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winners & shortlist 

The winners were announced on Thursday 27 February 2025 at the plc awards 2024. 


best investor communication award

sponsored by Rothschild & Co 

shortlist

  • WINNER: Babcock International Group plc
  • Experian plc
  • Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc
  • Kenmare Resources plc
  • Lloyds Banking Group plc
  • ZIGUP plc

transaction of the year award

sponsored by Alma Strategic Communications

shortlist

  • Breedon Group plc
  • Grafton Group plc
  • Harworth Group plc
  • Pinewood Technologies Group plc
  • Volution Group plc
  • WINNER: Zegona Communications plc

growth business of the year award

sponsored by Squire Patton Boggs 

shortlist

  • Diploma plc
  • Games Workshop Group plc
  • JTC plc
  • Trainline plc
  • Trustpilot Group plc
  • WINNER: XPS Pensions Group plc

tech business of the year award

sponsored by RMS Partners

shortlist

  • Alfa Financial Software Holdings plc
  • Baltic Classifieds Group plc
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc
  • RELX plc
  • WINNER: Rightmove plc
  • Sage Group plc
  • Trustpilot Group plc

transformation of the year award

sponsored by Odyssean Capital

shortlist

  • Coats Group plc
  • Currys plc
  • WINNER: Funding Circle Holdings plc
  • Greencore Group plc
  • International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A.
  • Kier Group plc 

fund manager award

sponsored by Emperor

​​​​​​shortlist

  • Andy Brough/Schroders
  • Henry Dixon/Man Income Fund
  • JOINT WINNERS: Ambrose Faulks and Ed Legget/Artemis
  • James Henderson/Janus Henderson
  • Laurence Hulse/Onward Opportunities Limited
  • Alex Wright/Fidelity International

corporate governance award

sponsored by Beyond Governance 

shortlist

  • Aviva plc
  • Babcock International Group plc
  • Cranswick plc
  • Galliford Try Holdings plc
  • WINNER: Marks and Spencer Group plc
  • Pets at Home Group plc
  • Tesco plc
     

breakthrough of the year award

sponsored by RBC Capital Markets

shortlist

  • WINNER: Avon Technologies plc
  • Games Workshop Group plc
  • IP Group plc
  • Just Group plc
  • Oxford Biomedica plc
  • PureTech Health plc
     

CEO of the year award

sponsored by Citi Commercial Bank

shortlist

  • Adam Couch/Cranswick plc
  • Ronnie George/Volution Group plc
  • WINNER: John Morgan/Morgan Sindall Group plc
  • Nigel Newton/Bloomsbury Publishing plc
  • Kevin Rountree/Games Workshop Group plc
  • Michael Speakman/Keller Group plc
  • Johnny Thomson/Diploma plc

new company of the year award

sponsored by Edison Group

shortlist

  • Applied Nutrition plc
  • Canal+ S.A.
  • Pollen Street Group Limited
  • WINNER: Raspberry Pi Holdings plc

company of the year award

sponsored by Berenberg 

shortlist

  • 3i Group plc
  • Bloomsbury Publishing plc
  • WINNER: Games Workshop Group plc
  • Greggs plc
  • RELX plc
  • Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

outstanding achievement award

 There is no shortlist for this award. 

  • WINNER: Sage Group plc

2024 nominations

Nominations for the 2024 Awards have closed. Nominations for next year's awards will open in November 2025.


key dates


w/c Monday 18 November 2024 – nominations open  

Friday 10 January 2025 – nominations close

Thursday 23 January 2025 – voting panel meeting

Friday 24 January 2025 – shortlist published online 

Thursday 27 February 2025 – winners announced at the plc awards 2024