The shortlist for the British Business Awards 2025, in association with NatWest, has been released with QTS Group announced as one of the top eight employer businesses in the UK.
The leading rail contractor will now go up against; Savills, Mydentist, Tullis Russell, Troup Bywaters & Anders LLP, Bell Group, Morris & Spottiswood and Muckle Media.
143 companies across 18 awards are now vying for the top spot at the ceremony in Edinburgh on the 24 April 2025. Major multi-nationals including Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard (HP), UK PLCs including Scottish Power, The Weir Group and Greggs, well known brands like Miller Homes, The PureGym Group and The Ivy Collection and technology and innovation led companies like Stellar Omada and Dynisma, all feature in the shortlist and will now go forward as part of the full judging process in the run up to the awards.
More than 300 companies entered the British Business Awards. The shortlisted businesses were chosen by an independent shortlisting panel. Each entry was carefully examined and judged on their positive impact to their workforce, sector and overall contribution to the British economy. The shortlist will now go forward to the main judging panel comprising of 18 independent judges, all key figures from British industry including Vinodka Murria OBE, Phil Urban, CEO of Mitchells & Butlers and Emma Crystal, CEO Coutts Bank.
The awards are raising funds for beneficiary homelessness charity Social Bite, with a target of raising £1million through the event and a fundraising lunch happening earlier in the day, being organised with Gleneagles Hotel. The awards dinner will take place at the EICC on 24 April and tables are already in high demand with up to 2000 business leaders set to attend.
”It is a great honour to be shortlisted for the Employer of the Year category at the British Business Awards. Our people truly are at the heart of QTS and we work hard to ensure they know they work for an employer who cares about their wellbeing and safety. We are proud of the initiatives that make this the case, especially our cancer screening programme which detected cancer within six of our team who weren’t showing any symptoms.
We are looking forward to the event in April and celebrating the rest of the incredible businesses nominated across the evening.
Andy SteelManaging Director
”In spite of the economic headwinds facing British businesses, our incredible shortlist shows that leading British companies are thriving and in turn are powering the economy and job creation through their hard work and resilience. It came across loud and clear from the hundreds of entries we received for the awards that businesses are having to innovate and adapt like never before. It’s been inspirational to see the incredible work that’s going on behind the scenes in companies of all shapes and sizes across the UK.
The 2025 shortlist reflects the hugely diverse range of businesses we have in this country, and I know our judging panel are going to have some tough decisions on their hands when it comes to determining our winners.
Alan Jope CBEFormer CEO of Unilever and Chair of the judging panel
”We are so excited to see the event bring together some of the most successful and economically influential people in the UK - to celebrate their success, whilst at the same time raising funds for some of the most vulnerable people in society. Thank you to all of the companies participating in the awards this year.
Josh Littlejohn MBEFounding Partner and Event Director of the British Business Awards
