GEM Awards
Lincoln BIG are thrilled to announce that the GEM Awards 2024 was a huge success!
Back by popular demand, we went even bigger than last year to provide our nominees with a night to remember.
All our nominees and winners have been judged by an independent, specialised company, Proinsight to ensure all participating businesses are judged fairly and equally.
I'm sure you will join us in congratulating our 2024 GEM Award Winners:
Accommodation - The Rest
Bar, Pub & Club - Vice & Co
Experience & Entertainment - Akedo Experience
Health, Wellness & Beauty -Sincil Salon
Independent Retailer - The Cheese Society
Professional Services - Pepperell’s Solicitors
Restaurant - ASK
Cafe - Vestry Hall
National Retailer - The Body Shop
Lincoln BIG are so proud to work with our fabulous local businesses and our award ceremony is all about celebrating and recognising all your hard work and efforts that go on behind the scenes of your establishments.
A huge well done to all of our 2024 nominees:
Accommodation
The Tower Hotel
The Lincoln Hotel
Bar, Pub & Club
Lincoln Jazz Café
Tap & Tonic
Experience & Entertainment
Glory Holes
New Theatre Royal
Health, Wellness & Beauty
Beauty by Leah
Acutis Opticians
Independent Retailer
Coneys
Steep Hill Wines
Professional Services
Halifax
Mundys Sales
Restaurant
Tortilla
Samba Brazil
Cafe
200 Degrees
Stokes High Bridge
National Retailer
Joules
Three
Thank you to all our guests for making it such a great evening, and to all the businesses in our BID area it is a pleasure working with you and delivering our plans for you all.
We'll see you next year!
A Huge Thank You...
We would like to express our gratitude to all our suppliers who helped us make the event what it was through all the little details that made a BIG difference!
Thank you to our sponsors Naked Marshmallow for providing us with our delicous table favours - Candy Floss Marshmallows.
To HOME Lincoln for allowing us to have the space to host this fantatsic evening for you all.
Your video tapes were a highlight of the evening, allowing everyone to an insight of your business and the stroy behind what you deliver, thank you to the Everyman for giving us a room to film these and to Place Immersive for filiming and editing these clips, alongside of their tech help on the night.
Fusion Security Services ade our very populat selfie board and table numbers.
RJ Events Catering made the perfect nibbles.
Party Planet brought the venue alive with all their ballons, including our famous arch.
Our beautiful prints are credit to Ruddocks.
To the Back Chat Brass for giving us that Friday feeling on a school night!
Wow - what a special evening.
Lincoln BIG were thrilled to organise the first ever GEM Awards for 2023. The awards recognise Lincoln BIG members for high levels of customer service and those who go the extra mile for their customers.
The judging took place anonymously throughout August and September by an independent, specialised company, Storecheckers to ensure all participating businesses were judged fairly and equally.
27 shortlisted businesses and over 150 of their employees gathered to celebrate high levels of customer service and those who go the extra mile for their customers, with the awards ceremony taking place at Home, Lincoln. Guests arrived at the impressive event and were welcomed by the Lincoln BIG team and a range of goodies, provided by local businesses with various drinks and canapes provided.
The winners of the first ever GEM Awards 2023 are:
Health, Beauty, and Wellness - Newland Chiropractic & Neurology Centre
National Retailer - LUSH Cosmetics Lincoln
Independent Retailer - D.A.S Electrical
Food on the Go - Burnetts Sandwich Co
Restaurant - Tortilla
Coffee Shop, Tea Room, and Café - Caffè Portico
Bar, Club, and Late-Night Venue - Lion & Snake
Professional Services - TSB
Experience and Entertainment - Tension Twisted Realities
Take a look at the photo album here.
The event also welcomed talented Lincoln City Football Club First Team Midfielder, Lasse Sørensen, to the stage to award the few businesses that scored an impressive 100% for their customer service! These businesses included: Lush, Newland Chiropractic & Neurology Centre and Burnetts Sandwich Co.
Lincoln BIG’s Relationship and Operations Manager, Danielle, spoke about the evening saying:
“This was truly a delightful event celebrating the brilliant businesses and their hard work across various sectors within the city. The evening was a great opportunity to honour the best of customer service in Lincoln, shining a spotlight on the organisations that help make the city centre a memorable and friendly place to live and visit.”
“We were really impressed with the feedback received by Storecheckers. It’s brilliant to see the wealth of excellent customer service and dedication amongst the businesses in our city. The GEM Awards are a fantastic way to showcase those organisations that go the extra mile to make a difference in the lives of visitors, workers and locals in the city centre.”
Lee Roberts, Head of Operations at Lincoln BIG added:
“We look forward to seeing these awards grow each year and continuing to champion our members and celebrate local businesses of all sectors. Everyone is encouraged to keep an eye out for when the GEM Awards 2024 nominations open, as we start planning the next Awards night, which is promising to be even bigger and better!”
Lincoln BIG would like to thank all the businesses that took part and helped make the night an unforgettable success including Home for hosting and Place Immersive for capturing the celebrations through video production, graphics and photography.
