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2026 Leeds Digital Festival Awards winners
BusinessCloud reported the following category-and-winner pairings:
- Best Tech Place to Work: Cognisys Group
- Entrepreneur of the Year: Andrew Mason
- Leader of the Year: Andy Crossley
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Award: Optum EMIS
- Facilitator of the Year: Leeds Digital Drinks
- Growth Company of the Year: Enablis
- Rising Star 2026: Qursam Hina
- Start-up of the Year: Avenue3
- Tech4Good Award (Small Company): Senflow
- Tech4Good Award (Large Company): DTP Group
- Tech Innovation of the Year: The Curve Consulting
- Tech Team of the Year: Skipton Building Society & CGI
BusinessCloud’s October 2 report describes the awards as recognising work across growth, innovation, leadership, workplace culture, equality and technology for social good. It says winners were selected by a panel drawn from Leeds’s technology and business community.
About the ceremony and awards
BusinessCloud calls this the ninth annual Leeds Digital Festival Awards. Ward Hadaway and tech consultancy byProduct organised the awards as part of Leeds Digital Festival. The ceremony was hosted by Ward Hadaway’s Bill Goodwin, byProduct founder Andrew Maeer and Leeds Digital director Deb Hetherington.
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Maeer said the awards bring Yorkshire’s technology community together and recognise people and businesses contributing to the sector. Goodwin congratulated the winners and finalists, while Hetherington described the awards as a festival highlight celebrating individuals, teams and organisations driving innovation and growth.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.A note on the category count
BusinessCloud says awards were presented across 12 categories, but its printed winner list contains 12 entries only when the three winners highlighted in the preceding text are counted alongside the ten entries in its list. The article’s presentation does not clearly reconcile that count, so the category names and winners above follow the report without inferring additional awards.
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