Vision 2023

Nominees will be asked to provide information regarding the value their investment and hands-on involvement brought in 2022 to the following themes and criteria, where relevant.

Competitiveness (how companies remained competitive):

• Pricing
• USP / Unique offering
• Business model, including flexibility and/or resilience
• Competitive advantage

Growth (how companies achieved growth):

• Growth by acquisition
• International growth
• Domestic regional growth
• Follow-on investment
• Value creation

Innovation & Agility (demonstrable innovation or agility):

• Product/service diversification
• Talent pool and succession

ESG (ESG commitment and progress):

• Carbon reduction / Path to Net Zero
• Social: people and community
• Social: diversity and inclusion
• Impact Investment
• Governance

The judging panel for Vision 2023.

Chair:

• Jan Rutherford, Scottish Equity Partners

Judges:

• Dr. Manjari Chandran-Ramesh, Amadeus Capital Partners
• Rhian Elston, Development Bank of Wales
• Beth Houghton, Palatine
• Matt Jacobs, Livingbridge
• Matt Legg, Bridgepoint
• Ewan Mackinnon, Maven Capital Partners
• James Marshall, LDC
• Mo Merali, Grant Thornton
• Andrew Priest, Inflexion

Yorkshire and the North East Winners

The recognised firms:

• Crisp, a Kroll business (backed by Baird Capital)
• Cutwel (backed by NorthEdge)
• iamproperty (backed by LDC)

Representatives from each of the winning companies received a trophy at our Yorkshire and North East Dinner in Leeds on 11 May 2023. You can read more about the recognised businesses in our dedicated awards booklet here, or in our press release here.

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Northern Ireland Winner

The recognised firm:

• Bob & Berts (backed by BGF)

Representatives from the winning company received a trophy at our Northern Ireland Dinner in Belfast on 29 June 2023. You can read more about the recognised business in our dedicated awards booklet here, or in our press release here.

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North West, Midlands & East Winners

The recognised firms:

• APEM Group (backed by WestBridge)
• Upperton (backed by Inflexion)
• Findel (backed by Endless)
• Precision Micro (backed by LDC)
• Back 2 Work Group (backed by Palatine - marked as ‘One to watch’)

Representatives from each of the winning companies received a trophy at our North England Dinner in Manchester on 7 September 2023. You can read more about the recognised businesses in our dedicated awards booklet here, or in our press release here.

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Scotland Winner

The recognised firm:

• Liftango (backed by Maven Capital Partners)

Representatives from the winning company received a trophy at our Scotland Dinner in Edinburgh on 1 November 2023. You can read more about the recognised business in our dedicated awards booklet here, or in our press release here.

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Yorkshire and the North East

The recognised firms:

• Faradion (previously backed by Mercia Asset Management)
• iamproperty (backed by LDC)
• Rosemont Pharmaceuticals (backed by Inflexion Private Equity)

Representatives from each of the recognised companies received a trophy at our Yorkshire and North East Dinner in Leeds on 19 May 2022. You can read more about the recognised businesses in our dedicated booklet here, or in our press release here.

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South England & Wales

The recognised firms:

• Delio (backed by Maven Capital Partners)
• Health & Her (backed by the Development Bank of Wales)

Representatives from each of the recognised companies received a trophy at our South England & Wales Dinner in Bristol on 30 June 2022. You can read more about the recognised businesses in our dedicated booklet here, or in our press release here.

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Scotland

The recognised firm:

• BioAscent (backed by Maven Capital Partners)

Representatives from BioAscent received a trophy at our Scotland Dinner in Edinburgh on 3 November 2022. You can read more about the recognised business in our dedicated booklet here, or in our press release here.

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North England

The recognised firms:

• Veincentre (backed by Palatine)
• Cloud Technology Solutions (backed by NorthEdge)
• Reconomy Group (backed by EMK Capital)
• Sterling Pharma Solutions (backed by GHO Capital)

Representatives from each of the recognised companies received a trophy at our North England Dinner in Manchester on 22 November 2022. You can read more about the recognised businesses in our dedicated booklet here, or in our press release here.

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London & South East

The recognised firms:

• AgilityEco (backed by Bridges Fund Management)
• Anthesis (backed by Palatine)
• Chambers and Partners (backed by Inflexion)
• K2 Partnering Solutions (backed by Inflexion)
• Sparta Global (backed by Inflexion)

Representatives from each of the recognised companies received a trophy at our Annual Gala Dinner in London on 1 December 2022. You can read more about the recognised businesses in our dedicated booklet here, or in our press release here.

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Special accolades

The recognised firms:

• Health & Her (backed by Development Bank of Wales)
• Faradion (Previously backed by Mercia)
• Chambers and Partners (backed by Inflexion)
• Sterling Pharma Solutions (backed by GHO Capital)

Representatives from each of the companies receiving a special accolade received a trophy at our Annual Gala Dinner in London on 1 December 2022. You can read more about the recognised businesses in our dedicated booklet here, or in our video here.

Read about the special accolades