On Thursday 25th September 2025, Downtown in Business hosted our fourteenth annual City of Manchester Business Awards 2025 at the wonderful Lowry Hotel.
It was a fantastic evening celebrating the companies and entrepreneurs who continue to make a significant contribution to the economic growth of our city region. A huge thank you also goes to our headline sponsor and charity partner for the evening, Nugent, for their brilliant support.
The big winners on the night included Laing O’Rourke, who took home The Tony Award 2025 and Chris Cheap of Avison Young, who was named winner of the Chief Executive’s Award 2025. Congratulations to them, and to all of our winners and nominees, who help make Manchester such a thriving business community.
Commenting on the awards, Downtown in Business CEO and Group Chairman, Frank McKenna commented; “It was fantastic to see so many incredible businesses and amazing entrepreneurs in the room and it was great to celebrate some amazing success across Manchester and the wider city region.
“A huge congratulations to all of todays winners on their well-deserved awards and a big thanks you to all of our sponsors and event partners, especially our headline partner Nugent, who helped to put on another fantastic Downtown event.”
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Winners
Newcomer of the Year 2025
Sponsored by: Bruntwood
Winner: Harrison Drury
Legal Firm of the Year 2025:
Sponsored by: United Wolves Productions
Winner: Pannone Corporate
Business Services Company of the Year 2025:
Sponsored by: Seat Unique
Winner: Red Rock Communications
Hotel of the Year 2025
Sponsored by: Kier
Winner: The Lowry Hotel
Restaurant/Bar of the Year 2025
Sponsored by: Hospitality Hero
Winner: Fazenda
Architect of the Year 2025
Sponsored by: Qube Residential
Winner: Fairhursts
Property Services Company of the Year 2025
Sponsored by: High Performance Consultancy
Winner: Mansell Building Solutions
Financial Services Firm of the Year 2025
Sponsored by: Breeze Development
Winner: Sedulo
Developer of the Year 2025
Sponsored by: Red Rock Communications
Winner: MUSE
Contractor of the Year 2025
Sponsored by: Sutcliffe
Winner: Seddon
The Tony Award 2025
Sponsored by: Nugent
Winner: Laing O’Rourke
Chief Executive’s Award 2025
Sponsored by: DIB
Winner: Chris Cheap (Avison Young)
