
2026 Award Categories & Sponsors
We are very grateful to our Sponsors, whose support allows us to deliver the awards administration and ceremony, year on year. There are plenty of sponsored categories for all businesses to enter, whichever business you’re in, whatever size you are, and whether you have physical premises, or not.
Please scroll down to view our Award Categories and Sponsors for 2026. We have various ways to be part of RVBA including sponsoring the available categories below. Please click here to view more details and costings of our Sponsorship Opportunities.
NB! If you wish to pledge sponsorship for a particular category if it should come available for 2027 please get in touch with us.
Customer Friendly Business
Family Business
The winner of this award will be the best family business in Ribble Valley nominated this year. Open to all family owned businesses, where two or more family members currently work within the business, and more than one generation contributes (or has previously contributed) to the success of the business.
Sponsored by Clavell-Bate & Nephew Dental Practice
Food & Drink
The winner of this award will be the best food and/or drink-based business in Ribble Valley nominated this year. Open to all business who either produce food or drink, or retail / serve food or drink to be consumed off-premises only.
Sponsored by Mantle Packaging Machinery Ltd
Hospitality Business
The winner of this award will be the best hospitality business in Ribble Valley nominated this year. Open to all businesses who serve drinks and/or food to be consumed on-site.
Sponsored by PM+M Solutions for Business LLP
Independent Retailer
The winner of this award will be the best independent retailer nominated this year. Open to all businesses who operate traditional retail outlet(s) or sell directly to the consumer online, or via direct mail, farmers markets, etc.
Sponsored by FS Accountants
Not For Profit
The winner of this award will be a nominated Ribble Valley based not for profit business or social enterprise that has, in the opinion of the judging panel, implemented and used innovative practices and approaches to meet community and public service objectives in the last year.
Available for Sponsorship
Tourism Business
The winner of this award will be the best Ribble Valley based attraction, experience, accommodation provider, event or business associated with the tourism or leisure sector nominated this year.
Available for Sponsorship
Thank you to our Award & Ceremony Sponsors
We are very grateful to our Sponsors, whose support allows us to deliver the awards administration and ceremony, year on year. Meet our 2026 sponsors below. Our Headline Sponsor for 2026 is NORI HR & Employment Law.
View all our exclusive Sponsorship Opportunities by clicking here.
The awards are run by the lovelocalsolutions group with the support of many volunteers and organisations across the borough. If you'd like to help celebrate our wonderful Ribble Valley Businesses, do take a look at how you can get involved via the link above.