The 2019 Winners
Find out more about the winning businesses for the Cornwall Business Awards 2019 and why they made it to the top out of hundreds of entries in the fourteen categories.
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.
Best Business with a Purpose sponsored by Eden Project
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.
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.
Best Marketing Campaign sponsored by CEG
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Exporter of the Year sponsored by Cornwall Trade and Investment
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.
Product of the Year sponsored by Business Cornwall
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
Sole Trader of the Year sponsored by The Growth Hub
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.
Pirate FM Brand Builder Award
Odyssey Innovations Ltd
Odyssey Innovation specialises in circular economy solutions for marine plastics and recycles plastic into kayaks.
Business of the Year
Cornwall Air Ambulance
Cornwall Air Ambulance flies more than 800 lifesaving missions each year throughout Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
