The Wiltshire Business of the Year awards were presented at a glittering ceremony at Center Parcs Longleat last week.

Hundreds of business leaders and their employees dressed to the nines for the event, the 22nd year in the history of the awards.

Swindon-based Wasdell Packaging Ltd came out on top, taking the Outstanding Excellence Award, but they were given a run for their money by the biggest number of entrants in recent years.

Here's our rundown of the winners and runners-up:

Business Person of the Year
sponsored by RSM
1st: Cardwave - Paul Norbury
2nd: CIS - Richard Marsh
3rd: toinfinity - Al Keck
    
Customer and Staff Care
sponsored by Mainline Recruitment
1st: Imagine Cruising
2nd: BIL Group
3rd: Thirdline
    
Medium Sized Enterprise
sponsored by Nat West Bank
1st: Wasdell Packaging
2nd: Whitehall Garden Centre
3rd: Cardwave/NCE Computer Group
    
Services to the Community
sponsored by BBC Wiltshire
1st: Imagine Cruising
2nd: Cardwave
3rd: Office Evolution
    
Small Business of the Year
sponsored by MJ Church
1st: C3 Marketing
2nd: Thirdline
3rd: Office Evolution
    
Start Up Business of the Year
sponsored by The Enterprise Network
1st: SMARTech Energy
2nd: AB Recruitment
3rd: Future of Football
    
Apprenticeship, Training and Professional DevelopMENT
sponsored by Wiltshire College
1st: Chippenham Motor Company
2nd: Haddon Training
3rd: PH Sports
    
Outstanding Excellence award
sponsored by Thrings
1st: Wasdell Packaging
2nd: Bechtle
3rd: TM Group/Chippenham Motor Company