It’s that time of year again! The stage is set, the bubbly is ready to be popped and the finalists are ready for the South Essex Business Awards.

The annual ceremony, which is being held at the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend on Friday, marks the great and good of business in the county and is set to be a glittering night of celebration.

More than 430 people are expected to attend. 

The dozens of entries have been whittled down to a shortlist of finalists.

Meet the finalists of this year’s awards:

New Company

Bryman Recruitment

Dish of the Day

Little Rosa

Fresh Box

Rockamilly

T.I.M.E (Therapy in Musical Expression) Ltd.

Fabricake Sugarcraft Limited

Polar Creative

Small Business

Booksure Accounting

Callie & Finn

Guardian Display

Polar Creative

Qualitas Inspection Services Ltd

Sculpture Studios

Reginald O’Neill Dental

Systematics International Ltd

Excellent Customer Service

ENS Recruitment

Face The Fun

The Underfloor Heating Store

Shampooches

Pink Hygiene

Konico Minolta

Palmers Solicitors

Spargo Hairdressing

Systematics International Ltd

WFP Fire & Security

Growing Business

Darwin Recruitment

AJ Chambers

Brand Identity

Private Ambulance Service

The Underfloor Heating Store

Best Use of Social Media

Zest City

Beep Beep Pop Up

5 Elements

Spinnaker Global

Amos Estates

The Underfloor Heating Store

Rockamilly

Excellence in Marketing

All Your Property Services

6 Red Squares

Contractor Wizard

Forever Boutique

Southend United F.C

Organically Epic

Business Connected

Community Charity

Basildon and Thurrock Hospital’s Polly Parrot Appeal

Trust Links

Community Private

Blatella Films

Metro Bank

Gateway 978

Garde UK

Talking Tots

Rossi Ice Cream

Business to Business

Climatec Windows

ENS Recruitment

Palmers Solicitors

Rossi Icecream

Vertical Systems

Spinnaker Global

Environmental Awareness

Brightest Fuels

Energy Save Plus

Reginald O’Neill Dental

Urban Farmers

Konica Minolta

Return Loads

Swift Office

Cleaning Services

Young Entrepreneur

Kim Box Personal Trainer

Lee Sturgess Polar Creative

Ria Carroll Ri Ri’s Boutique

Natalie Scarsbrook Blatella Films

David Mason Vape and Juice

Daniel Salmon Neverawastedjourney

Rob Thomas Essex Social Media Consultancy

Apprentice of the Year

Kerenza Rouse AJ Chambers

Frederick Gill Duncan Wealth Management/Crown Vocational

Mason Jones Brights Locksmiths

Sophie Davies CRT Air Con/Crown Vocational Training

Emma Pipe Contractor Wizard

Evie Rourke WFP Fire and Security

Hannah Woods Guardian Display

Business Man of the Year

Andrew Hilliard Aj Chambers

Ian Mcbain Move it removals

Stuart Oldham Clear Thinking IT

Neil Dingley Konica Minolta

Business Woman of the Year

Karla Spinks KS Recruitment

Nyki Dilworth Vertical Systems

Kat Ashdown Sweetcheeks Trees

Sandra Colston Funky Voices

Jaime Lawson Space 282

Bridget Coyne Equivalency Testing