All 13 Stockport Business Awards 2026 winners: Mini Gears, Coffee Block and Stockport Advocacy among them. The night raised over £6,000 for Signpost for Carers.
A Heaton Mersey gear maker, a town centre coffee shop and a local advocacy charity were among the winners at the Stockport Business Awards 2026.
Mini Gears won Business of the Year in the largest category, for firms turning over more than £10m. Coffee Block and Stockport Advocacy won two awards each. Stockport Advocacy’s second was The Stockport Award.
More than 300 guests attended the ceremony at the Royal Nawaab Pyramid on Thursday 8 October. The awards are founded and organised by CN Chartered Accountants, which published the winners the next day. Jenny Powell presented.
The winners
| Award | Winner | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| Business of the Year (£10m+ turnover) | Mini Gears | CN Chartered Accountants |
| Business of the Year (£5m to £10m) | Almond Family Pubs | Gorvins Solicitors |
| Business of the Year (£1m to £5m) | Firstplay Dietary Foods | HSBC |
| Business of the Year (up to £1m) | Benchmark Gym | |
| Most Promising Young Business | Eleanor Grace Dance | Stockport Council and Stockport Economic Alliance |
| Employer of the Year | TMT Commercial Contractors | Stockport College |
| Family Business of the Year | Coffee Block | CN Corporate Finance |
| Best Creative / Digital | A Beautiful Sign | Platform81 |
| Best Not-for-Profit Organisation | Stockport Advocacy | |
| Corporate Social Responsibility | McCrory Construction | Marketing Stockport |
| Innovation | Cheadle Hulme Dental and Cosmetics | CN Financial Planners |
| Hospitality, Leisure and Retail Business of the Year | Coffee Block | Robinsons Brewery |
| The Stockport Award | Stockport Advocacy |
Source: Stockport Business Awards, 9 October 2026. Blank sponsor cells are blank in the organisers’ list.
Who some of the winners are
- Mini Gears makes precision gears and machined parts at Top Gear House on the Heaton Mersey Industrial Estate, according to its website.
- Firstplay Dietary Foods is based at Spark Business Park on Hamilton Road. It has been registered at Companies House since 1993.
- Coffee Block is an independent coffee house in Merseyway Shopping Centre, first announced in 2022.
- Stockport Advocacy is a community benefit society on Middle Hillgate. Its advocates support adults with care needs and carers when the council assesses them, plans their care or makes a safeguarding enquiry, the council’s directory says.
- Eleanor Grace Dance runs inclusive dance and performing arts classes for children of all ages and abilities, the council said. Its award is for firms that started trading within the past two years.
£6,000 for unpaid carers
A raffle on the night raised more than £6,000 for Signpost for Carers, the awards’ charity partner. The Stockport charity supports unpaid carers of all ages across the borough. Local businesses and residents donated the prizes, the organisers said.
Cllr Micheala Meikle, the council’s cabinet member for economy, regeneration and skills, said Stockport is home to more than 13,000 businesses. “The borough has the highest five-year business survival rate in Greater Manchester, outperforming regional and national averages,” she said.
What it means for you
- Entries for 2027. The organisers say updates on the 2027 programme, entry dates and sponsorship will appear on stockportbusinessawards.co.uk. No dates have been published yet.
- If you look after someone. Signpost for Carers offers support to unpaid carers in Stockport. Its contact details are on its website.
- Help with care decisions. If you or someone you care for is going through a council care assessment, Stockport Advocacy can be contacted on 0161 480 8979, according to the council’s directory.
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