Liverpool city region's flagship business awards event will be held next month during which they will be naming the best in the business.

The city region’s premier business awards, now in their 24th year, are staged by the Liverpool ECHO in conjunction with the Business Post magazine and are sponsored by Liverpool Business School at Liverpool John Moores University.

The ECHO Regional Business Awards 2018 will be presented at a glamorous black-tie dinner and ceremony at Liverpool Cathedral on Thursday, June 21, hosted by television presenter Nick Owen.

The Echo Regional Business Awards 2018 finalists are:

New Business of the Year

• In-House Legal Solutions
• The Hive, Wirral Youth Zone
• Silk Rd
• LM6 Commercial Property Ltd

Business of the Year (Up to 50 employees), sponsored by Liverpool John Lennon Airport

• d3t Ltd
• hi-impact Consultancy
• OPEN Media Ltd
• Walton Flooring Centre

Business of the Year (51 – 250 employees), sponsored by MSIF

• Travel Innovation Group
• B&M Waste Services
• Sovereign Transport Services

Business of the Year (Over 250 employees), sponsored by Merseyrail

• Curtins
• Cammell Laird
• The Contact Company

Corporate Social Responsibility Award, sponsored by Community Foundation for Merseyside

• MSB Solicitors
• Mashbo
• Construction Impact Framework

Outstanding Charity Support, sponsored by BMY Mellon’s Pershing

• Medicash
• ShopDirect
• Housing Maintenance Solutions Ltd

International Business of the Year

• ATG Access
• Inciner8 International
• Milexa Group

Knowledge Business of the Year

• Liverpool Language Academy
• Doris IT
• Sensor City

Creative Impact Award, sponsored by Liverpool Business School, John Moores University

• hi-impact Consultancy
• Connect
• Agent Marketing
• Active Profile Ltd

Young Business Person of the Year, sponsored by Liverpool BID Company

• Robert Byrne, Franklin Energy
• Mike Smith, OPEN Media
• James Harper, Walton Flooring Centre
• Anton Honley, The Lead Agency
• Anna Jenkins, Silky Bouquets

Judge’s Choice Award & Business Person of the Year

There is no shortlist for this award, the winner will be announced at the awards ceremony

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