The shortlist for the sixth edition of the EN Indy Awards has been unveiled. The awards feature 18 categories this year including Consumer Show of the Year, David & Goliath Award and Industry Impact Award.

With the event date of 17 October fast approaching, the first wave of hopefuls have been revealed with the likes of Business Show Media, Media 10 and Reset Connect all hoping to take home a trophy at the QEII Centre.

New for 2025 is the Grand Prix Award. Those who are in three or more categories will have a calculated score across their top three submissions, the company with the highest score will take home the Grand Prix Award.

The awards will follow the EN Indy Expo, held at the BDC, where four theatres will offer insightful sessions on topics such as AI and revenue.

The shortlist

Best 365 Community – sponsored by MCM

  • Reset Connect

  • Open Banking Expo

  • Rhotic Media / Financial Promoter

  • Education Estates® 2024 – STEP CONNECT2

  • British APCO – BAPCO Annual Event

Best Event Partnership

  • Ideal Home Show Scotland 2025

  • Education Estates® 2024 – STEP CONNECT2

  • Manufacturing and Engineering North East & Advanced Manufacturing Forum

  • Ideal Home Show 2025

  • The IRN-BRU Carnival

Start-up Organiser of the Year – sponsored by Quartz Business Media

  • Inflection Point Events

  • Otis Media Ltd

  • Dockland Media Group

Best Indy Commercial Team

  • Clerkenwell Design Week – Media 10

  • FP Live! – Rhotic Media

  • MPTS (Media Business Insight)

  • Purple Ash Media / GroundsFest

Best Indy Event Director – sponsored by Thorns Group/-45dB

  • Henry Reynolds – Business Show Media

  • Carmela Coop-Rodia – What Else Events

  • Hannah Tovey – London Wine Fair

  • Charlotte Wheeler – MPTS (Media Business Insight)

  • Christopher Bassett – Purple Ash Media

Best Indy Operations Team

  • Clerkenwell Design Week – Media 10

  • BtoB Events

  • Montgomery Group

  • Business Show Media

  • Framework Media

  • QD Events

Consumer Show of the Year – sponsored by The Event & Exhibition Partnership (EEP)

  • Grand Designs Live London 2025 – Media 10

  • Ideal Home Show Scotland 2025 – Media 10

  • Ideal Home Show 2025 – Media 10

  • The National Wedding Show – Otis Media Ltd

  • IRN-BRU Carnival – QD Events

David & Goliath Award

  • Purple Ash Media / GroundsFest

  • Open Banking Expo

  • The International Franchise Show – Business Show Media

  • Tones of Beauty – BtoB Events

  • Space-Comm

Industry Impact Award

  • The Business Show London – Business Show Media

  • Education Estates® – STEP CONNECT2

  • Purple Ash Media / GroundsFest

  • UK Construction Week Birmingham 2024 – Media 10

Employer of the Year

  • Forum Events & Media Group

  • Media 10

  • Rhotic Media

  • Business Show Media

  • BtoB Events

Trade Show of the Year – Less than 4,000 sqm – sponsored by Business Design Centre (BDC)

  • Space-Comm

  • London Wine Fair – Brintex, Hemming Group

  • Reset Connect London

  • Education Estates® 2024 – STEP CONNECT2

  • The International Franchise Show – Business Show Media

Trade Show of the Year – More than 4,000 sqm

  • UK Construction Week Birmingham 2024 – Media 10

  • GroundsFest – Purple Ash Media

  • Clerkenwell Design Week – Media 10

  • Toy Fair – British Toy & Hobby Association

  • The Business Show London – Business Show Media

  • MPTS – Media Business Insight

Best Indy Marketing Team – sponsored by ASP 

  • Clerkenwell Design Week – Media 10

  • The International Franchise Show Marketing Team – Business Show Media

  • Ideal Home Show 2025 – Media 10

  • SBC Summit 2025 – SBC

  • MPTS – Media Business Insight

  • Purple Ash Media / GroundsFest

Best Supporting Supplier

  • Giant iTab

  • Promo House Staffing.com

  • Thorns Group

  • Concept Furniture

  • Full Circle Events & Exhibitions

  • Creative Group

Content Programme of the Year

  • EBME Expo – BtoB Events

  • UK Construction Week Birmingham 2024 – Media 10

  • London Wine Fair – Brintex, Hemming Group

  • The Blue Light Show – What Else Events

  • Education Estates® – STEP CONNECT2

  • MPTS 2025 – Media Business Insight

Exhibition Growth of the Year

  • London Wine Fair – Brintex, Hemming Group

  • Reset Connect London

  • Critical Communications World – MA Exhibitions

  • Subcon – MA Exhibitions

  • SBC Summit Rio 2025 – SBC

  • GroundsFest – Purple Ash Media

Best Supporting Venue

  • Business Design Centre

  • Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre

  • UTAC Millbrook

Best Independent Trade Show Launch – sponsored by Olympia

  • The Blue Light Show – What Else Events

  • Tones of Beauty – BtoB Events

  • European Resilience Summit Berlin – Dockland Media Group

That isn’t it for the shortlist, however. The new categories for 2025 will be revealed in the coming days and weeks!

Get your tickets for the awards here, and register for the EN Indy Expo here.