Local Firms Win at the West London Chamber's Awards

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Gala evening at the Clayton Hotel celebrates business success

Hearing Well of Chiswick High Road took this year's Best Retailer award

December 8, 2023

The West London Chambers of Commerce Business Awards were held recently at the Clayton Hotel in Chiswick.

The black tie, gala dinner saw awards handed out in 20 categories with the overall prize of Best Business of the Year going to Ajar Technology, which started in an Ealing bedroom and now has over 60 employees. Its solutions include control environments, large format digital media display, physical & cyber security, as well as smart building and home automation.

The Best Retailer award went to Hearing Well, the hearing specialist based on Chiswick High Road and Best New business went to Room 2 which recently opened an aparthotel just off the High Road.

Entertainment was laid on by Max Hodge, a student at the Arts Educational School.

Representatives of Room2 receive their Best New Business award

The are held every year to celebrate growing business success across Hounslow, Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham and are open to all business across the three boroughs, whether they are Chamber members or not.

This year the awards ranged from Best Charity of the Year to Best Exporter to the year. Keynote speakers included Seema Malhotra, MP for Feltham & Heston and Shadow Minister for Skills, Jonathan Brenton, Director of Public Affairs at Pernod Ricard, and Cllr Shantanu Rajawat, Leader of Hounslow Council, alongside his counterparts from Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham.

290 guests attended the event at the Clayton Hotel in Chiswick

Sally Smith, COO of West London Chambers said, ‘2023 was the 10th anniversary for the Awards and were the best yet! This year entries to the Awards increased from 94 to 153, which is a 62% increase. The Awards dinner was at capacity with 290 guests and the calibre of entries this year was really high. The Awards are the high light of our year, and we could not do all we do without the support of our businesses and our sponsors. Congratulations to you all.’

Ajar Technology was awarded Best Business of the Year

Tara Mclaughlin of Ajar Technology said, "Winning the Best Business award is both a huge honour and validation for our team who go the extra mile every day to keep our clients happy and our business moving forward in the right direction. We’re all standing a little bit taller today. Thank you to the West London Chamber of Commerce for this recognition. It means the world."

The award winners gather together

Below are all the winners:

Best Business for Health & Wellbeing
• Joint Winners: Livat Hammersmith and Silver Linings Wellbeing
• Highly Commended: 7 HOPES LONDON and Anchor Counselling

Best Business for Hospitality & Leisure
• Winner: DoubleTree by Hilton London-Ealing Hotel
• Highly Commended: Ibis London Earls Court and ILEC conference centre

Best Business for Marketing and Social Media
• Winner: WSI Digital Advisors
• Highly Commended: Livat Hammersmith and PinkSEO Ltd

Best Business Support & Advice/Service Company
• Joint Winners: Branduin Business Support Ltd and Lampton Services Commercial Recycling and Waste
• Highly Commended: Oasis Accountants Limited and OOGL

Best Charity Social Enterprise
• Winner: The Upper Room
• Highly Commended: CHEF

Best Entrepreneur
• Winner: Stylus Networks
• Highly Commended: CHEF and Serving Our Superheros

Best Exporter of the Year
• Winner: Hydro-C Ltd
• Highly Commended: Russell Finex

Best Green Business
• Winner: Russell Finex
• Highly Commended: Lampton Greenspace360 and Room2

Best Micro Company
• Winner: CBA Rope Access Ltd
• Highly Commended: WSI Digital Advisors

Best New Business
• Winner: Room2
• Highly Commended: Agtelligence LTD

Best Retailer
• Winner: Hearing Well
• Highly Commended: Abstract House

Best Security Business – cyber & physical
• Winner: Kingfisher SEC
• Highly Commended: Ajar Technology

Best Small Company
• Winner: Dollsface Aesthetics London Ltd
• Highly Commended: Woodford Tools Ltd

Best Tech Business
• Winner: Agtelligence
• Highly Commended: Ajar Technology

Creative Business of the Year
• Winner: Ink'ed London
• Highly Commended: Agtelligence

Education & Training of the Year
• Winner: West Thames College
• Highly Commended: The University of West London

Employer of the Year
• Winner: Ibis London Earls Court and ILEC Conference Centre
• Highly Commended: The Mulberry Centre

Lifetime achievement
• Sardar Singh

Community Award
• Ealing Trailfinders Foundation & Community Team

Chamber of Commerce Recognition Award
• Fulham Broadway BID, Hammersmith BID and Your Acton BID

Business of the year
• Winner: Ajar Technology

 

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