East Region Winners Announced!
On Friday 29th October, we revealed our regional winners for the East. Find out below which rural businesses were top of their class and will go on to represent their region in next year’s National Final!
East Region Winners 2021/22
Best Rural Start Up Business
Best Rural Small Business
Best Rural Retail Business
Best Rural Professional Services Business
Best Rural Creative or Artisan Business
Best Rural Tourism Business
Best Rural Food or Drink Business
Best Rural Innovation
The Sustainability and Environmental Impact Award
The Triumph Over Adversity Award
Regional Partner:



With offices in Chelmsford, Basildon and Colchester, Birkett Long is focused on people – its clients, employees, business partners and local communities. Tracing its roots back to 1821, the firm’s specialist lawyers, patent attorneys, independent financial advisers and HR experts work in dedicated teams to offer the full range of advice.
“Supporting rural businesses is fundamental to protect our communities both on an economic and environmental level. They often start as small, family run vocations without government support, relying on community support and interest. Birkett Long has a long term commitment to agriculture and is pleased to have acted for several generations of the same family, as well as for new clients looking for specialist advice.”
East Region Programme
While you’re waiting for the finalists to be revealed, find out more about them in our regional programme.
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:
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- East Sussex
- Essex
- Greater London
- Hampshire
- Hertfordshire
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Norfolk
- Oxfordshire
- Surrey
- Suffolk
- West Sussex





