On the evening of Thursday 9th March, we were joined by 250 guests at No. 4 Hamilton Place to celebrate fabulous customer service in the wedding industry at our 2017 Awards Night! Guests arrived from 7pm for drinks and networking, before sitting down for the all important ceremony! Once the Awards Ceremony was finished we headed upstairs for the After Party with Visually Sound Events, where we had a fabulous night of dancing and networking.Â
Oxfordshire based photographer Zaki Charles joined us for the event. The photographs will be available until midnight on the 21st March, so make sure you download your favourites now.
Below is the full list of finalists and winners, and the full shortlist can be found here.
Bridal Wear
Confetti Bridal Wear - winner
Anya Bridal Couture
Pink Confetti
Shades of White
Townhouse Bridal
Venues - Stately Homes/Mansions
Brinsop Court - winner
Eynsham Hall
Milton Hill House
Ardington House
Highgate House
Cars and Horse Drawn Carriages
Cathedral Cars - winner
Catherine's Carriages
First Class Travel of Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire Chauffeurs
Platinum Wedding Cars
Discos and DJs
DJ2K Professional Wedding DJs - winner
Innovents Entertainments & Services
Skywalkers Disco
Visually Sound Events
Jewellery
Aspire Jewellery - winner
Rings Rock
Menswear
DAPPER Formalwear For Men - winner
Suits 2 U
Cakes and Fountains
Designer Cakes by Elle - winner
Smilies Cakes 'n' Pops
WickyWooWoo Cakes
All Cakes and Sizes
Saskia's Sweets N Treats
Hen and Stag
The Crafty Hen - winner
GoHen
Venue Decoration
Sweet Beginnings - winner
Beau Events
CJ'S party hire
Venues Covered
Kreative Celebrations
Venues - Exclusive Use
Brympton House - winner
Ardington House
The Matara Centre
The WatersEdge
Winters Barns
Beauty, Hair & Makeup
Vivid Hair - winner
JG88Makeup
Updoo
Katie Burt Makeup
Rachael Dutton Makeup Artist
Caterers and Catering Hire
Hey Pesto Catering - winner
Croxfords
Floral Vintage Crockery
Hog Roast Caterers
The Dimblebee Catering Company Ltd
Celebrants & Toastmasters
Cherish Ceremonies - winner
White Rose Ceremonies®
Simply Ceremonies UK
Island Celebrants
Honeymoons/Overseas Weddings
Exclusive Yacht Weddings - winner
Windmill Restaurant Paphos
Planners
Weddings by Lulu Douglas - winner
Vikkilea Event Planning and Design
Venues - Barns
All Manor of Events - winner
Trevenna
Winters Barns
Heaton House Farm
Videography
Veiled Productions - winner
Heartfelt Productions
Tim Cowell Videographer
Quaint Weddings Videographers
Music
Earcandy - Live Wedding & Function Bands and DJs - winner
The Blue Lion Band
Ariella Strings
Bathsheba's Wedding Ceilidh Band
Warble Entertainment Agency
Photographers
Bruckshaw Photography - winner
A1 Photogenics
Alexis Knight Photography
Sam Bennett Photography
McPherson Photography
Stationery
On Cloud Nine - winner
Gorgeous Invites
I Heart It
Making Brides Smile Stationery
Paper Tree Design
Florists
Penny Blossoms - winner
Battle House of Flowers
Flowers by Kirsty
Miss Mollie's Flowers
Violet's Garden
Venues - Hotel
Eynsham Hall - winner
Highfield Park
Best Western Smokies Park Hotel
Milton Hill House Hotel
After the ceremony, all the winners, finalists and shortlisted businesses headed upstairs for the After Party - where a great night was had by all!
A big thank you to all of our event partners - No. 4 Hamilton Place, Food By Dish, Zaki Charles Photography (who's fabulous photographs are available to download here, using password Guides-321), Paul Fowler Magic, Ice Promotions, Arrow Productions (we'll be sending a video of the night out soon!), The Blue Lion Band, Visually Sound Events, Antony Winyard, Flowers by Kirsty and LED Factory.
Huge congratulations to all of our winners!
The Guides for Brides Customer Service Awards are the perfect opportunity to get recognised for your amazing customer service. During the voting stage, we read all of our clients' reviews and send them off to a wedding industry expert for judging. If you'd like to be in with a chance of winning next year, start gathering your reviews now. Reviews left throughout the whole year are taken into account, so make sure you're always encouraging your brides and grooms to leave a review on your advert on guidesforbrides.co.uk.
We're already looking forward to next year!