The 2023 Lanarkshire Business Excellence Awards are hosted by South and North Lanarkshire Councils and sponsored by Albert Bartlett, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.

The gala dinner attracts more than 400 guests from Lanarkshire’s business community and public sector. This year’s event is hosted by comedian and broadcaster Fred Macaulay.

The 2022 awards saw incredibly high-quality applications from Lanarkshire businesses and organisations of all sizes, across all sectors, giving the judging panels the unenviable and extremely difficult task of short listing finalists and selecting winners in each category.

This year’s finalists are:

Lanarkshire’s Best Business (0-10 employees), sponsored by Red Tree Business Suites @ Clyde Gateway:

• Big Bite Catering
• Cube Wraps
• Jigsaw Travel Ltd  
• The Biggar Gallery

Lanarkshire’s Best Business (11-50 employees):

• Bavarian Bakehouse
• CD Architects Ltd
• John McGeady Ltd
• McCrae Training  

Lanarkshire’s Best Business (51+ employees), sponsored by UKSE:

• Antibody Analytics
• Parker Technical Services
• Probe Test Solutions
• The Boxshop Ltd

Lanarkshire’s Innovation in Business Award, sponsored by Commsworld:

• Cairn Ecology
• Sprinktec
• The Power Within Training  
• UK Rubber

Lanarkshire’s Food & Drink Award, sponsored by Developing the Young Workforce Lanarkshire:

• Bavarian Bakehouse  
• Big Bite Catering
• Lazy Day Foods
• R&W Scott

Lanarkshire’s Best New Business, sponsored by Business Gateway Lanarkshire:

• MDH Recruitment
• Netzero Facades
• POMO Robotics
• Rossco Training Academy

Lanarkshire’s Apprentice of the Year, sponsored by North Lanarkshire’s Working and South Lanarkshire Works 4 U:

• Antibody Analytics – Elias Bleyl
• DMG Services Group – Kyle Burns
• Mage Control Systems – Alan Mackay
• MGB Services – Ross McMillan

Excellence in Customer Service, sponsored by Visit Lanarkshire:

• Cumbernauld Theatre Trust
• Jigsaw Travel Ltd
• Pest Solutions  
• USAVE Utility Contracts

Lanarkshire Community Impact Award, sponsored by Morgan Sindall & Lovell Homes:

• Climate Action Strathaven
• Larkhall & District Volunteer Group
• Morphit Gentle Movement Project
• Motherwell FC Community Trust, Motherwell

Lanarkshire’s Green Business Award, sponsored by Procast Building Contracts:

• Equi’s Ice Cream 
• Strathaven Airfield
• Utopi

The winners of each of the ten awards categories will be announced at the dinner on 1st September at Motherwell Concert Hall.

There are still some tickets available. For more details and to book tickets visit the Lanarkshire Business Awards website.