Winners 2026

Overall Winner

Creative Stripes

We are an award-winning marketing agency dedicated to helping brands achieve their full potential. From strategy and visual identity to full-scale campaigns, we partner with businesses who are ready to grow – with clarity and creativity.

2026

Best Enterprising Business

Gold Winner: Vetsure Pet Insurance

Silver Winner: Midnight Blue

2026

Best New Business

Gold Winner: Millie Moo & friends

Silver Winner: The Phoenix Project Online Learning

2026

Business Innovation

Gold Winner: Creative Stripes

Silver Winner: Silver and Elegant Co.

2026

Business of the Year less than 50 Employees

Gold Winner: Emelec Building Services

Silver Winner: Stag Cleaning Group

2026

Business of the Year more than 50 Employees

Gold Winner: EMW Law LLP

Silver Winner: Welwyn Grange

2026

Business Person of the Year

Gold Winner: Prashant Parmar – BTLITC

Silver Winner: Benjamin Vis – Panthera

2026

Business Woman of the Year

Gold Winner: Kara Mesiano – Watford BID

Silver Winner: Anna Peck – Midnight Blue

2026

Community Business of the Year

Gold Winner: Home-Start Watford & Three Rivers

Silver Winner: Watford FC’s Community Sports and Education Trust

2026

Digital Business of the Year

Gold Winner: Visual Immersion

Silver Winner: Security Everywhere

2026

Employer of the Year

Gold Winner: NBM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Silver Winner: Emelec Building Services

2026

Entrepreneur of the Year

Gold Winner: Ashley Gray – Vetsure Pet Insurance

Silver Winner: Lydia Berman – Creative Stripes

2026

Family Business of the Year

Gold Winner: T Nevill & Co.

Silver Winner: Home Health UK

2026

Franchise Business of the Year

Gold Winner: The Inclusion Project

Silver Winner: Sales Geek South & West Herts

2026

High Growth Business of the Year

Gold Winner: Panthera

2026

Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Business of the Year

Gold Winner: Ocean Bells Coffee

Silver Winner: Nu You Pilates

2026

Networking Group of the Year

Gold Winner: Padel Business Connect

Silver Winner: The Creative Minds Alliance

2026

People Growth and Development Award

Gold Winner: DOHR

2026

Positive Impact Award

Gold Winner: Twenty-Two Business Support & Development

Silver Winner: EMW Law LLP

2026

Service Excellence

Gold Winner: Ocean Kids and Family Salon®

Silver Winner: Domestic Group⁺

2026

Skillmaker Education Award

Gold Winner: BizComm

Silver Winner: Brightway Education

2026

Sustainability Award

Gold Winner: Domestic Group⁺

2026

Young Business Person of the Year

Gold Winner: Fleur West – WeAre Education

Silver Winner: Jack Findlay – ROBERT GEORGE

Finalists 2026

Geeky Bee

Midnight Blue

T Nevill & Co.

Twenty-Two Business Support & Development

Vetsure Pet Insurance

Cafe@MarketSt

Debutots Watford To RADLETT

Millie Moo & Friends

Pink Spaghetti Watford PA Services

Sales Geek – South & West Herts

The Florist Watford

The Phoenix Project Online Learning

Welwyn Grange

Amanartis at House of Amma – The Art of Living

BTLITC

Creative Stripes

Geeky Bee

Silver and Elegant Co

TTA

Domestic Group⁺

Emelec Building Services

Home Health UK

Home-Start Watford & Three Rivers

NBM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Panthera

Stag Cleaning Group

T Nevill & Co

Arena security

EMW Law LLP

Welwyn Grange

Benjamin Vis – Panthera

Francis West – Security Everywhere

Greg O’Sullivan – Time For You Bishops Stortford

Kalpesh Shah – The Massage Company

Lee Romi – Photo Fabulous

Lydia Berman – Creative Stripes

Prashant Parmar – BTLITC

Anna Allerton – Allerton Coaching & Consulting

Anna Peck – Midnight Blue

Kara Mesiano – Watford BID

Lee Romi – Photo Fabulous

Louise Hammond – BeeKind Services

Ruth O’Sullivan – Time For You Bishops Stortford

Sinziana Raileanu – dns accountants Watford-Hemel Hempstead

Home-Start Watford & Three Rivers

MCR Pathways

NeuroRelate

Signpost Counselling

The Inclusion Project

Watford FC’s Community Sports and Education Trust

Aswin Web Design

BTLITC

Geeky Bee

Resonate Design

Saturate Marketing

Security Everywhere

Visual Immersion

Blue Cross Dental Care

Emelec Building Services

Home Health UK

NBM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Ashley Gray – Vetsure Pet Insurance

Charlotte Austin-Howell – Pink Spaghetti Watford PA Services

Julian Coleman – Julian Coleman Photography

Lee Romi – Photo Fabulous

Lydia Berman – Creative Stripes

Maheen Wasay – BizComm

Nathaniel Hawley – Divergent Thinking

ACS

Cafe@MarketSt

Home Health UK

In-Excess Removals

ROBERT GEORGE

T Nevill & Co

Twenty-Two Business Support & Development

Time For You Bishops Stortford

Pink Spaghetti Watford PA Services

Sales Geek South & West Herts

The Inclusion Project

Vision Express Watford

Veg Chennai SriLalitha Watford

Cafe@MarketSt

Mark Newton Exp

Nu You Pilates

Ocean Bells Coffee

VRXtra

3 Counties Expo

Jewish Business Connect

Connect to Connect Exclusive Business Networking

WD1

Padel Business Connect

The Creative Minds Alliance

CHF Decluttering

EMW Law LLP

Home-Start Watford & Three Rivers

Social Ready

The Massage Company

The Phoenix Project Online Learning

Twenty-Two Business Support & Development

Watford Town Centre Chaplaincy

Heather and Rose Health

Blue Cross Dental Care

Bodylogics Health and Fitness Clinic

Broxbourne Enterprise Centre’s

Domestic Group⁺

Midnight Blue

Ocean Kids and Family Salon®

The Inclusion Project

Vetsure Pet Insurance

BizComm

Brightway Education

Domestic Group⁺

Fleur West – WeAre Education

Jack Findlay – ROBERT GEORGE