East Region Awards Ceremony – Thursday 25th October 2018
Join us at Trinity Park, Ipswich for a celebration of all that is great about rural business in the East.
Starting with a champagne reception, guests will then enjoy a fantastic three course meal accompanied by wine, finished by tea and coffee. Afterwards, the winners of the 2018 Rural Business Awards East will be revealed for the very first time! The celebrations will continue into the small hours with music and dancing, making this a night not to be missed.
Ceremony Details:
Trinity Park
Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, IP3 8UH
6pm start, carriages at 1am.
Dress code: Black Tie/Evening Wear
Nearby accommodation (both within 10 minutes drive) can be booked at:
Holiday Inn – www.hiipswichorwell.co.uk, Premier Inn – www.premierinn.com
Local Taxi Company: Ipswich cabs – 01473 289289
Rural Business Awards East Finalists 2018/19
Best Rural Start Up

E-horse
Hertfordshire

Hornbeam
Cambridgeshire

Puddingstone Distillery
Hertfordshire

Suffolk Distillery
Suffolk

Yagro
Cambridgeshire
Outstanding Rural Diversification Project

Barleylands Farm and Village
Essex

Explore 4x4
Suffolk

Grange Farm Leisure
Buckinghamshire

Kentwell Hall
Suffolk

South Farm
Hertfordshire
Best Rural Retail Business

Back to the Garden
Norfolk

Elveden Courtyard
Suffolk

Goodies Food Hall
Norfolk

Pecks Farm Shop
Bedfordshire
Best Rural Manufacturing Business

Chiltern Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil
Hertfordshire

Fen Farm Dairy Limited
Suffolk

Norfolk Shepherd Huts
Norfolk

Pyes Farm
Essex
Best Rural Professional Services Business

Appetite Me
Suffolk

iThinkMedia
Hertfordshire

Larking Gowen LLP
Norfolk

Spring
Suffolk

Wangford Veterinary Clinic
Suffolk
Best Rural Creative or Media-based Business

Essential Suffolk
Suffolk

Hornbeam
Cambridgeshire

Spring
Suffolk

The Edible Museum
Essex

Vidoo Film
Suffolk
Rural Social Enterprise, Charity or Community Project of the Year

Anglia Care Farm
Cambridgeshire

BigBarn CIC
Cambridgeshire

Creative Arts East
Norfolk

Shotley Heritage
Suffolk

The Askefield Project Ltd
Lincolnshire
Best Rural Tourism Business

Norfolk Outdoor Adventures
Norfolk

The Dairy at Burghley
Lincolnshire

The Shepherd's Hide
Essex

The Suffolk Escape
Suffolk

Wiveton Hall
Norfolk
Best Rural Recreational or Outdoor Pursuits Business

Archery Adventures
Suffolk

Bush Adventures UK
Suffolk

Coda Falconry
Essex

Essex Outdoors
Essex

Explore 4x4
Suffolk
Best Rural Education or Training Business

Abberton Rural Training
Essex

Ark Farm Limited
Bedfordshire

Coach for School Improvement
Norfolk

Dandelion Education Ltd.
Norfolk

E-horse
Hertfordshire

Red Stag Training Limited
Suffolk
Best Rural Food Business

Crush Foods
Norfolk

Fen Farm Dairy Limited
Suffolk

Heath Farm
Suffolk

The Artisan Smokehouse
Suffolk

The Norfolk Deli
Norfolk
Best Rural Drink Business

Puddingstone Distillery
Hertfordshire

Suffolk Distillery
Suffolk

The Willow Tree Distilling Company Limited
Bedfordshire

Whin Hill Norfolk Cider
Norfolk

Wibblers Brewery
Essex
Rural Employee of the Year

Administration Team
Elveden Courtyard

Karen Watson
Barleylands Farm and Village
The East
Sweeping skies and vast sandy beaches (500 miles of them, to be precise!) are just the tip of the iceberg in the rural idyll of the East of England, with a wealth of history and culture to be found in its charming market towns and villages. Our entries from this region make the most of the mixture of history and modernity, tradition and innovation so characteristic of this vibrant and diverse part of England.
The East region covers the counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Essex and Hertfordshire.