2017 H&F Brilliant Business Awards Winners Revealed
Borough's brightest and best firms celebrated at Hammersmith Town Hall
Hammersmith and Fulham's brightest and best businesses have been crowned at the 2017 H&F Brilliant Business Awards at a ceremony held on Wednesday 15 November, at Hammersmith Town Hall.
Five businesses in Fulham, Hammersmith and Shepherd's Bush were shortlisted in the public vote category and the winners were those who achieved the most votes from their customers and the public. They were:
In Fulham: Playdays Parties
This children's entertainment company, specialising in inflatables and bouncy castles, was started by two good friends who children of their own in January 2015, and has since provided the fun at hundreds of parties across West London.
In Hammersmith: Lumi Power Yoga
The hugely popular King Street yoga studio and community has won the vote for the second year in a row.
In Shepherd's Bush: Naama Deli
It's a third win in a row for the Lebanese butcher, grill and delicatessen, offering fresh, seasonal food made with passion and creativity in Uxbridge Road.
More than 160 businesses took part in the Judges' Vote, with a panel of business experts taking on the unenviable task of selecting the winners.
The Best Small Business award, which had the most entries of all the categories, went to Green Bay Supermarket in North End Road in Fulham. It follows the supermarket's award for Best Business in Fulham in 2016, and co-owners Paula Alcalde and Anderson Caicedo could not have been happier.
The Green Bay team
"After winning an award last year we were not expecting to win anything this year so it was a great surprise,” said Anderson. "It is an honour to be recognised by the council for all the hard work we have put in since we opened the business."
Other big winners from SW6 included micro bakery Ma Baker, hummus producer the wittily named ChicP, bed and mattress specialist Button and Sprung, promotional company Buddy Burst and Vanston Place gastropub The Malthouse, which was voted Best Place to Drink.
Here is the complete list of Judges' Prize Winners in all 13 categories:
Best Art & Culture
Where history comes alive. Ancient buildings and tales, presented to modern-day visitors in a friendly, accessible way.
Best Creative
The micro bakery in the heart of Fulham delivers to local shops, while former teacher Liz Wilson runs bread-making classes to encourage more home baking. The bakery, which bakes additive and preservative-free bread, was a 2015 winner too.
Best Creative, Highly Commended
The Fulham-based hummus producer, founded five years ago on a pledge to reduce food waste, brings healthy, colourful dips to market, using raw veg.
Best Customer Service
From its dental surgery near Ravenscourt Park tube station, 92 Dental regularly wins praise from patients. Independently owned and run since 1985, it is equally at home with basic maintenance and more advanced treatments.
Best Design and Interiors
Success for the second year running for the seven-day-a-week showroom in Imperial Studios, Fulham; a cornucopia of matresses and beds with a 100-night return policy, giving you three months to change your mind.
Best Health & Beauty
Bianca Sainty Personal Training
Whether it’s personal training, small group work or circuit training, the Ravenscourt Park-based Bianca Sainty training team devices tailor-made packages to suit all aims and goals.
Best Independent Retailer
With addresses in Wandsworth Bridge Road, Fulham, and in Chiswick, The Eye Studio has offered a comprehensive eye care service since 1993, specialising in contact lenses, children’s eye care and Ortho-K vision correction.
Best Local Employer
Even if you don’t know the name of the TV commercial production firm based in Blythe Road, you’ll have heard their ads on the radio and seen them on the telly… from Typhoo Tea to Asda, Cadbury to Go Compare.
Best Local Employer, Highly Commended
One of west London’s most successful, and knowledgeable, estate agents, with branches in Hammersmith and Chiswick and a top-notch reputation for service and professionalism.
Best Local Employer, Highly Commended
The Shepherds Bush architecture practice specialises in individuality. Set up by Matt Keeler in 1994, it has won many awards and takes a pride in working on local community projects too.
Best New Business
The after-school and holiday hideaway, offering safe, secure fun for all, and run by qualified staff at Melcombe primary school for the under 11s in Fulham and Hammersmith.
Best New Business, Highly Commended
From its base in Wardo Avenue, Fulham, Buddy Burst supplies eco-friendly promotional products in the form of seeds, from sticks to packets, seed paper to seed kits, to make a business impact. In the past the company has worked with Toyota, RBS and the British Red Cross.
Best place to drink
The gastropub in Vanston Place, Fulham, two minutes from Fulham Broadway tube, has enviably high approval ratings on TripAdvisor, whether for breakfast, lunch or dinner… seven days a week. A part of the Jolly Fine Pub Group.
Best Place to Eat
An unusual Tunisian eatery at 77 Askew Road, Shepherds Bush, serving hearty English fry-ups by day, then morphing into a Mediterranean, Moroccan and Tunisian restaurant by night.
Best Small Business
Celebrating a year’s trading as North End Road’s vegan food supplier, and growing in popularity every month.
Best Social Enterprise or Charity
Hammersmith & Fulham Foodbank (HFFB)
Based in Christchurch hall in Studdridge Street, Fulham, the foodbank, now seven years old, gave out more than 5,000 three-day emergency food supply boxes in 2016, helped by a team of volunteers and donations of food.
Best Technology Business
The best tech winner is based in Parsons Green Lane, developing culture, leisure and healthcare apps and content experiences, advising companies and helping with marketing and exhibitions
This year's awards have had a record number of entries, encompassing a huge range of services and products. "We know that Hammersmith & Fulham is one of the best places to do business in Europe," said Cllr Andrew Jones, H&F Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Regeneration.
"This parade of winners confirms it, with these awards illustrating the verve and vigour of local enterprise which survives and thrives despite the uncertainty of Brexit."
You can see a gallery of pictures taken at the ceremony here.
November 17, 2017
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