- Nominations are now officially open for the inaugural Private Business Awards
- Sponsored by BDO, the awards serve to celebrate the UK’s mid-sized businesses that are driving UK economic growth
The Private Business Awards 2025, sponsored by BDO, has officially launched, with nominations now open to all UK registered private or PE-backed businesses with a turnover of £50m-£300m.
The inaugural awards programme, which serves to celebrate the mid-sized businesses that drive UK economic growth, aims to recognise the very best of private business in the UK.
The Private Business Awards is divided into 10 categories: Private Business of the Year, Tech Business of the Year, VC or PE-Backed Business of the Year, Social Enterprise of the Year, Scale up Business of the Year, Future Leader, CEO of the Year, Family Business of the Year, CFO of the Year and Transformation of the Year.
Julian Frost, partner and sponsor for the Private Business Awards at BDO LLP, commented: “The UK’s mid-market is at the heart of the UK economy, playing a vital role in job creation and boasting an impressive track record of growth, particularly against a backdrop of economic uncertainty.
“These private businesses, and the people who lead them, often sit in the shadows of UK capital markets. It is a richly diverse community, hugely entrepreneurial, with some fantastic stories to tell and inspire. For private or PE-backed business in the UK, the awards provide a great opportunity to be recognised and celebrated.”
Eligible businesses must be UK headquartered, be trading for a minimum of three years, with revenues between £50m-£300m, except for those entering the Social Enterprise of the Year and Scale Up Business of the Year categories.
Nominations can be made by individuals from both within or outside the eligible company by 14 March 2025. A shortlist will be announced in June, with finalists selected by an independent judging panel. Winners will be announced at the Private Business Awards Gala Dinner in London on 11 September 2025.
To learn more about the BDO Private Business Awards 2025 eligibility criteria, or to nominate an individual or a business, visit https://www.privatebusinessawards.com
Accountancy and business advisory firm, BDO LLP, operates in 18 offices across the UK, employing 8,000 people. It has UK revenues of £1bn.
It provides Audit, Tax, Deals, and Consulting, Risk & Outsourcing services predominantly to mid-sized, entrepreneurially-spirited, high-growth businesses that are driving growth in the UK economy. BDO calls this segment of the market the UK’s economic engine.
BDO LLP is also the UK member firm of the BDO international network.
The BDO global network provides business advisory services in 166 countries and territories, with more than 119,000 people working out of 1,800 offices worldwide. It has revenues of US$15bn.
