Finalists

Our 2025 Harrogate Business Awards finalists are:

Best Independent Business of the Year

Live For Today
The Yorkshire Hearing Clinic
Claire Baxter Galleries
Harrogate Ghost Walk
Harrogate Olde Sweet Shop

Rural Business of the Year

Yolk Farm
Vicky Anderson Business Services
Yorkshire Heart LTD
The Wellington Inn, Darley

Small to Medium Business of the Year

Live For Today
Right at Home Harrogate
VetDentist
NaughtOne
Howard Conrad

Business Leader/Entrepreneur of the Year

Simon Midgley, Starling, Harrogate
Bob Partridge, VetDentist
Martin Holdsworth, IDR Law
Joanna Fox, Harrogate Ladies' College (Duchy College)
Marc Wise, Live For Today

Employee Health & Wellbeing Award

Harrogate Ladies' College (Duchy Collge)
Fineline VAR

Retail or Leisure Business of the Year

Harrogate International Festivals
Fodder - Great Yorkshire Food Hall
Harrogate Olde Sweet Shop
Claire Baxter Galleries
The Japanese Shop Ltd

Hospitality Business of the Year

Starling, Harrogate
Fat Badger Group
Number Thirteen
The West Park Hotel

Sustainability Award

Clearpoint Recycling
Progress Consulting Ltd
Transdev Blazefield, trading as The Harrogate Bus Company
Techbuyer
Resurrected Bites

Technology & Digital Award

Howard Conrad
Nuumad
IDR Law
Live For Today
Suffrago Limited

Business in the Community Award

Labcorp
Brackenfield School
Starling Harrogate
The living room Starbeck

Tourism Award

Mother Shipton's Cave
Harrogate International Festivals
Turkish Baths Harrogate
How Stean Gorge - ABK Invest UK
Harrogate Ghost Walk
Stump Cross Caverns

Large Business of the Year

Transdev Blazefield, trading as The Harrogate Bus Company
Labcorp