The DEAs are the only national awards dedicated to championing digital entrepreneurialism and innovation across the UK and are this year split into North/South regions for the first time this year.
The South sees 109 entrants make the final shortlist and the North 126, following a record number of entries totalling almost 1000.
Tickets for the event are on sale now.
E-Services
Online Retailer of the Year
- Christies Direct Ltd
- eModels Limited
- Forever Unique
- Land of Beds
- Oh Polly
- QP Jewellers (UK) Ltd
Best Use of Mobile Technology
- CH POWER TOOLS LTD
- JH
- Kumulos Ltd
- Missy Empire
- Mustard
- Scattr
eCommerce Developer of the Year
- Accord Morgages
- AsOne Design Limited
- Digital Six
- Fluid Digital
- Shopit
- Smartebusiness
- Venture Stream
eCommerce Business of the Year
- Christies Direct
- Forever Unique
- Missy Empire
- Oh Polly
- Shade Station
Digital Innovation
Digital Innovation in the Public Sector
- Angel Solutions
- Damibu
- The Dean Trust
- Kier
- Leeds Beckett University
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Stopford Information Systems
Most Innovative Use of Digital Technology
- Assenty Ltd
- Mathswatch
- Mervyn Lambert
- Netbiz Group
- Pin iT Ltd
- SES
- Techno Snowball
Software Innovation of the Year
- Bytron Aviation Systems
- Codeweavers
- Event mApp by Nicomon
- Hark
- PCS Publishing
- Sensum
- SteadyGo Limited
Design & Marketing
Social Media Campaign of the Year
- CreativeRace
- The Crystal Maze (Little Lion Entertainment)
- Custard Online Marketing
- Missy Empire
- Outpost
- Roland Dransfield
- Tictoc digital
- Tricker PR
Most Innovative use of Video or Animation
- Creative Race
- LizardFish TV
- MaD (Media and Digital Limited)
- Think!Creative (Uk) Limited
- University of Bradford
Web Development Project of the Year
- Absolute Design
- Fluid Digital
- MathsWatch
- Sizzle Creative
- So Marketing
- Wombat Creative
Digital Business
Digital Startup of the Year
- Bizdaq
- eJigsaw Ltd
- EquiNUtritive Group Ltd
- Flow Creative
- Helpthemove
- IN-PART
- BritishWeLove
- Noir Agency
Digital Agency of the Year
- 2J Commerce
- e3creative
- hedgehog lab
- Mando
- Pixel Kicks Ltd
- Smartebusiness
- Venn Digital
Digital Team of the Year
- BML Creative
- CHO Fashion & Lifestyle
- Clicky Media
- Fat Media
- GGR Group Ltd
- The Imperial War Museum
- Lo + Behold
- r//evolution marketing
Digital Business of the Year (Small)
- Aqua Design Group
- BizzleIt
- Businesscomparison.com
- Control F1
- Helpthemove
- MathsWatch Ltd
- The Lead Generation Marketing Company Ltd
- Radio.co
Digital Business of the Year (Medium – Large)
- Christies Direct
- Gnatta
- Late Rooms
- Love Energy Savings.com Limited
- Missguided
- ResDiary
- Single Muslim Ltd
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
- Dan Conboy, Statement
- Louis-James Davis, VST Enterprises
- Josh Diamond, Kolodo
- James Hamilton, PixelTree Media Ltd
- Anthony Logan, Noir Agency
- Luke Massie, Vibe Tickets
- Urvesh Vasani, Heartface Ltd
Digital Entrepreneur of the Year
- David Allen and Jocelyn Anders, Shade Station
- James Blake, Hello Soda
- Mark Bower, INK Digital Agency
- Ian Finch, Mando Agency
- Jamie Jackson, 2J Commerce
- Mylo Kaye, Dreamr
- Adeem Younis, Single Muslim