Winners for the 7th English Asian Business Awards 2018 have been revealed after a glamorous, black-tie awards ceremony was held on the 30th of July at the International Suite at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel.
The awards acknowledged and honoured the determination, entrepreneurial spirit and hard work of English Asian businesswomen and businessmen at the forefront of their industries and their significant contributions to their respective business sectors.
The event is run yearly by Oceanic Consulting, the UK’s leading ethnic consulting and promotions organisation in the UK, who were shortlisted at the Asian Media Awards 2017 for their work in the Marketing & PR Sector and are responsible for some of the most successful and well-known events in the country such as the British Indian Awards and English Curry Awards amongst others.
They are also responsible for the Scottish Asian Business Awards which is now in its 13th year as well as launching the London Asian Business Awards last year which were a massive success.
Irfan Younis, CEO of Oceanic Consulting said: “We would like to congratulate all the finalists and winners of the 7th English Asian Business Awards 2018. Year upon year we have seen the achievements of Asians increase in the business sector and we are already looking forward to what next year has in store.”
The evening also helped raise funds for Oceanic Well, a fundraising initiative by the Well Foundation. The Well Foundation’s primary aim is to raise money in order to install hand pumps and deep bore wells and establish health and sanitation programmes and ultimately provide safe, clean drinking water for all.
With 31 awards presented on the night, the winners are as follows:
Entrepreneur of the Year went to Amit Pate (Snaptivity, London)
Small Retail Business of the Year went to Artz-i (Bradford)
Best in Law went to Irfan Munir (MWG Solicitors, Manchester)
Corporate Leader of the Year went to Paul Thandi(NEC Group, Birmingham)
Rising Star of the Year went to Harj Hir (Leicester City Football Club, Leicester)
Young Entrepreneur of the Year went to Sharmin Akter (Total Solutions Group, Welwyn Garden City)
Convenience Retailer of the Year went to Premier Eldred Stores (Orpington)
Community Award went to Association of Blind Asians (Leeds)
Wholesaler of the Year went to Khanjra & Co(Blackburn)
Best Food Establishment went to Mother Hubbards (Bradford)
Creative Entrepreneur Of The Year went to Faresh Maisuria (Blueberry Marketing, Leeds)
Woman Of The Year went to Anjum Khan (Birmingham Chambers of Commerce, Birmingham)
Businessman of the Year went to Bilal (Manchester Stores, Manchester)
Businesswoman of the Year went to Seema Malhotra (Forever Unique, Manchester)
Business of the Year went to Leed’s Association of Blind Asians (Leeds)
Businesswoman of the Year went to Bharti Patel (Guide Security, Blackburn)
Business of the Year went to Nine Group (Watford)
Micro Business of the Year went to Cofi Coo (Birmingham)
New Business of the Year went to LogicAlly (Cambridge)
Digital Business of the Year went to Wow Zone (Birmingham)
SME Business of the Year went to Yeme Architects (Bradford)
Impact Business of the Year went to Stanmore Contractors (Erith)
International Business of the Year went to Awan Marketing (Birmingham)
Family Run Business of the Year went to Clifton Packaging Group (Leicester)
Creative Business of the Year went to Pasha (Bradford)
Best Professional in Business went to Ayesha Nayyar (Nayyars Solicitors, Manchester)
Retail Business of the Year went to Scent Salim (Leeds)
Power Business of the Year went to Cofresh Snack Foods (Leicester)
Best Food Business went to KQF (Darjeeling Express, Westminister)
Rising Star in Law went to Broadway House Chambers (Bradford)
Organisers Business of the Year went to Faum Design (Bradford)
