Alan Lindstrom with Leila Jundi and Mark McDonald at the 2023 Solent 250 awards evening
Published: May 16, 2023 | Updated: 15th May 2023
The Business Magazine’s private dinner and awards ceremony were held at the Southampton Harbour Hotel & Spa last week and was well-attended by the Hampshire

The 2023 Solent 250 awards evening at the Harbour Hotel, Southampton

The 2023 Solent 250 awards evening at the Harbour Hotel, Southampton
The dinner hosted guest speakers Mark McDonald, Head of Data Science and Analytics for HSBC Global Research and Roland Emmans, who heads up HSBC’s Technology Sector & Growth Lending Teams and a discussion on the future of AI in personal and commerical spaces.
Congratulations to PVC Building Supplies for winning Entrepreneurial Business of the Year, to Gary Orr, Group Chief Executive at Abri for winning CEO of the Year, to Apollo Motor Group for winning the Business Culture Award and to Portsmouth Aviation for winning Growth Story of the Year.

Winners of the 2023 Solent 250 Awards at the Southampton Harbour Hotel and Spa Credit: Black Ox Media
Richard Thompson, Managing Director at Black Ox Media, said: “The night was a huge success, and our Hampshire winners are a shining example of the talent and leadership in the area.
“Our judging panel were impressed by both the ongoing growth and potential displayed and next year will be very exciting.”

Steve and Kathy Randall, Fence Stores, Richard Dibden, CMA Recruitment

Andrew Bowles and David Evans, Portsmouth Aviation

Eva Lambell and Jim Younger, Beyond Retail and Rich Thompson, Black Ox Media

Mark McDonald, HSBC Global Research, Richard Cartwright, Southampton Business School and Max Toti, Captec

Sarah Hall-Attah and Steve Whitwam, Harvest Fine Foods

Amber Burton, Ashley Archdeacon and Verity Treverton Jones, Supreme Freight

Brett Stephens, STR Group

Steve Davies, Jenny Fisher, Spencer Wright, PVC Building Supplies

Rich Thompson, Black Ox Media

Hannah Clipston, Irwin Mitchell, Lesley Hamilton and Tim Brown with Eva Agnew, Lionel Hitchen

Kate Brown, Nick Stevenson and Russell Miller, Vail Williams

The dinner hosted guest speaker Mark McDonald, Head of Data Science and Analytics for HSBC Global Research

The dinner hosted guest speakers Mark McDonald, Head of Data Science and Analytics for HSBC Global Research and Roland Emmans, who heads up HSBC’s Technology Sector & Growth Lending Teams

The dinner hosted guest speaker Roland Emmans, who heads up HSBC’s Technology Sector & Growth Lending Teams


Clodagh Tunney, RSM UK

Claire Oatridge, Partnering Health

Paul Clements and Bradley Eyles, Apollo Motor Group

The dinner hosted guest speaker Roland Emmans, who heads up HSBC’s Technology Sector & Growth Lending Teams

Darren Slater RSM UK and Darryl Osbrne, The West Group

Matthew Samuel-Camps, Vail Williams

Alan Ward, Gary Orr and Stephen Lodge, Abri

Darren Slater, RSM UK
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Hampshire Biz News would like to add our thanks to The Business Magazine‘s sponsors – HSBC UK, Irwin Mitchell, RSM UK, CMA Recruitment Group, Vail Williams and Southampton University Business School.
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