The Business Book Awards - Awards Evening 2018

The inaugural Business Book Awards took place on Friday 16th March at The Grange City Hotel in London. A night to celebrate the work of authors who have shared their knowledge, experience and expertise in published book form, this fantastic black tie dinner event brought together leaders of business and the UK publishing industry. With speeches from entrepreneur & key person of influence Daniel Priestley, bestselling business author Mike Gardner and founder of Prince’s Trust supported enterprise 'Books Talk Back' Isabelle King, the evening was hosted by award-winning journalist Nadine Dereza & well-known creative director Simon de Cintra with entertainment from 4 Poofs and a Piano. Throughout the night winners of the 7 seven book categories were announced from the shortlist of 36 entries with the ceremony culminating in the reveal of the Business Book of the Year. Congratulations to all the winners: Start-up Inspiration - "It Takes a Tribe" by Will Dean (presented by Emma House of The Publishers Association) Self Development - "The Leader’s Guide to Presenting" by Tom Bird and Jeremy Cassell (presented by Alan Leamn of MCA) Leading The Team - "The Change Catalyst" by Campbell Macpherson (presented by Daniel Priestley of Dent Global) Thought Leader - "The Startup Way" by Eric Ries (presented by Eddie Cottis of Pathway Group) Selling The Dream - "Strategic Tendering for Professional Services" by Matthew Fuller and Tim Nightingale (presented by Matt Thomas of Curators of Awesome) Embracing Change - "Futureproof" by Minter Dial and Caleb Storkey (presented by Tina Fotherby of Famous Publicity) Judges' Choice - "Client Earth" by James Thorton and Martin Goodman (presented by Business Book Awards founder Lucy McCarraher of Rethink Press Limited) Business Book of the Year - "The Change Catalyst" by Campbell Macpherson (presented by Head Judge Alison Jones of Practical Inspiration Publishing) #BBA2018