The Small Cap Awards 2021 Shortlist Announcement

The shortlist for the Small Cap Awards 2021 has been released ahead of their in-person event on 11 November at London’s Montcalm Hotel. Hosted by Perrier Award winning comedian Dominic Holland, the show will highlight the best in UK small cap business over the last year.

You can find out more about the event on the Small Cap Network website. Master Investor will be publishing profiles of selected nominees during the run up to the event.

The Nominees

Company of the Year

Water Intelligence Plc

MaxCyte Inc

EKF Diagnostics Holdings Plc

Gear4Music Ltd

The Panoply Holdings Plc

Avacta Group Plc

IPO of the Year

Various Eateries Plc

Elixirr International Plc

Calnex Solutions Plc

Kooth Plc

Verici DX Plc

Inspecs Group Plc

Director of the Year

John Samuel, Hargreaves Services Plc

Julian Baines, MBE, EKF Diagnostics Holdings Plc

Mike Creedon, SDI Group Plc

Neal Gandhi, The Panoply Holdings Plc

Klaas van der Leest, Intercede Plc

Dr Alastair Smith, Avacta Group Plc

ESG of the Year

Water Intelligence Plc

The Panoply Holdings Plc

Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc

ILIKA Plc

Trackwise Designs Plc

Invinity Energy Systems Plc

AQSE Company of the Year

DXS International plc

Incanthera plc

Chapel Down Group plc

Analyst of the Year

Robert Sanders, Shore Capital Group

Chris Donnellan, Cenkos Securities

Mark Brewer, finnCap Group

Peter McNally, Panmure Gordon & Co

Kevin Ashton, Singer Capital Markets

Lorne Daniel, finnCap Group

Journalist of the Year

Joanne Hart, Mail on Sunday

Simon Thompson, Investors Chronicle

Smit Berry, The Small Company Sharewatch

Andrew Hore, AIM Journal

Richard Evans, Questor – Telegraph

David Thornton, Growth Company Investor

UK Smaller Companies Fund Manager of the Year

Premier Miton UK Smaller Companies.
Managers: Gervais Williams & Martin Turner

Octopus UK Micro Cap Growth.
Manager: Richard Power

Baillie Gifford British Smaller Companies.
Manager: Charlie Broughton & Steve Vaughan

Marlborough Nano Cap Growth.
Managers: Guy Feld & Eustace Santa Barbara

Marlborough UK Micro Cap Growth.
Managers: Guy Feld & Eustace Santa Barbara

ES R&M UK Equity Smaller Companies.
Manager:  Daniel Hanbury

Lifetime Achievement Award

To be announced on the evening