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2023 shortlist and winners
Winners were announced at the gala dinner on Thursday 14 March 2024.
best investor communication award
sponsored by Rothschild & Co Global Advisory
shortlist
- 4imprint Group plc
- Barratt Developments plc
- Breedon Group plc
- Britvic plc
- discoverIE Group plc
- Next plc
- Severn Trent plc
- WINNER: Smiths Group plc
transaction of the year award
sponsored by Gowling WLG
shortlist
- Ascential plc
- Harbour Energy plc
- Hollywood Bowl Group plc
- WINNER: HSBC Holdings plc
- Melrose Industries plc
- Zegona Communications plc
growth business of the year award
sponsored by Squire Patton Boggs
shortlist
- 3i Group plc
- WINNER: 4imprint Group plc
- Cranswick plc
- Diploma plc
- London Stock Exchange Group plc
- XPS Pensions Group plc
tech business of the year award
sponsored by Beyond Governance
shortlist
- Bytes Technology Group plc
- WINNER: Chemring Group plc
- Computacenter plc
- Darktrace plc
- Moneysupermarket.com Group plc
- Sage Group plc
- Trainline plc
- Trustpilot Group plc
transformation of the year award
sponsored by Odyssean Capital
shortlist
- Babcock International Group plc
- FirstGroup plc
- Foxtons Group plc
- Kier Group plc
- WINNER: Marks & Spencer Group plc
- Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
fund manager award
sponsored by Investec
shortlist
- Alessandro Dicorrado and Steve Woolley/Ninety One Asset Management
- Mark Niznik and William Tamworth/Artemis Investment Management
- Jean Roche/Schroders
- Eustace Santa Barbara/Marlborough
- WINNER: Alex Savvides/J O Hambro Capital Management
- Jonathan Winton/Fidelity International
- Team at Liontrust Asset Management
breakthrough of the year award
sponsored by RBC Capital Markets
shortlist
- WINNER: Capital Limited
- Hilton Food Group plc
- Ondo InsurTech plc
- Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
- Smiths News plc
- Vistry Group plc
CEO of the year award
sponsored by Citi Commercial Bank
shortlist
- Luke Ellis/Man Group plc
- Alan Giddins/Hill & Smith plc
- Bill Hocking/Galliford Try Holdings plc
- David Lockwood/Babcock International Group plc
- Stuart Machin/Marks & Spencer Group plc
- WINNER: Mike Norris/Computacenter plc
new company of the year award
sponsored by Edison Group
There is no shortlist for this award category.
- WINNER: Dowlais Group plc
company of the year award
sponsored by Berenberg
shortlist
- Computacenter plc
- Galliford Try Holdings plc
- Marks & Spencer Group plc
- RELX plc
- WINNER: Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
- XPS Pensions Group plc
2023 key dates
The qualifying period for all awards is 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023
w/c 20 November 2023 – nominations open
Friday 5 January 2024 – nominations close
Thursday 25 January 2024 – voting panel meeting
Friday 26 January 2024 – shortlist published online
Thursday 14 March 2024 – plc awards 2023 awards ceremony
2023 nominations
Nominations for plc awards 2023 have closed.