Shortlisted Nominees 2025
Best Accessibility & Inclusion Initiative
- Accessible Events
- Arena
- Continental Drifts Ltd
- EventWell
- Mucky Weekender
- Leicester City Council Festivals & Events
Best Events Team COMPANY
- CM Production Management Ltd
- Continental Drifts Ltd
- Outdoor Places Unusual Spaces and Birmingham City Council
- Qdos Event Hire
- Special Projects Ltd
- That’s EnTEEtainment
- The Frome Independent
- Vespasian Security
- Visions Group
Best Events Team COUNCIL
- Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council – Tourism Events Team
- Falkirk Council Events team
- Leicester City Council Festivals & Events
- Visit East Yorkshire Events Team
Best Health & Safety Practice Award
- safetygeeks
- CM Production Management
- Safe Elephant
Best Student Event Award
- Alistair Stewart – Meadows Marathon
- ITT FUTURE YOU WALES EVENT
Best Support to the Event Industry Award
- ESA & HMAS
- George Bacon
- Accessible Events
- Location Medical Services
Best University or College Events Course
- BA Event Management/Innovation at University of Greenwich
- BA (Hons) Events Management at Bournemouth University
- Buckinghamshire New University, BA (Hons) Events Management and BA (Hons) Music and Live Events Management
- MA International Events Management at the University of Greenwich
- University of Wales Trinity Saint David BA (Hons) Events Management
Best Unsung Hero/Heroine Award
- George Bacon – freelance
- Paul Hooper – ASAO
- Melanie Wilds – Continental Drifts
- Clare Wells – Shropshire Festival
- Kate Bishop – Leicester Council
- Brian Cleary – Safety Geeks
- Chloe Payne – Phoenix Events East
Caterer of the Year Award
- Baked Bird
- Purbeck ice cream
- Spudman (Ben Newman)
- Taste Tibet
Event of the Year Award Private Sector
- Alderford& Santa Island Experience
- Aldgate in Winter Festival 2024 – Aldgate Connect BID
- CarFest
- Leadenhall Live 2025
- Slam Dunk Festival
- Tiree Music Festival
Event of the Year Award Local Authority
- Swansea Council
- Light Up Leicester – Leicester City Council Festivals & Events
Event Organiser of the Year
- Birmingham Hippodrome – Festivals & Sites
- Continental Drifts Ltd
- Ghostwriter Consultancy & Events
- Janeanne Gilchrist
- Leicester City Council Festivals Events Team
- Peter Martin Events Director for Eastbourne
- Versatile
Event Supplier of the Year Infrastructure
- Evolution Dome
- Fineline Lighting Limited
- NoNonsense Group
- Qdos Event Hire
- Rase Productions Ltd
- Roder UK
- Versatile
- Video Illusions with Cucumber Productions
Event Supplier of the Year Services
- Phoenix Events (East) Ltd.
- AeroAVA
- Enhanced Care Services
- Ginger Owl Productions
- MET Medical
- IRM event services
- Onyx Specialist Services Limited
- South Coast Medics
- Specialized Security
- Richards Event Services
- Vespasian Security
- Special Projects Ltd
New Product/Service/Technology Innovation Award
- Ginger Owl Productions – GOAllAreas
- Hire Frequencies
- Showblock
Production Partnership of the Year Award
- AeroAVA with Edinburgh Tattoo
- Enhanced Care Services Limitred with London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Technical Overlay by Visions with Helipad
- LFX Events with Future Sound Group
- Royal Bath & West Society with Sustainable Food Somerset
- The Cloud One Group with The National Memorial Arboretum
- Visions Live with Wellington College
Regional Event of the Year Award
- Clacton Airshow
- Festivals & Events, Leicester City Council
- River of Light 2024 (Culture Liverpool)
- Swansea Building Society Arena House Party 2025
- Tiree Music Festival
Rural Event of the Year
- Dogstival
- Northumberland County Show 2025
- Royal Three Counties Show
- Tiree Music Festival
Small Event of the Year Award
- Alderfest
- Leadenhall Live 25
- Melton Ska Fest 2025
- Night at the Abbey – Glastonbury Abbey
- Northumbrian Water Innovation Festival
- Royal Holloway Summer Ball – Ghostwriter Consultancy & Events and Cyndeo Events
- DadFest
- Tiree Music Festival
- Tree House Festival
The Place Making Award
- Aldgate in Winter Festival 2024 – Aldgate Connect BID
- Birmingham Chinese New Year Festival 2025
- Continental Drifts Ltd
- Greenford Quay Summer Series
- Leadenhall Live 2025
- Light Up Leicester 2025 – Leicester City Council
- Shropshire Festivals
The Sustainability Award
- Ginger Owl Productions – GOAllAreas
- Leicester City Council Festivals & Events Team
- LS Events
- Power Logistics
- Roder UK
- Treehouse Festival
- Versatile
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“NOEA has been absolutely fantastic in your support for all of us.”
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