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