"Congratulations, you are a finalist!" were the words that greeted us today as we opened the morning post. Grinning ear-to-ear we read on to discover that we've reached the SME Cambridge Business Awards Final 2019 in the category of Business of the Year (less than 50 employees).

Now in their third year, the SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards are designed to raise the profile of industrious, hardworking and enterprising SMEs. The Business of the Year award, in particular, is for those showing outstanding initiative, boldness and imagination in the enterprise, as well as sound management practices. Finalists needed to demonstrate sustainable growth combined with a degree of commercial success that is exceptional for the size of the business.

We're delighted to be recognised in this way for our work driving innovation across Cambridgeshire alongside local startups, and our partnerships with complementary organisations to deliver bold new solutions.

"We've experienced impressive growth and welcomed multiple new team members over the past year and this recognition really tops it off and has us focused firmly on our bright future." - James Green, Director at Green Custard

The final will take place at the Imperial War Museum on 4 July 2019 and we'll be live tweeting directly from the venue so be sure to follow @gcsoftware for all the updates as they happen. Please keep your fingers crossed for us!