"Being recognised by the DEA as online Entrepreneurs is fantastic for our business"

Ben and Angus, AnyVan, Winner Green Entrepreneurs Awards

Finalists for the Digital Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2012

We had a great deal of entries for the Digital Entrepreneur Awards 2012. Thank-you to everyone who entered and attended on the night, there's some inspiring work out there.

Our esteemed panel of judges had a hard job picking the winners but it had to be done and on the 16th October 2012 we celebrated in style at the Hilton Hotel in Manchester.

We are delighted to congratulate all our winners.

Please find a full list of winners and finalists below.

DIGITAL BUSINESS

Digital Entrepreneur of the year
  1. Clive Bridgeman, Gas-n-Go Limited, West Sussex
  2. William Muir, Limelight Software Limited, North Lincolnshire
  3. John Straw, Linkdex, Bath
  4. Polly Gowers OBE, Everyclick, Worcestershire
  5. Mark Pearson, Markco Media Ltd, Gloucester
    6. The Winner is Mark Pearson, Markco Media Ltd
Young Entrepreneur of the year
  1. Shaun Loughlin, FreestyleXtreme Trading Ltd, Bristol
  2. Timothy John Barnard, Fresh Design Base Ltd, Cheshire
  3. Marcus Simpson, Direct Sitters, London
  4. Sara Jones, Hiring-Hub.com, Manchester
  5. Rob Smith, Blueleaf, Cheshire
    6. The Winner is Shaun Loughlin, FreestyleXtreme Trading Ltd
Digital Business of the year
  1. Davina Steel, MonsterSlippers.co.uk, Essex
  2. Ben Norman, Koozai, Southampton
  3. Gareth Williams , Skyscanner, Edinburgh
  4. Adrian Lomas, Blueleaf, Cheshire
    5. The Winner is Adrian Lomas, Rob Smith and the team at Blueleaf

SUSTAINING SOCIETY

Education Entrepreneur of the year
  1. Julie Ryder, HearFirst Training and Consultancy, Bacup
  2. Beth Nicholls, Do What You Love, Leeds
  3. Caroline Moore, LearnAhead Ltd, London
  4. Simon Walsh, Maths Doctor, Sussex
  5. Jenny Cooke, Oddizzi, London
    6. The Winner is Jenny Cooke, Oddizzi
Green Business of the year
  1. Jon Wallhouse, Sutsu, London
  2. Timothy Barnard, Fresh Design Base Ltd., Cheshire
  3. Mark Sanders-Barwick, Big Green Factory, Surrey
  4. Heather Stewart, Swishing Limited, Northampton
  5. Anthony Davison, BigBarn CIC, Huntingdon
    6. The Winner is Heather Stewart, Swishing Limited
Digital Charity of Community Project of the year
  1. Amanda Cleaver, Epilepsy Society, Buckinghamshire
  2. Alex Sergent, Catch21 Productions, Ilford
  3. Iain Rhodes, Element 78 Solutions, Bristol
  4. John Lowndes, Ask My Community Ltd, Rotherham
  5. Isobel Witton-Dauris, DG3, London
    6. The Winner is John Lowndes, Ask My Community Ltd

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

Software Entrepreneur of the year
  1. Timothy Barnard, Fresh Design Base Ltd., Cheshire
  2. Mike Oxford, You Play We Play, Birmingham
  3. Simon Swan, Hiring-Hub.com, Manchester
  4. Brett Dixon, Whizbase, Lincolnshire
  5. Shuli Golovinski, Newtonstrand Innovations Ltd, London
  6. David Grimes & Paul Haydock, myParcelDelivery.com, Manchester
    7. The Winner is Simon Swan, Hiring-Hub.com
Design and Marketing Entrepreneur of the year
  1. Suzie Tobias, Strike Jobs, London
  2. Morag Findlay, Ecru Design Ltd, Bath
  3. Kristjan Byfield, Base property specialists Ltd, London
  4. Kat Holt, The Huntercombe Group, Suffolk
  5. Laura Jeffery, Hallmark Consumer Services, Leicestershire
    6. The Winner is Kat Holt, The Huntercombe Group
Web Development Entrepreneur of the year
  1. David Marsh & Simon Dann, mbcre8.com, Kent
  2. Nick Evans, ExtraMile Communications Ltd., Stafford
  3. Li Ju, POGO Digital Limited, Wales
  4. Graham Allwright, Goplex Communications Ltd, Kent
  5. Rob Salaman, WebSpinning, Cambridge
  6. David Grimes, myParcelDelivery.com, Manchester
    7. The Winner is David Marsh & Simon Dann, mbcre8.com

E-SERVICES

E-commerce Entrepreneur of the year
  1. Justine Angelli, Shareagift Ltd, London
  2. Shaun Hinds, Conferma Ltd, Cheshire
  3. Sean J Connolly, BuzzProperties.co.uk, North Yorkshire
  4. Paul Palmer, Distribution Planning Software Ltd, West Midlands
  5. Vitaly Yakovlev, A Suit That Fits, London
    6. The Winner is Paul Palmer, Distribution Planning Software Ltd
Security Innovation of the year
  1. Basil Philipsz MIISP, Distributed Management Systems Ltd, Lancashire
  2. Peter Wake, Backup-for-SaaS Ltd, London
  3. Shaun Hinds, Conferma Ltd, Cheshire
  4. Ken Garner, Styskin's Solutions Limited, Lancashire
  5. Chris Nation, Mako Networks, Manchester
    6. The Winner is Chris Nation, Mako Networks, Manchester
Mobile Web Entrepreneur of the year
  1. Graeme Gourlay,Syon Publishing Ltd, Middlesex
  2. Gary Grant, Fastfind.info, Nottinghamshire
  3. Martin Brown, Crafted, on behalf of Allfancydress.com, Ipswich
  4. Mark Bushell, Netutec, Bridgend
  5. Dave Carruthers, One Result Ltd, Birmingham
    6. The Winner is Dave Carruthers, One Result Ltd Birmingham