- Winners, runners up and ones to watch announced across 15 categories in the Growth Finance Awards
- Prizes have been awarded at the inaugural event at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, hosted by Claudia Winkleman
All the Winners, Runners Up and Ones to Watch have been announced in the first-ever Growth Finance Awards ceremony.
The UK’s top providers of growth finance were celebrated across 15 categories of awards in a black-tie event celebrating the wide range of financial options available to SMEs. By innovating their customer offering and providing advice and guidance, these lenders make every penny count. With the capital they provide, more entrepreneurs across the UK can realise their ambitions and achieve their potential.
The Growth Finance Awards launched this year in order to celebrate the companies providing “more than finance” to the UK’s growing businesses. It’s the first event of its kind, celebrating the innovative organisations breathing optimism into all regions of the UK by helping ambitious SMEs to scale new heights. These growth champions provide the vital capital inflows – around £79.7 billion last year – that help thousands of businesses to scale-up, boost productivity and create new jobs up and down the country.
All winners were revealed yesterday at an exclusive black-tie dinner hosted by Claudia Winkleman for over 300 guests at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.
“We launched the Growth Finance Awards in order to recognise the champions of small business finance. We’re celebrating the companies who are playing a vital role in the UK’s start-up and scale-up up ecosystem, championing and providing finance so that SMEs can realise their growth ambitions and reach their full potential,” says Guy Tolhurst, Managing Director of Intelligent Partnership, the company behind the awards.
He adds: “Congratulations to all of the winners across all the categories. Just to be recognised as a finalist is a great achievement itself, but to take home a prize is a truly impressive accolade. I look forward to next year’s event and continuing to educate growing businesses about the wide variety of financial options that are available to them.”
With thanks to the Growth Finance Awards’ sponsors who made the event possible:
Adempi
The British Business Bank
Goji
Inreview
Quantuma
RWBlears
Best Marketing Campaign
Winner: Henry Howard Finance
Runner up: Funding Options
One to watch: Barclays High Growth
Best Customer Experience
Winner: Barclays Eagle Labs
Runner up: Just Cashflow
One to watch: Growthdeck
Best Place to Work
Winner: Growthdeck
Runner up: Redwood Bank
One to watch: Henry Howard Finance
Best Use of Technology
Winner: Tide
Runner up: Simply
One to watch: Henry Howard Finance
Innovative Product of the Year
Winner: Innovate UK
Runner up: Archover
One to watch: Tide
Best Fund Manager
Winner: Downing
Runner up: CORDET
One to watch: Triple Point
Best P2P Business Lender
Winner: LendingCrowd
Runner up: Kuflink
One to watch: Crowd2Fund
Specialist Lender of the Year
Winner: Triple Point
Runner up: Downing
One to watch: Woodsford RxBridge
Venture Debt Provider of the Year
Winner: Columbia Lake Partners
Runner up: Barclays High Growth
One to watch: Shawbrook Bank
Best Invoice Finance Provider
Winner: Ultimate Finance
Runner up: Satago
One to watch: Banking Circle
Best Challenger Bank
Winner: OakNorth Bank
Runner up: Tandem
One to watch: Redwood Bank
Digital Lender of the Year
Winner: Capital on Tap
Runner up: TradeRiver
One to watch: CORDET
Direct Lending Platform of the Year
Winner: TradeRiver
Runner up: Invocap
One to watch: 365 Business Finance
Growth Finance Provider of the Year
Winner: Fleximize
Runner up: Paypal
One to watch: Columbia Lake Partners
Business Growth Enabler
Winner: Capital on Tap
Runner up: Triple Point
One to watch: Nucleus Commercial Finance
For further information please visit growthfinanceawards.com