Winners for the English Asian Business Awards 2018 were revealed at a ceremony in Manchester.

The awards at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel aimed to acknowledge the determination, entrepreneurial spirit and hard work of English Asian businesswomen and businessmen.

The event is run yearly by Oceanic Consulting who are also responsible for the Scottish Asian Business Awards.

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Irfan Younis, CEO of Oceanic Consulting said: “We would like to congratulate all the finalists and winners of the 7th English Asian Business Awards 2018. Year upon year we have seen the achievements of Asians increase in the business sector and we are already looking forward to what next year has in store.” 

The evening also helped raise funds for Oceanic Well, a fundraising initiative by the Well Foundation.

The Well Foundation’s primary aim is to raise money in order to install hand pumps and deep bore wells and establish health and sanitation programmes and ultimately provide safe, clean drinking water for all.

Thirty-one awards were presented on the night:

Entrepreneur of the Year went to Amit Pate (Snaptivity, London)
Small Retail Business of the Year went to Artz-i (Bradford)
Best in Law went to Irfan Munir (MWG Solicitors, Manchester)    
Corporate Leader of the Year went to Paul Thandi(NEC Group, Birmingham)    
Rising Star of the Year went to Harj Hir (Leicester City Football Club, Leicester)
Young Entrepreneur of the Year went to Sharmin Akter (Total Solutions Group, Welwyn Garden City)
Convenience Retailer of the Year went to Premier Eldred Stores (Orpington) 
Community Award went to Association of Blind Asians (Leeds)    
Wholesaler of the Year went to Khanjra & Co(Blackburn)
Best Food Establishment went to Mother Hubbards (Bradford)
Creative Entrepreneur Of The Year went to Faresh Maisuria (Blueberry Marketing, Leeds)    
Woman Of The Year went to Anjum Khan (Birmimgham Chambers of Commerce, Birmingham)
Businessman of the Year went to Bilal (Manchester Stores, Manchester)
Businesswoman of the Year went to Seema Malhotra (Forever Unique, Manchester)
Business of the Year went to Leed's Association of Blind Asians (Leeds)
Businesswoman of the Year went to Bharti Patel (Guide Security, Blackburn)    
Business of the Year went to Nine Group (Watford)    
Micro Business of the Year went to Cofi Coo (Birmingham) 
New Business of the Year went to LogicAlly (Cambridge)    
Digital Business of the Year went to Wow Zone (Birmingham)    
SME Business of the Year went to Yeme Architects (Bradford)    
Impact Business of the Year went to Stanmore Contractors (Erith)    
International Business of the Year went to Awan Marketing (Birmingham)    
Family Run Business of the Year went to Clifton Packaging Group (Leicester)
Creative Business of the Year went to Pasha (Bradford)    
Best Professional in Business went to Ayesha Nayyar (Nayyars Solicitors, Manchester)
Retail Business of the Year went to Scent Salim (Leeds)
Power Business of the Year went to Cofresh Snack Foods (Leicester)    
Best Food Business went to KQF (Darjeeling Express, Westminister)
Rising Star in Law went to Broadway House Chambers (Bradford)
Organisers Business of the Year went to Faum Design (Bradford)