Software are leading software specialists based in the UK delivering software engineering solutions for 18 years.
Frugi
Frugi is best known for ethically creating hard wearing and fun organic cotton clothes for babies, kids and adults too!
Whyfield
Whyfield is one of region’s fastest growing digital accountancy practices. Gold partners with Xero and Platinum partners with QuickBooks.
Business Leader of the Year sponsored by Unlocking Potential
Laura Whyte MD of Whyfield
Laura Whyte is Managing Director of Whyfield, one of region’s fastest growing digital accountancy practices.
Sean White owner of WeSUP
Sean White is the owner of WeSUP which began as a Stand-Up Paddleboard hire centre on Gyllyngvase Beach in 2010 and now has with 3 centres in the UK.
Simon Breckon MD of Kernow Fires
Simon Breckon is Managing Director of Kernow Fires who have been supplying and fitting wood burning stoves in Cornwall for almost two decades.
Circular Economy sponsored by Tevi
Cultivate Cornwall CIC
Cultivate Cornwall CIC was formed in 2016 mainly working with industry textile waste they use this to bring education, employment, engagement and environment to help communities grow.
Odyssey Innovation Ltd
Odyssey Innovation specialises in circular economy solutions for marine plastics. Challenged by the lack of facilities to recycle marine plastic recovered whilst diving, director Rob Thompson decided to recycle the plastic into kayaks.
Tinkebu
Tinkebu make sustainable and stylish wooden toys and kids’ furniture. The products are made from reclaimed and sustainably-sourced materials and for every toy sold they plant a tree.
Exporter of the Year sponsored by Cornwall Trade and Investment
Flann Microwave Ltd
Flann Microwave is a global market-leading designer and manufacturer of precision passive RF, Microwave and Millimetric products, solutions and services located in Bodmin.
Frugi
Frugi is best known for ethically creating hard wearing and fun organic cotton clothes for babies, kids and adults too!
Ideal Foods Ltd
Ideal Foods is a family run, international seafood company, with expertise in salmon co-products, shellfish, whitefish procurement and the high-risk baby food sector.
Growth Business of the Year sponsored by Access to Finance
Bluefruit Software
Bluefruit Software are leading software specialists based in the UK delivering software engineering solutions for 18 years.
Fluid Branding
Fluid Branding are a promotional merchandise supplier, providing branded promotional products, creative and innovative ideas, and fully managed online merchandise solutions for businesses large or small.
St Ewe Eggs
St Ewe Free Range Eggs are multi-award winning egg producers offering a diverse range of Westcountry Free Range Shell Egg & Pasteurised Liquid Egg.
Product of the Year sponsored by Business Cornwall
Mappix
Mappix is an education technology company provides a cloud-based platform for monitoring pupil progress in schools.
Their product is an online tracking platform for teachers in schools to track performance of pupils designed to reduce teacher workload and allow more time for making learning fun!
Oltco Ltd
Oltco is the UK’s leading independent resin floor specialist. With 15 years’ experience, Oltco offers outstanding products including resin driveways, patios, paths and pool surrounds.
Their product is Recycle Bound – the world’s first driveway solution utilising waste plastic which is already in circulation. Each square metre consists of the equivalent of 3,000 plastic straws
The Cornish Bed Company
The Cornish Bed Company is one of the last remaining foundries to hand cast iron, brass and nickel beds.
Their product is The Maud Bed – a modern take on a traditional Victorian design, hand forged at the company’s foundry in Par. Fully customisable, available in a range of colours and sizes, or bespoke to fit in awkward spaces
Sole Trader of the Year sponsored by The Growth Hub
Rachel Picken - Agile PR and Communications Ltd
Agile PR is a strategic communications consultancy that specialises using and teaching Agile Project Management.
Lauren Webb - Roscoe Communications
Marketing support for Cornwall businesses – whether you are a tourist attraction, accommodation provider or leisure interest.
Nick Eagles - Sports 4 Tots
Sports 4 Tots deliver sports classes to children between 2 and 7 years old. We specialise in getting young children active and engaged in sport at an early age and teach in a fun and inspiring way.
Young Business Person of the Year sponsored by Truro and Penwith College
Claire Mason from Kernow Fires
Claire Mason works at Kernow Fires who have been supplying and fitting wood burning stoves in Cornwall for almost two decades.
Katherine George owner of Oh So Social
Katherine George is the owner of Oh So Social the first agency in Cornwall to specialise in social media, the team now offers social media management, strategy and training services to businesses across the UK and internationally.
Samantha Charles owner of Float Digital
Samantha Charles is the owner of Float Digital an SEO & Google Ads agency delivering jargon-free Search Marketing campaigns that increase visibility in search engines and drive traffic.
