Last year saw the celebration of businesses across fifteen award categories in collaboration with the Office of Sam Tarry, Office of Wes Streeting, the Leader of the London Borough of Redbridge Jas Athwal, Deputy Leader Kam Rai, Chief Executive of Redbridge Council Claire Symonds, Mayor Thavathuray Jeyaranjan and our sponsors HSBC, Enterprise Enfield, Redbridge Chamber, Best Western Hotels, Metro Bank, Blachere, Destination Core, DigiPix, Paul Fox Photography, Protek UK, Exchange Ilford, and the Ilford Recorder.

The awards graciously closed with Beauty at Anju’s, Tight Fit Jeans, Metro Bank, The Great Spoon of Ilford, Salma’s Hair Studio, DigiPix Ilford, The Connaught, Massi’s Kitchen, TSB Bank, Tight Fit Jeans, Barney Bear’s Nursery, City Gates Conference Centre, Art of Chaat, Exchange Ilford and Golden Barbers winning Best Beauty Business of the Year, Best Fashion Business of the Year, Best Finance Sector Business of the Year, Best in Customer Service, Best Media Business of the Year, Best Sustainable Business of the Year, Best Legacy Business, Employer of the Year, Ilford Business of the Year, Independent Business of the Year, Large Business of the Year, Redbridge Business of the Year respectively. Excellent Hair and Beauty also won the special mention award, and the Redbridge Beacon award was posthumously presented to the family of Zara Aleena.

This year, we have brought back the category format for voting. We have introduced two new categories, including an award to recognise culture and art within our community. We are also introducing a new registration process for businesses.

Each business wishing to be nominated, must register their details, and confirm why their customers, and supporters should vote for them to win one of the prestigious award categories.

The awards offer a unique platform to celebrate local businesses through community engagement, and participation. Business registration opened on Monday the 8th of May and will close on the 31st of July. Customer, client, and supporter nominations open on the 7th of August and close on the 31st of October, with winners declared at our awards ceremony which will be held on the 30th of November 2023.

We’d like to invite you to review our sponsorship packages and to consider supporting the 2023 awards. The sponsorship packages can be viewed via the awards brochure and link buttons. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact BID Manage Cyril Bekoe at email cyril@ilfordbid.com.

You can register for this event by clicking the button below.