Over the past six months, businesses across Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire have submitted a record-breaking 140 entries to the 2026 TBE Awards.
Entries closed on Friday 25th September, and our judges have had the difficult task of reviewing all submissions to create the official shortlists for each of our 14 categories.
We are delighted to announce that the finalists are:
Innovation Award sponsored by SETsquared
- Holler Technologies
- Riviam
- Seedling
- Web Usability
Positive Business Award sponsored by Richardson Swift
- GEL Studios
- Right at Home Central Wiltshire
- Riviam
- Southby & Co
Best Creative Campaign
- Eat PR
- Floresco Media
- Social Butterfly Digital
Flying the Flag for the South West sponsored by Thrings
- SDO Associates
- Stonegate Farmers
- Tigerplay Airworks
- Urathon
Rising Star Award sponsored by University of Bath School of Management
- Katie Fuller, Purple Lime Accountancy
- Lydia Ward, SDO Associates
- Mango Reddy, All3 Consultancy
- Sophie Moore, Nine Feet Tall
Going for Growth sponsored Milsted Langdon
- All3 Consultancy
- GEL Studios
- PCB People
- SDO Associates
Sustainable Business of the Year Award sponsored by Invest in B&NES
- BELECTRIC UK
- Blackmore UK
- Blossom & Beau
- Wiltshire College & University Centre
Best User Experience sponsored by Tech Adoption for Growth
- Cecure Intelligence
- Fluff Software
- Hussey Seatway
- Rocketmakers
Charity/ Not-For-Profit Award
- Alabaré
- Bath Community Kitchen CIC
- Bath Mind
- Voices for Life
Best Start-up
- Brightkeel AI
- Holler Technologies Ltd
- Nook & Huddle
- Something Kind Of Woo
Going the Extra Mile sponsored by SWIG
- All3 Consultancy
- Rocketmakers
- Southby & Co
- Wealthtime
Leader of the Year sponsored by Chalkhill Blue
- Caroline Evans, Right at Home Central Wiltshire
- Graeme Leighfield, GEL Studios
- Iain Hatt, Wiltshire College & University Centre
- Richard Forster, Joint Operations
Dream Team Award sponsored by Runway East
- Joint Operations
- Social Butterfly Digital
- The Rethink Collective
- Urathon
Using Tech to Transform Business sponsored by Fracteura
- Digital Wonderlab
- PCB People
- Riviam
- Rocketmakers
Congratulations to all of our finalists and thank you to everyone who submitted an application this year.