Get Awarded
There are valuable opportunities for Wimbledon businesses to be awarded and promote their business in various categories in ‘The Merton Best Business Awards’ and ‘The Time & Leisure Food and Culture Awards’. These profile-generating awards are supported by Love Wimbledon to help our businesses get recognised.
Merton Best Business Awards
The Merton Best Business Awards recognises outstanding business in Merton. The awards were redesigned for 2021 to recognise the challenges faced by businesses during the pandemic. A range of new categories and an easier application process attracted the highest ever number of applications in the Awards’ nine-year history – testament to the resilience and determination of Merton’s businesses in the face of such difficult operating conditions.
Award Categories 2021
- Arts and Culture Award
- Best for Innovation and Customer Focus
- Breakthrough Charity Award
- Climate Action Award
- Entrepreneur of the Year
- Hero in Business
- The Extra Mile
- Team Spirit Award
- Star of the Year
- Leader of the Year
- Innovative and Creative Technology
- Independent Retailer Award
- In the Face of Adversity Award
- Hospitality Business of the Year
- Kindness in the Community Winner
- Overall Winner
Award Winning BID Businesses
Love Wimbledon BID Businesses are well represented on the winners list of the #MertonBest and continue to lead the Borough right across the categories. We are very proud to shout loudly about our award winning businesses. Find out which businesses won:
Merton Best Business Winners 2021
Merton Best Business Winners 2019
Time & Leisure Magazine – Food and Culture Awards
Celebrating the leading food, drink and cultural venues in South West London, this award is worth winning! In 2016, a whopping 40% of votes in the Time & Leisure awards were for Wimbledon businesses, demonstrating the large reach these awards have to the South West London consumer market.
Love Wimbledon has worked with Time & Leisure magazine to create a ‘Best Eating Experience in Wimbledon’ category to provide our BID businesses the opportunity to raise the profile of their business. With the introduction of culture to these awards in 2018, we now have even more BID businesses represented. Do enter your business – it’s FREE!
Find out which BID business won:
T&L’s Food and Culture Awards 2019
Tell Us About Your Awards!
Love Wimbledon loves to celebrate our award-winning businesses in Wimbledon. On our website, newsletters, e-cards and social media, we proudly share the news when a BID Business wins an industry award or is acknowledged for professional excellence.
Has your business recently won an award? If so, get in touch at info@lovewimbledon.org and we can promote the good news!