The West London Chambers Business Awards return to Novotel London West in Hammersmith on Friday 20 November: a black-tie dinner and 19 award categories.

Businesses from Hammersmith and Fulham will find out on Friday 20 November whether they have won one of this year’s West London Chambers Business Awards. The black-tie gala dinner is at the Novotel London West on Shortlands, Hammersmith.

West London Chambers of Commerce told Fulham Wire the evening is meant to “celebrate outstanding businesses, entrepreneurs and organisations across West London”. It is the thirteenth year of the awards, according to the Chamber’s awards page.

What happens on the night

The Chamber sets out the programme as:

  • a drinks reception
  • a three-course dinner
  • the awards presentations
  • networking
Alan Rides, chief executive of West London Chambers of Commerce, smiling in a navy suit and checked tie
Alan Rides, chief executive of West London Chambers of Commerce. Photo: supplied by West London Chambers of Commerce

Who can win

The awards are open to every business in Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham and Hounslow, the three boroughs the Chamber covers. Chamber members based elsewhere can enter too.

There are 19 categories this year. Two are new:

  • Education and Training Provider of the Year
  • Best Security Business, cyber and physical

Two more have new names. Best Business for Marketing and Social Media is now Best Online Footprint of the Year. Best Exporter of the Year is now the Beyond Borders Award.

The other 15 categories are:
Apprentice Employer of the Year Best Business for Health and Wellbeing
Best Business for Hospitality and Leisure Best Charity/Social Enterprise
Best Entrepreneur Best New Business (under two years old)
Best Small Company under 50 Employees Best Tech Business
Business Enabler of the Year Creative Business of the Year
Diversity and Inclusion Award Employer of the Year
League of their own Award Unsung Heroes Award
Women in Business Award
Guests in evening dress seated at round tables for dinner in a ballroom lit in red, blue and orange, with sponsor logos on screens
Guests at dinner during a previous West London Chambers Business Awards gala. Photo: via West London Chambers of Commerce

Going along

The Chamber has not published ticket prices on its awards page. It asks businesses interested in sponsoring the evening to get in touch through the same page.

Past finalists quoted by the Chamber were warm about it. The Mulberry Centre called it “a fantastic night celebrating West London’s finest”.

Guests in black tie and evening dresses talking with drinks in a large function room
The drinks reception at a previous West London Chambers Business Awards. Photo: via West London Chambers of Commerce

Other Chamber events in November

The Chamber is also hosting two trade delegation receptions, both outside the borough:

  • Libya Delegation Reception, Monday 23 November, 9am to 5pm, at The Marble Arch Hotel by Thistle, Bryanston Street, W1H 7EH, about three miles north-east of Hammersmith
  • Beijing China Delegation Reception, Monday 30 November, at Spring Grove House, West Thames College, London Road, Isleworth, TW7 4HS, about six miles west

Spring Grove House is the Chamber’s own base. The Chamber gave no times for the Beijing reception.