

Friday 7th
March 2025
Crowne Plaza City Centre Hotel, Liverpool
#WIBA25 celebrates the best from across the city
Over 300 leading business personalities from across Liverpool gathered at the Crowne Plaza Liverpool City Centre on Friday 7th March 2025 to celebrate the achievements of the regions leading female entrepreneurs at the Women in Business Awards 2025.
The twelfth Women in Business Awards, sponsored by Paul Holmes Fine Jewellery, rewarded some of the region’s leading female business leaders.
The awards, hosted by Northwest television icon, Lucy Meacock alongside DIB boss Frank McKenna celebrates the finest female-led businesses, the established and up-and-coming entrepreneurs, and the women who make the most valuable contribution to the growth of the local economy.
Winners for the Women in Business Awards 2025 included Natalie Reeves-Billing, Vitality Homes and Katie Bentley from the Liverpool BID Company who won Woman of the Year 2025, Female Led Business of the Year 2025 and the Chief Executive’s Award 2025 respectively.
CLICK HERE for the full list of winners.
For further information on how you can get involved in next years event contact beth.mckenna@downtowninbusiness.com.
Winners
Newcomer of the Year 2025
Sponsor: High Performance Consultancy
Ashli Reid and Jo Humphreys, iFloat
Marketer of the Year 2025
Sponsor: The Printroom UK
Nicola Docking, Poke Marketing
Change Maker of the Year 2025
Sponsor: Liverpool Business News
Ruth Wood, Mersey Maritime
Social Impact Award 2025
Sponsor: Sutcliffe
Sue Gregory, Everton in the Community
Visitor Economy Personality of the Year 2025
Sponsor: Verlingue
Jan Morris, Hope Street Hotel
Unsung Hero Award 2025
Sponsor: Nugent
Sonia Bassey, Mandela8
Property Personality of the Year 2025
Sponsor: United Wolves Productions
Anne King, Steven A Hunt & Associates
Female Professional of the Year 2025
Sponsor: Malmaison
Gill Stoll, Hill Dickinson
Female Led Business of the Year 2025
Sponsor: Devafest
Vitality Homes
Woman of the Year 2025
Sponsor: Paul Holmes Fine Jewellery
Natalie Reeves-Billing, The Builder Book Project UK
Liverpool BID Company Award 2025
Sponsor: Liverpool BID Company
Natalie Haywood, The LEAF Group
Chair's Award 2025
Sponsor: Downtown in Business
Georgia Morgan and Jade Morgan, Propel PR
Fly with the Eagles Award 2025
Sponsor: John Haynes Foundation
Gill Williams, The City of Liverpool College
Chief Executive's Award 2025
Sponsor: Downtown in Business
Katie Bentley, Liverpool BID Company
Rising Star Awards 2025
Sponsor: City of Liverpool College
Grace Johnson, Warwick NW
Emily Robson, Knowledge Quarter Liverpool
Emily Warburton, Sutcliffe
Beth Wainwright, Boosted Tape
Commendations 2025
Visitor Economy Personality of the Year 2025
Sarah Kelly, Pullman Hotel
Property Personality of the Year 2025
Michelle Eager, Krol Corlett
Female Professional of the Year 2025
Julie Johnson, Morecrofts Solicitors
Female Led Business of the Year 2025
Glenville Walker



