Shortlist announced for the Springboard Awards for Excellence 2025

Springboard has announced the shortlisted businesses vying for recognition at its Awards for Excellence 2025.

 
The winners across 18 categories will be recognised on Wednesday 2 April 2025 at Wembley Stadium.

Guests will be hosted by Delaware North at the iconic stadium, experiencing welcome drinks in the Lioness Bar, followed by a four-course meal with  paired wines in the Sir Bobby Moore Room. 

Springboard chief executive Chris Gamm said: “The Springboard Awards for Excellence 2025 are set to be spectacular. In yet another year that has tested our industry’s resilience, these awards celebrate the determined spirit and impressive innovation that define hospitality. 

“From rising stars to seasoned veterans, each nominee represents the very best of hospitality. We’re not just recognising achievement; we’re showcasing the bright future of hospitality and the incredible individuals shaping it.”

The Springboard Awards for Excellence 2025 Shortlist

 

Best Recruitment Initiative Award
Greene King 
Holiday Inn Blackpool / RBH Hospitality Management
Punch Pubs & Co 
Sodexo
Valor Hospitality

 

Best Apprenticeship Strategy Award
BaxterStorey 
Compass Group UK & Ireland
IHG
Leonardo Hotels
Mitchells & Butlers

 

Employee Engagement Award
BaxterStorey 
Flat Iron Steak Limited
PPHE Hotel Group
Richmond Hill Hotel
Valor Hospitality

 

Best Training Programme Award
Adam Handling Collection 
Compass Group UK & Ireland 
Incipio Group
Leonardo Hotels 
Sysco GB 

 

Career Development Initiative Award
Hilton London Metropole 
Leonardo Hotels 
Rare Restaurants
Z Hotels 
Zizzi

 

Best use of Technology Award
A2H Solutions
Brewhouse and Kitchen 
Delaware North UK 
IHG Hotels & Resorts 

 

Talent Development Team of the Year Award
BM 
Dishoom
Incipio Group
Leonardo Hotels
Malmaison & Hotel du Vin

 

Employee Health & Wellbeing Award
CH&Co
Punch Pubs & Co
Rare Restaurants 
Signature Dining

 

Community Engagement Award
Apex Hotels 
The Breakfast Club
Greene King 
Mum
Omi Bar

 

Disability Champion Award
The Crumbs Project
Fuller’s 
Greene King 
Hunky Dory Restaurants, a franchise of McDonald’s Restaurants 
Whitbread / Premier Inn

 

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Award
BaxterStorey 
Dorchester Collection 
Haven 
Hilton 
Indeed Flex

 

Best Education & Industry Partnership Award
The Athenaeum Hotel and Residences 
Aurora Foxes 
The Belfry Hotel & Resort 
IHG - voco Grand Central Hotel & Kimpton Blythswood Hotel & Spa 
Richmond Hill Hotel 
Z Hotels

 

Sustainable Business Award
The Belfry Hotel & Resort
Bidfood
Kerb
Rare Restaurants
RBH Hospitality Management

 

Springboard Ambassador of the Year Award
Alice Barrett, Vacherin
Ben Sutton, The Grand Hotel Brighton
Diana Gailiunaite, CH&Co
Lauren McCormick, Omi Bar
Louise Darroch, Yellow42 

 

Best Employer Award
BaxterStorey 
Dakota Hotels 
Eden Hotel Collection
Hilton
Permanently Unique

 

Fiona Colley Trainee of the Year Award 
Andrew Bennett
Catrina McGregor
Kyle Steward
Nadia Mahichani
Tyana King-Wagner

 

Springboard partner of the year and Chris Beaumont Outstanding Contribution Award will be announced on the night.