In the Attractions and Things to Do category, the top three are:
- Hopkinsons Vintage Antiques and Art Centre, Station Street
- Broadway Cinema, Hockley
- The Lost City Adventure Golf, Cornerhouse
In the Café/Coffee Shop category, the top four are;
- Wired Café Bar, Pelham Street
- Fox Café, Pelham Street
- 200 Degrees, Flying Horse Walk
- Ila’s Little Tea Shoppe
* A voting tie has resulted in four finalists businesses in the Café/Coffee Shop category.
In the Health, Hair and Beauty category, the top three are;
- Loxley Opticians, Friar Lane
- NKD Waxing, Pelham Street
- Steele Hairdressing, Trinity Walk
In the Homeware and Giftware category, the top three are;
- Dukki, St James’s Street
- The Tokenhouse, Bridlesmith Gate
- Handmade Nottingham, St James’s Street
- Made in Nottingham, intu Broadmarsh
* A voting tie has resulted in four finalists businesses in the Café/Coffee Shop category.
In the Pub, Club, Bar and Music Venue category, the top three are;
- Suede Bar, Heathcote Street, Hockley
- Malt Cross, St James Street
- Ye Olde Salutation Inn, Hounds Gate
In the Restaurant category, the top three are;
- Annie’s Burger Shack, Broadway
- Bar Iberico, Carlton Street, Hockley
- Clean Cut Kitchen, Derby Road
In the Retail category, the top three are;
- Some Kind of Nature, intu Victoria Centre
- Delilah Fine Foods, Victoria Street
- Knit Nottingham, Trinity Walk
The finalists were arrived at via a public vote which saw thousands of nominations across the seven categories.
The winning business in each category plus an overall winner will be announced at a special breakfast event taking place on Wednesday 4 July 2018 – Independence Day.
This year for the first time there will be a Special Achievement award which will be presented to the independent business that the judges believe should have special recognition for their contribution to the independents scene in Nottingham city centre.
“Congratulations to all the businesses that have been shortlisted. People have really got behind this competition, as the number of votes cast shows. Competition is fierce so these businesses have done really well to get this far. We look forward to seeing who is crowned the overall winner”
Geoff Williams, a director of the Nottingham Business Improvement District (BID), the organisation behind this initiative
