IT IS your final chance to enter the Winchester Business Excellence Awards.

Winchester cafe Honey and Harvey opened in The Square in November and is supporting the awards this year.

Joe Fellows, managing director at Honey and Harvey and The Winchester Bakery, said: "Honey and Harvey is proud to support the Winchester Business Excellence Awards this year. The awards shine a spotlight on all the local businesses who strive to deliver excellent customer service and innovation across the city. Winchester is a great city to run a business in.

“At Honey and Harvey we believe that good times are made by great food, created from quality ingredients, cooked by skilled chefs and served by happy teams. Wherever possible we shop local from small producers who care as much as we do about provenance and quality of our ingredients. Our Winchester cafe opened in November 2022. The Square is a bustling, vibrant location right by Winchester Cathedral. The extensive drinks menu boasts decadent cocktails, organic wines and craft beers, best enjoyed in our secret covered garden.”

The Winchester Business Excellence Awards organised in partnership by the Hampshire Chronicle, Winchester BID and Hampshire Chamber of Commerce are sponsored by Paris Smith, Dutton Gregory, Winchester City Council, Winchester University, Winchester BID, Azets, Gentian and Ridge & Partners. The awards are also supported by Natwest, Honey & Harvey, Little Kitchen and Chesil House and are open to businesses within the Winchester district. 

Nominations are welcomed for businesses or businesses are able to nominate themselves.

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Once received the nominations will be considered by our judging panel and may be subject to a ‘Mystery Shopper’ visit by the category sponsor.

The judges will be looking to announce the three finalists in each category on Thursday May 4 in the Hampshire Chronicle and on hampshirechronicle.co.uk and then a celebratory awards event, will conclude the awards on Thursday June 1. 

The winners of each category will receive £250 of advertising in the Hampshire Chronicle or on hampshirechronicle.co.uk and will also be featured in the category winners’ coverage.

Awards categories include: Business Leader Award; Charity and Social Enterprise Award; Large Business Award; SME/Independent Business Award; New Business Award; Technology and Innovation Award; Sustainable Business Award; Service Excellence Award; and Creative and Cultural Award.

Enter now at winchesterbusinessawards.co.uk.

The Millennium Egg will continue to be awarded by the Winchester City Council to the organisation or individual who has made an outstanding contribution to Winchester area.

The Business of the Year Award will be nominated to the overall winner that will be chosen by the judging panel form all the category winners.

Closing date for nominations Thursday April 20.