Deeping Business Awards 2018
The Boundary and River Restaurant Crowned Deepings Business of the Year
Tributes paid to a Deepings Legend.
The third annual Deepings Business Awards were held at the Deepings School on Saturday 29th September.
On a fantastic evening that celebrated the achievements of a diverse cross section of the Deepings business community over 150 people dined, danced and celebrated with their peers.
The evening started with a tribute to the late Dick Callow, a stalwart of the Deepings business community for over 60 years who died last week. Dick was the recipient of the inaugural lifetime achievement award and the room drank a toast to his memory and passed its condolences to the Callow family.
Nick Ash, the compere for the evening, went on to speak about some of the community and enterprise projects that the Deepings Business Club had been engaged with over the past year detailing the club’s support for the Deepings School, the Youth Group and the Deepings Rugby Club.
The evening then moved on to the awards which were presented by Club Chairman, Andy Pelling. In the 2018/19 awards over 450 public nominations were received from which 65 companies were shortlisted across 14 categories. The shortlists were then put to the public to vote for their favourites.
Winners & Runner-ups
Best New Business – Driftwood Bistro
Runner-up – Matelia Beauty
Best Service Company – Inspire Dance
Runner-up – Deeping Car & Van Hire
Fitness and Well-being – Empire Gym
Runner-up – Emma Lannigan, Be Life Happy
Health and Beauty – Headkase Barbers
Runner-up – Beauty by L & Co
Services to the Community – Deepings Rugby Club
Runner-up – Tesco Market Deeping
Hospitality – Top Takeaway – The Boundary and River Restaurant
Runner- up – Linfords
Hospitality – Best Cafe Pub or Restaurant – Lilli’s Tearooms
Runner-up – The Bull
Practical Excellence Award – Marriott & Stimpson
Runner-up – KNH MOT and Service Centre
Retailer of the Year – The Pet Stop
Runner-up – Grassmere Butchers
Outstanding Customer Service – Cloudnine
Runner-up – Headkase Barbers
Media, Arts and Design – The Deepings Advertiser
Runner-up – Black Cab Studio
Local Charity of the Year – LIVES First Responders
Runner-up – Deeping Mens Group
Social Enterprise Award – The Deepings Raft Race Committee
Runner-up – Friends of Deepings Library
Young Business Person of the Year – Amy Hunnings, Inspire Dance
Runner-up – Lauren Killock, Beauty by L & Co
Committee Awards
These are an additional 3 awards that are not voted for by the public, two are in the gift of the Business Club committee and the final is chosen between all the winners above.
The Chairman’s Award – Black Cab Studio
Lifetime Achievement Award – Amrit & Manjula Mistry, SPAR Godsey Lane.
and finally, the award that can only be won by one of the category winners:
Deepings Business of the Year – The Boundary and River Restaurant.
