It was an excit­ing week in Mil­ton Keynes last week. MK was men­tioned in the Sun­day Times’ best places for busi­ness, I dis­cov­ered mag­net­ic mea­sur­ing spoons and the final­ists of the MK Busi­ness Achieve­ment Awards 2020 were announced. 

Cel­e­brat­ing the very best of Mil­ton Keynes, the MKBAA 2020 saw more entries than ever before this year and described it as “the most com­pet­i­tive process we have seen to date”.

So, imag­ine my delight when not one, not two, but three of A Way With Words clients fea­tured in the finals lists. I won’t tell you who my fin­gers will be crossed for on the evening, but I will share who made the final cut.

Health & Well­be­ing – spon­sored by Mazars

Per­son­al Group
White Clarke Creative
Freeths LLP
Peel Juice Bar

Inno­va­tion – Spon­sored by Suzuki

My Mil­ton Keynes
Safe­ty Cen­tre (Haz­ard Alley)
Acuigen Ltd

Cul­ture & Arts – Spon­sored by David Lock Associates

MKIAC
Pauline Quirke Academy
MK Gallery

Leisure & Entertainment

Willen Lake
Pauline Quirke Academy
MK Biergarten
CluedUpp Games

Tech­nol­o­gy Busi­ness – Spon­sored by Inte­gral Powertrain

Expand­ly
Immense
Xero
SBD Automotive

Design & Creativity

ImServ Europe
MK Gallery
Cygnus
TFA

Pro­fes­sion­al Ser­vices – Spon­sored by dbfb

Cook Invest­ment Group
Snap out
The Practice
Growthdeck

Small & Medi­um Busi­ness – Spon­sored by SJD Electrical

Pauley Cre­ative
Ad Valorem
Immense
SBD Automotive
Smith Jenkins

New Busi­ness – Spon­sored by Cran­field University

Approved Busi­ness Finance
Arthur Ellis
Tomorrow’s Journey
Spot­less Garments

Char­i­ty of the Year – Spon­sored by Bletch­ley Park

Willen Hos­pice
The Parks Trust
Ride High
MK Snap

Busi­ness Impact in the Com­mu­ni­ty – Spon­sored by NiftyLift

My Mil­ton Keynes
Acorn Ear­ly Years Foundation
Arthur Ellis
City Fibre

Cus­tomer Ser­vice – Spon­sored by Hol­i­day Inn Mil­ton Keynes

Mirus IT Solutions
Acorn Ear­ly Years Foundation
Boxx Commmunications
Pets 2 Places

Entre­pre­neur of the Year – Spon­sored by Keens Shay Keens

Tref Grif­fiths
Alan Wilson
Har­ry Alston
Diane Butterworth

Good luck to every­one involved on 12 March — I’ve got my cheer ready!