The winners have been revealed in the 2025 Your Southport Stars Awards.
The glittering annual event, organised by Southport BID, is now in its fourth year.
It was held at The Grand on Lord Street in Southport.
Over 100 Southport town centre businesses put themselves forward for awards across 11 sector-specific categories, with the Awards event attended by over 200 guests.
There were tens of thousands of votes for the People’s Choice Awards, while a panel met to judge the brand-new Business Leaders Awards.
The big winners on the night were Victoria Health and Leisure Club, who took home two awards including the overall Business of the Year award. The Windmill Pub received both awards in the Pub, Bar or Club category.
Other winners included House of Ivy, Tik Taco, Adventure Coast Southport, and JT Akshaya.
The Southport Innovation Award was presented to The Engine Room, a co-working space in Wayfarers Arcade, while the Special Recognition Award went to Southport Community Sports.
The Stars Awards are organised by Southport BID to celebrate the vital contribution and positive impact of Southport town centre businesses.
Southport BID CEO Rachel Fitzgerald said:
“The Your Southport Stars Awards is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the rich diversity of businesses we have investing in Southport town centre.
“I would like to thank the huge number of people who voted for their favourite venues in this year’s awards – we were staggered by the phenomenal response.
“It shows the very close connection and pride that local residents have with shops, restaurants, hotels, cafes, bars, attractions, professional services firms and other businesses in Southport town centre.
“We changed the awards slightly this year, introducing two winners in each category. The business with the most public votes received the People’s Choice Award, while the Business Leaders Awards were decided by a panel; honouring businesses that have had an extraordinary year over the last 12 months.
“Southport BID would like to congratulate all the businesses which won this year.”
The full list of winners and businesses nominated for the 2025 Your Southport Stars Awards are:
National Retailer of the Year
Business Leaders Award: Specsavers
People’s Choice Award: Waterstones
Clarks
Matalan
New look
Pavers
Primark
Specsavers
The Entertainer Toy Shop
Warren James
Waterstones
Whittakers Schoolwear
Independent Retailer of the Year
Business Leaders Award: OmNom Zero Waste
People’s Choice Award: The Plant Room
DKWatches
Eva’s Sewing Room
Flora Health Shop
June the Florist
Mind Games
OmNom Zero Waste
Over the Moon Kids Boutique & Shoe Studio
Quality Fireplaces
Rebecca’s Jewellers
The Cake Box
The Plant Room
Café or Coffee Shop of the Year
Business Leaders Award: Season Coffee Bar & Kitchen
People’s Choice Award: House of Ivy
A Great Little Place
Costa Coffee (Chapel Street)
HARP Coffee And Games
Hideaway
House of Ivy
Season Coffee Bar & Kitchen
Spoilt For Choice
Starbucks (Lord Street)
Starbucks (Ocean Plaza)
Tapper’s Café
Restaurant of the Year
Business Leaders Award: Tik Taco
People’s Choice Award: Volare
600 Degrees
Bistro Bar Med
Great Himalayas Nepalese Restaurant and Bar
JT Akshaya Restaurant
Kalash Divine Indian
Korean Kitchen
Lings On Kings
Sapori Italian Restaurant
The Grand
The Hungry Monk
Tik Taco
Volare Restaurant
Pub, Bar, or Club of the Year
Business Leaders Award: The Windmill
People’s Choice Award: The Windmill
Connolly’s Irish Pub
Mavericks
Punch Tarmey’s Southport
Royales Bar
Sinclair’s bar & Lounge
Southport Market Bar
The Corridor Bar & Eatery
The Guesthouse
The Monument Pub
The NEW Southport Tavern
The Windmill
Entertainment Venue of the Year
Business Leaders Award: Adventure Coast Southport
People’s Choice Award: The Atkinson
Adventure Coast Southport
Playtown Southport
Silcocks Funland & Carousel
Southport Bijou Cinema CIC
Southport Flower Show and Victoria Park Events
Southport Little Theatre
Starkidz Entertainment
The Atkinson
The Fool
The Lodge Southport
Viking Golf Southport
Health and Fitness Venue of the Year
Business Leaders Award: From The Block Fitness
People’s Choice Award: Victoria Health & Leisure Club
From the Block Fitness
MOOV Reformer Pilates
Pilates Works
The Dairy Holistic Hub
Victoria Health & Leisure Club
Beauty Business of the Year
Business Leaders Award: KDM Supplies
People’s Choice Award: LM Beauty
Element5 Hairdressing
KDM Supplies
LM Beauty
Market Quarter Tattoo
R&R Hair and Beauty
Seven Bespoke Hairdressing
Hotel or Guest House of the Year
Business Leaders Award: The Bold Hotel
People’s Choice Award: The Vincent
Lord Street Hotel
Lynwood House Hotel
Sunnyside Guest House
The Bold Hotel
The Vincent
Waterfront Southport Hotel
Expert Service Business of the Year
Business Leaders Award: United Legal Assistance
People’s Choice Award: Print Quarter Southport
AdaptiveComms
Anglia Research Services
Anthony James Estate Agents
Curlett Jones Estates
Hatter’s Digital Agency Ltd
Napthens LLP
The Print Quarter Southport
United Legal Assistance
Public Service of the Year
Business Leaders Award: Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service and Merseyside Police – Southport Neighbourhood Policing Team
People’s Choice Award: Merseyrail
Merseyrail
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
Southport Education Group
Merseyside Police – Southport Neighbourhood Policing Team
New Business of the Year
Winner : JT Akshaya
Connolly’s Irish Pub
DKWatches
JT Akshaya Restaurant
The Fool
HARP Coffee and Games
MOOV Reformer Pilates
Sinclair’s Bar and Lounge
Spoilt for Choice
Innovation Award
Winner : The Engine Room
Special Recognition Award
Winner : Southport Community Sports
Business of the Year
Winner : Victoria Health and Leisure Club
