Imbiba win Retailers' Investors of the Year Award
The Retailers’ Retailer Awards is a prestigious annual celebration of the very best concepts, individuals and deals in the UK eating and drinking out sector.
Covering pubs, restaurants, bars and food to go, the sell-out ceremony is known as the industry’s Oscars.
A veritable who’s who of the great and the good of hospitality, it brings together the leaders of established and emerging multi-site operators, investors and key suppliers to celebrate the industry and network with their peers.
The awards are nominated and voted upon by a special academy of senior executives, this peer recognition making the awards highly valued by recipients. Votes are invited across 11 categories by the senior industry across January and early February, with the winners being announced at the gala awards dinner and drinks in March. Separately, expert panels assess finalist entries for the Sustainability and Hero awards, with winners again announced at the dinner.
The category winners for 2023 were determined by the nominations and votes of the senior industry. As such they are a true reflection of the views of the leadership of the UK hospitality sector.
It is against this backdrop that the Imbiba team were delighted to win the Investor of the Year winner award.
Presenting the award to Imbiba, Ed Balls. L-R from Imbiba - Andrew Stones, Lizzie Ryan, Darrel Connell, Kieran Sherlock.
Founded by lifestyle and leisure entrepreneurs and known for its backing of entrepreneurs, Imbiba provides more than just growth capital, with stakes in Pizza Pilgrims, Darwin & Wallace and Vagabond, the private equity firm recently invested £5m in Big Fang Collective to help expand its experiential crazy golf venues as well as Clays – an interactive indoor clay shooting experience bar. Finalists alongside Imbiba included: TriSpan, McWin, BGF and Alchemy Partners.
MCA editor Finn Scott-Delany said: “The exceptional quality of our winners are a great testament to the hard work, innovation and resilience of our hospitality sector.”