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Almost 30 businesses, organisations and individuals will be competing for honours at the annual Asian Business Awards next month in Birmingham.

The awards ceremony will recognise businesses and charities from across Birmingham and the wider West Midlands, with category winners in with a chance of being named overall business of the year.

Categories include professional services, entrepreneur of the year and young achiever and the shortlist includes multiple nominations for Birmingham Hospice, executive coaching firm Mogul Empires and telecoms specialist Primo Dialler (scroll down for the full shortlist).

Omar Rashid, president of the Birmingham-based Asian Business Chamber of Commerce which organises the awards, will also hand over a special award to a company that has gone above and beyond in championing Asian business.

This year's judging panel was chaired by Raj Kandola, director of external affairs at Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce which the Asian Chamber is part of.

He said: "The judging panel was impressed by the exceptional calibre of applicants for this year's awards.

"The depth of talent, innovation and dedication showcased made the task of selecting the shortlist incredibly challenging as each business brought something unique and valuable to the table.