With sixteen awards handed out on the evening, there was a wide array of winners across a number of different sectors that were recognised for their achievement over the past twelve months. Winners included Bruntwood SciTech, Natalie Atkinson from FC United and Maria Murphy from Roland Dransfield PR who took home the Business of the Year, Tony Wilson Award and CEO’S Award respectively.

Commenting on the awards, Downtown CEO and Group Chairman, Frank McKenna said; “What an incredible night and a bunch of really deserving winners. The quality of the shortlists this year was fantastic and all nominees are thoroughly deserving of the recognition of their tremendous performance over the past twelve months.”

“A massive congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to all of our sponsors and partners on the evening. The room dressing was fantastic so a huge thank you to the Festive Group, The Lowry Hotel were superb, as they are every year, and it was great to raise some money for We Love MCR charity.”

“Finally, it was great to have Franking Sense® as our headline sponsor for #COMBA22. We have worked with them for a number of years now and Daniel, Julian and the whole Franking Sense® team epitomise everything that #COMBA celebrates. We are delighted they were headline sponsor for #COMBA22.”

“It was another great Downtown evening and we look forward to doing it all again in another twelve months and celebrating and recognising even more fantastic businesses and entrepreneurs at #COMBA23.”