Gosport Business Awards
The council is working in partnership with The News, 22Midnight and St Vincent College, along with headline sponsor StandardAero, to stage the Gosport Business Awards 2024, with the Awards ceremony at the college's Jervis Gallery on the evening of Thursday 23rd May (more details, including ticket registration, provided below).
Gosport Business Awards 2024
Celebrating Gosport based star and rising star businesses!
A total of nine awards are up for grabs this year to help showcase the wide range of businesses across the borough and the contribution that they make to the local economy:
- Independent Small Business of the Year
- Commitment to Supporting Talent in Business
- Best Use of Heritage in Business
- Independent Retail Business of the Year
- Independent Tourism/Hospitality Business of the Year
- Independent Cultural and Creativity Business of the Year
- Commitment to Sustainability Award
- Start-up Business of the Year (less than 2 years)
Overall Business Award (selected from winners of the above categories)
Headline sponsor StandardAero Group Managing Director Simon Jones said: "StandardAero is proud to be the headline sponsor for the 2024 Gosport Business Awards. As the largest employer in the Gosport area we are delighted to have the opportunity to recognise and celebrate our neighbouring businesses of all shapes and sizes. We are privileged to contribute to a commercial community of fantastic companies and people that together will improve the prospects and prosperity of our area."
Gosport Business Awards 2024 ceremony
The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday 23rd May from 1800 to 2100hrs at the Jervis Gallery, St Vincent College. In addition to showcasing the shortlisted, commended and winning companies the ceremony will also provide networking opportunities for the wider business community. As part of the celebrations food, refreshments, entertainment and a licensed bar will be available.
Tickets cost £25 per person and registration is via Eventbrite.
The schedule for the evening is as follows:
| 1800-1830 | Registration, refreshments and networking |
| 1830-1845 | Welcome and introductions by representatives from The Portsmouth News (on behalf of the organisers), StandardAero (Awards headline sponsor) and St Vincent College (Awards venue host) |
| 1845-1900 | Keynote speech by Mike McGeever, co-founder and Chairman of Gosport based Powder Monkey Brewing Company. Prior to this Navy veteran Mike held senior positions in a range of security and facilities management companies before founding his own company, Transguard Group. Under his stewardship it grew to become one of the largest security companies in the world, headquartered in the UAE with over 55,000 employees world-wide. Since retiring in 2015 he has continued to be active in the business world as a Non-Executive Director, investor and most recently in 2021 co-founding Powder Monkey Brewing. Following a successful funding round in 2023 it has expanded internationally with the acquisition of Southern Highlands Brewing Co. in Australia, which will also facilitate the Powder Monkey Group's access to South East Asia markets. |
| 1900-1945 | Food, refreshments and networking |
| 1945-2045 | Awards presentations |
| 2045-2100 | Concluding remarks (including announcement about GBA 2025 headline sponsor) and group photographs of winning and commended businesses |
| 2100 | Event ends |
Gosport Business Awards event sponsors
Gosport Business Awards is a not for profit event with all sponsorship income used to make it a great experience for all involved. It will showcase the very best of the local business community and the organisers are grateful to the following corporate sponsors for helping to make the event happen:
- StandardAero (headline sponsor)
- Daedalus Development Company
- Frost Creative
- Powder Monkey Brewing Co.
As sponsors they are not only raising their own profile locally but also helping to support those that are shortlisted and ultimately win the awards to do the same. With a number of the awards focused on Gosport's independent small business community this will make a real difference to those individual businesses that take part.
Gosport Borough Council Leader Cllr Peter Chegwyn said: "Gosport has a fantastic business community which is essential in helping to grow our local economy and create jobs and opportunities for local people, a key priority for the council. So we are delighted to be supporting these awards, which will rightly recognise all sectors of local business, from small independents and start-ups to retail and tourism and those showing their commitment to sustainability."
Portsmouth News Editor in chief Mark Waldron said: "The News enjoys nothing more than celebrating the successes of our local communities and that includes shining the spotlight on those businesses which are really making a difference.
"We have just completed another successful Business Excellence Awards with a sell-out evening at The Guildhall and we are delighted to be bringing that focus right into the heart of Gosport by teaming up with the St Vincent College, the borough council and 22Midnight to launch Gosport Business Awards 2024."
St Vincent College Principal Andy Grant said: "We are really excited about this opportunity to highlight the many fantastic businesses in our town. We work with a number of employers, both large and small, and have long thought that they should have the chance to shout about themselves and to give people a chance to appreciate what they do.
"The awards aren't just about the big employers, we want to celebrate the small businesses and shops who are there day in, day out for the community and who go the extra mile to make life better for their clients and customers.
"We also want to highlight those companies and businesses who contribute to tourism, heritage, culture and, importantly, sustainability. We want Gosport's business awards to reflect every aspect of life in the town."
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