Awards 2025

We'll be celebrating on 20th November at Energus-ticket sales are now closed.

The shortlisted finalists are as follows:

Business of the Year (sponsored by Sellafield Ltd)

• Cumbria Health
• Forth
• No Name Travel

Business Person of the Year (sponsored by Westinghouse)

• Vicky Brown (No Name Travel)
• Zoe Billings (Adapt and Evolve Consultancy)
• Rob Jones (Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick)

Charity of the Year (sponsored by Cavendish)

• Cumbria Youth Alliance
• Always Another Way
• Outbound Bound
• Great North Air Ambulance

Rising Star (sponsored by KBR)

• Jack Farrington (Morgan Sindall)
• Jamie Leigh Blair (Morgan Sindall)
• Leigh Brown (Orano)
• Rocco Boyd (West Cumberland Group)
• Aaron Neary (Ansaldo)
• Brad Goulding (Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick)

Empowering the Next Generation (sponsored by Delkia)

• Engineering Centre of Excellence
• David Allen IT Solutions
• West Cumberland Group
• Ansaldo

Growing Business (sponsored by Morgan Sindall)

• Alpha
• 3D 360
• Adamedia

Micro Business (sponsored by Amentum)

• Precision HR
• Clint Stamper Training Limited
• Brian Austwick
• Adamedia

Performance Culture (sponsored by Altrad Babcock)

• FIS 360
• Prima Uno
• Red Engineering

Social Value (sponsored by Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick)

• Cumbria Community Foundation and Sellafield Ltd
• Forth
• Mott MacDonald.

Ambassador of the Year (sponsored by Realise HR, iSH and No Name Travel)

• Ken Johnston (Forth)
• Garry Smith (Thomas Graham)

Environmental (sponsored by UKNNL)

• Cavendish
• Cyclife
• Electric Executive Cars

Partnership (sponsored by Nuclear Waste Services)

• No Name Travel. Outward Bound, Atkins Realis and Workington Community Trust.
• Cumbria Community Foundation & Sellafield Ltd

Judging visits & interviews

Micro Business sponsored by Amentum- 17th September

Empowering the Next Generation sponsored by Delkia- 18th September

Partnership sponsored by Nuclear Waste Services-23rd September

Environmental sponsored by UKNNL-24th September

Business of the Year sponsored by Sellafield Ltd-25th September

Growing Business Sponsored by Morgan Sindall-30th September

Charity of the Year sponsored by Cavendish-1st October

Performance Culture sponsored by Altrad Babcock 2nd October.

Social Value sponsored by Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick-7th October

Business Person of the Year sponsored by Westinghouse-9th October

Rising Star sponsored by KBR-10th October (interviews at Barclay's Eagle Labs Whitehaven)