Winners

It is with great pleasure that we announce the WINNERS of the Kingston Borough Business Awards 2023.

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Outstanding Business Social Impact Award

Winner: Robyn Harper Photography

Robyn Harper Photography is a portrait photography business with a focus on storytelling and giving people a voice. This year I wanted to expose violence and abuse against women through photography, documentary and written stories, and formed the Pearl Project in collaboration with Voices of Hope and other partners.

www.robynharper.com

Ian Lipscombe, Partner at Pearson Hards, with Robyn Harper, Robyn Harper Photography
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Best Marketing Campaign Award

Winner: Time & Leisure Media

Time & Leisure is the No. 1 magazine of choice for businesses and readers in South West London and Surrey. The Kingston edition has built a loyal readership over 20 years. Our lifestyle media channels reach over 312,000 readers every month in print, online, social and at events.

www.timeandleisuremedia.co.uk

Martin Booth (left), Director of LeBoo Media, with Lucy Kane, Mike Reed, Tina Lofthouse, Melanie Burgess, all of Time & Leisure Media
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Young Professional of the Year Award

Winner: Jade Quirke of Russell-Cooke Solicitors

Established in the 1880s by the Cooke brothers, Russell-Cooke LLP has evolved and significantly expanded over the last 140 years. At present, the firm has offices in Central London, Putney and Kingston upon Thames. The company prides itself on its breadth of expertise and Top 100 status.

www.russell-cooke.co.uk

Matt Barnes (left), Wolters Kluwer’s Sales Director, with Jade Quirke, Russell-Cooke Solicitors
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Best Charity of the Year Award

Winner: Momentum Children’s Charity

We support families whose children are facing cancer or a life-challenging condition. We partner with nine local hospitals, including Kingston, to offer tailored support both in hospital and at home. Our support services include counselling, creative therapies, experiences and respite breaks. We also undertake ward refurbishments, transforming children’s clinical areas.

www.momentumcharity.org

David Twaite, Rotary Club, with Victoria Futcher, Momentum Children’s Charity
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Developing Young People’s Skills Award

Winner: TG Consulting Ltd

TG Consulting is an independent consultancy that specialises in connecting educators, students and employers, with a clear focus on social mobility, diversity and inclusion. It provides unrivalled higher education insights to help employers tailor recruitment campaigns
and products, engage academics and reach students from a diverse background.

www.tgconsultingltd.co.uk

Tonia Galati, TG Consulting with Clive Lissaman, Head of Employability, Kingston College
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Excellence in Food and Beverage Award

Winner: The Wych Elm

North Kingston’s award-winning Wych Elm is a great little pub nestled in the heart of its community.
Family-run by independent owner-operators, we are committed to keeping this neighbourhood pub a proper local with delicious food, quality drink and excellent, friendly service.

www.thewych.co.uk

Kirsten Henly (right), Chief Executive of Kingston First, with Charlotte Salaman and Michael Person, the Wych Elm Kingston
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Creative Use of Technology Award

Winner: JNDC

Our core focus is ‘design for manufacture’. Quite simply, the designs we engineer are aligned to the most ‘fit for purpose’ manufacturing process. Time, quality and cost are the three key elements to consider throughout the design for manufacture process.

www.jndc.co.uk

Blake Edwards from IQ in IT (centre) with Steph Edwick and Dean Carran (right), JNDC
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Best Start-Up of the Year Award

Winner: Kingston Beats C.I.C.

Kingston Beats is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company set up by recently arrived Hongkongers. We aim to build a support network for Hongkongers who have recently immigrated, or are planning to immigrate, to settle here, maintain their cultural heritage and contribute to the
wellbeing and development of the Kingston community.

www.kingstonbeats.co.uk

Ian Roberts (left), Head of Kingston Business School at Kingston University with Agnes Yung, Mike Li, Richard Cheung, Betty Wong, Kingston Beats C.I.C.
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Developing Employees Award

Winner: Comfort Care At Home

We are a multi award-winning domiciliary care provider. We support elderly people to remain safe and independent while living in their own homes for as long as possible. We provide peace of mind to family members, so they know that their loved ones are cared for as part of our family.

www.comfortcareathome.co.uk

Richard Sharpe, Head of Unilever UK, with Shamsah Lalji, Comfort Care At Home
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Excellence in Professional Services Award

Winner: Summers-Inman

Summers-Inman provides a diverse range of construction consultancy services, specialising in quantity surveying, project and programme management, building surveying, health and safety management, and environmental advisory services. They have been operating for over 100 years, challenging convention, applying a can-do attitude, and committing to quality and service excellence.

www.summers-inman.co.uk

Rachel Stewart, Partner at Russell-Cooke Solicitors with Lee Orchard, Director, Summers-Inman
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Excellence in Customer Experience Award

Winner: Visiting Angels North Surrey

Visiting Angels North Surrey provides personalised care to help people remain living in their own home. We know that home is where the heart is. Treating our caregivers well is important to us, as we want the very best caregivers to provide the very best quality care to clients and their families.

www.visiting-angels.co.uk/northsurrey

Chris Hirsch, Managing Partner, Holland Hahn & Wills, with Lynn and Chris James, Visiting Angels North Surrey
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Responsible Workplace Award

Winner: 7DOTS

We are an independent creative tech agency who create and build beautiful, frictionless brand experiences. Traditionally, creativity and technology have been seen as two separate disciplines, but we know that blending the two produces the most rewarding human experiences.

www.7dots.com

Matthew Essex (left), Executive Director of Place, Kingston Council, with Ed Gossage, Nicola Fish, Missy Clements and Sam Page of 7DOTS
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Outstanding Green Business Champion Award

Winner: AuLaw Organic Farm UK C.I.C.

Based in New Malden, we connect the community by promoting and practising sustainable co-farming. We provide Asian vegetable seedlings and transform gardens and public space into farming beds to grow your own. We also organise skills workshops and farm-to-table sharing to facilitate a multicultural exchange in the Kingston area.

www.aulawfarmuk-cic.com

Councillor John Sweeney, Portfolio Holder for Business, Recycling & Customer Care, with Yu Wing Wong, AuLaw Organic Farm UK C.I.C.
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Best Business Providers Award

Winner: West9 Design Ltd

West9 Design helps businesses and causes to visually communicate their proposition, allowing them to stand out in their market, be proud to show up and attract more of the right connections. From creative design and branding to websites, I help service-based businesses, charities and not-for-profits establish their visual identities.

www.west9design.co.uk

Forbes Low of the Kingston Chamber with Claire Harrison, West9 Design
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Independent ‘Love Local’ Retailer Award

Winner: Not My Beautiful House

NMBH is a pop-up shop, gallery and event space made by students with support from Union of Kingston Students and Studio KT1. Staffed by graduates, it sells work from students, alumni and local creatives. Yes, the name comes from the Talking Heads song Once in a Lifetime. Our students quite literally rock.

www.notmybeautifulhouse.co.uk

Daniel Rosier, General Manager at DoubleTree by Hilton Kingston, with Hannah Price and Maya Griffiths of Not My Beautiful House