The 2026 NLBAs celebrate 25 years of business excellence with glittering ceremony and West End stars

THE 2026 Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards was another fabulous evening celebrating business excellence and the 25^th anniversary of the awards themselves.

Organised by the Northern Lincolnshire office of the Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce, the event was held this year at Grimsby Auditorium and the headline sponsor was Phillips 66.

Around 380 guests filled Grimsby Auditorium for the Gala Presentation and Dinner and the evening began with a sparkling wine drinks reception. Host for the evening, Richard Askam, welcomed guests, followed by an opening speech given by Chamber President, Irene Keal. Guests then enjoyed a video produced by Phillips 66.

A charity raffle raised £3,044 which was divided equally between two charities chosen by our two Chamber Chairs in Northern Lincolnshire, Paul George and Paul Tofton, with £1,522 donated to St Andrew’s Hospice Grimsby and £1,522 donated to The Bradbury Foundation. Many thanks to all of the individuals and companies who donated prizes; and to all of the guests who purchased raffle tickets and donated on the night.

After a top class dinner from Healing Manor Hotel, guests enjoyed an after dinner show based on “Stars” from the Musicals, with West End professional performers and talented students from Grimsby Institute and North Lindsey College taking to the stage. Their performances were amazing and the atmosphere in the Auditorium incredible!

Host Richard Askam then announced the 2026 winners and here are the results:

Ongo Recruitment Small Business Award

Winner: Nick Young Tractor Parts Ltd

Blueprint Document Solutions Business Growth Award

Winner: Pattesons Glass Ltd

Wilkin Chapman Rollits Business Person of the Year Award

Winner: Liam O'Leary – Laser Red

Sylvester Keal Young Business Person of the Year Award

Winner: Charlotte Rycroft, Elsham Activity Centre

DN Colleges Group New Business Award

Winner: Restaurant DOM

Bridge McFarland LLP Excellence in Community Award

Winner: The Culture House

North East Lincolnshire Business Development Award

Winner: Blackrow Group

North Lincolnshire Business Investment Award

Winner: TTS Support Ltd

Grimsby Institute Employee of the Year Award

Winner: Mitchell Blades, know film

Pepperells Innovation Award

Winner: Regal Fish

Ellgia Sustainability Award

Winner: Nelipak Elsham Ltd

Phillips 66 UK Respect Award

Winner: Creative Start Arts in Health CIC

Nelipak Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner: Jack and Hannah Dale, Wrendale Designs

Forrester Boyd Business Excellence Award

Winner: CARS of Grimsby Ltd

Congratulations!

To find out more about all of this year’s finalists and winners, please visit our website:

https://www.nlincsba.co.uk/

Thank you so much to all of the sponsors, supporters, suppliers and guests for a fantastic evening celebrating the 25th anniversary of the NLBAs! And thank you to headline sponsor Phillips 66.

Thank you to Gary Davies for photographing the evening and to the media students from Grimsby Institute for filming and producing the Awards highlights video.

Official photographs from the evening, courtesy of Gary Davies Photography, are now available to view and are free to download.

Please visit:

https://www.garydavies.photography/Temp-Gallery/July/Hull-Humber-Chamber-of-Commerce/n-x2L93V

Photographs courtesy of Gary Davies Photography

Thank you to Irene Keal, Richard Askam, Paul Tofton, Paul George, Nina Stobart, John McHale and Steve Rusling for your support and the teams from Grimsby Auditorium and Sparq for superb tech and AV services! Huge thanks to the team from Healing Manor Hotel, Grimsby for the delicious dinner and drinks! And thank you to the amazing West End performers and the talented students from Grimsby Institute and North Lindsey College!

Thanks also to Eileen Ransom who acted as photographer’s assistant; Systematic and oodle, our creative partner for the 2026 Awards, re-branding the awards logo and designing the evening programme; and Andrew Jackson Solicitors and HSBC, who were dinner sponsors.

Finally, thank you to Anne Tate, Marilyn Waud and Elis Ballard from the Northern Lincolnshire office of the Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce for organising the event.

See you all next year! #NLBA26

https://www.nlincsba.co.uk/

For further information, please contact:

a.tate@hull-humber-chamber.co.uk

or

e.ballard@hull-humber-chamber.co.uk