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Digital Innovation of the Year - Sponsored by Mazars

Alcuris: Loughborough University graduate Alex Nash used technology to help families and local authorities keep an eye on vulnerable people in their homes.

e-Bate: Based in Rearsby, e-Bate is an affordable web-based platform for businesses that need to stay in control of the rebate system.

Previsico: Based on the Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Park, Previsico is a global provider of real-time street level flood warnings.

DS2 Award for Innovation in Design - Sponsored by Sponsored by Parkside Tiles

Blueprint Interiors: Ashby-based Blueprint is a specialist in designing and installing modern offices to help employers create the best working environment.

DMU Medical Forum: Gillian Proctor, a De Montfort University academic, has set up a national research group to create lingerie designed for women being treated for breast cancer.

Haley Sharpe Design: HSD has designed and installed exhibition displays and galleries for some of the world’s biggest museums and visitor experiences.

Innovation in Construction - Sponsored by Shakespeare Martineau

Danaher & Walsh APS: Danaher and Walsh Advanced Pipeline Solutions is a specialist in repairing pipelines and sewers without having to dig them up.

Structural Adhesives: In the wake of the Grenfell tower fire this specialist in adhesive technology has been working on adhesives that replace the combustible ones previously common on the outside walls of tall buildings.

Utility Survey Exchange: This company has come up with a way of cataloguing the millions of miles of pipes and cables buried under º£½ÇÊÓƵ streets.

Innovation in Education and Training - Sponsored by Paul James Knitwear

Spaced Learning App: An app based on research by University of Leicester maths tutor Arran Stirton who found students learn better when they space out their learning and exams.

University of Leicester Innovation for Good: Social Impact Ambassador Sustainability Audit: This collaboration is helping provide SMEs with a free audit of their sustainability activities.

Willsow Books: Publishes books made with real vegetable seeds, so once children have read them the pages can be planted in the ground.

Innovation in Manufacturing and Engineering - Sponsored by pwc

Micro-Fresh: Makes a product that can prevent mould, odours and pathogenic bacteria on anything from socks and shoes to workwear, towels and even pillows.

Triumph: Hinckley-based Triumph Motorcycles is pumping millions into innovation including electric bikes. It spent £43.4 million developing new models last year, and £36 million a year earlier.

Warwick Acoustics: Tech firm working on a super-light, super-thin, multi-directional speaker system which it hopes will be used in the cars of the future.

Innovation in Schools - Sponsored by Leicester Riders

ALP Leicester: Independent school set up in 2012 for primary learners who struggled in mainstream education, including young people with autism and challenging behaviour

Whitehall Primary School: Children from Whitehall Primary School won through to the national finals of a competition to find Britain’s best young engineers.

Innovation in Services - Sponsored by Business Gateway

BHIB Insurance Brokers: Established firm launched a business called Create Insurance, providing freelancers in the creative industry a way of buying cover online.

Reflex Vehicle Hire: Its new risk management packages include safety cameras and vehicle tracking as standard. By cutting down on accidents it saves money for its clients.

Shrinker Digital º£½ÇÊÓƵ: Its software helps people create high quality digital content which can be played and shared across all social media platforms.

Innovation in Technology - Sponsored by De Montfort University

Previsico: Previsico’s FloodMap Live gives asset managers, insurance companies, public sector and humanitarian organisations advanced information about floods

Quanta Engineering: Team developing an air breathing ion engine to power vehicles in space and on earth

University of Leicester’s SDG Mapping Tool: A tool to help companies and organisations achieve UN sustainability goals on things such inequality, poverty and climate change.

Medical and Health Innovator of the Year - Sponsored by Morningside Pharmaceuticals

Alcuris: Memo is a digital telecare platform that monitors the day-to-day activities of vulnerable people and alerts family members about unusual activity.

Medstrom Healthcare: Castle Donington business makes specialist hospital beds.

ParentMonitor: A home monitoring system that promotes independent living and allows families to look after their loved ones from afar.

Space Innovation - Sponsored by Gateley

EarthSense: Its MappAir modelling system utilises data from the European Union’s Copernicus programme to measure gases such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone and particulates, down to street level.

Professor Richard Ambrosi - University of Leicester: Part of a team looking at using stockpiled plutonium to power the exploration of distant solar systems.

Quanta Engineering: A team developing an air breathing ion engine that can work at up to 1000km from the earth’s surface.

University Student Innovation - Sponsored by Wilkinsons Future

ExpHand Prosthetics: Founder Kate Walker came up with a life-changing 3D printed prosthetic arm for children in the developing world.

Uni Cycle Solutions: Provides things such as smart bike racks which are easy to use and secure.

Plan-it Change: The first Zero Waste shop at the University of Leicester was created because of a demand for zero waste goods among the student population.