Fledgling businesses and young entrepreneurs are being celebrated at this year's Bath Business Awards.
Making a return this year are two popular and hotly contested categories, Innovative Start-up Award and Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Company director of city centre-based Digiprint, Ben Gregory, which is sponsoring the Innovative Start-up Award, said the awards were a great opportunity to promote the vibrant business community in the city.
He said: "More innovative start-up businesses have emerged in the last five years due to many factors such as the technology explosion, social media and online business and new manufacturing techniques.
"Bath seems to be a magnet for these companies to establish, make it their home and grow into market leaders."
There are 14 categories in this year's awards, which are being supported by headline sponsor Thrings.
These include four new categories: Best Employee, Best Business Website, Leisure and Tourism, and Contribution to the Community.
Other categories include the top accolades Business Person of the Year, Business of the Year and Small Business of the Year.
Bath accountancy firm Bishop Fleming has sponsored the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award at this year's awards.
A spokesman for the company said: "Bath is a great place for young growing businesses to develop and now more than ever before we are seeing young people taking up the challenge of starting their own businesses.
"Bishop Fleming works with many of these growing businesses and we are impressed by the young talent which this region has created through its schools and universities.
"Young and inspiring businesses help stem the brain drain out of the region and they need all the encouragement that they can get."
The winners for this year's awards will be announced at a presentation evening to be held at Bath Racecourse on September 26.
The evening will include a drinks reception, three-course meal, the award presentations as well as a disco and cocktail bar.
Tickets are still available at £70 each or £650 for a table.
Information about the awards is available at www.bathchronicle.co.uk/ businessawards.
For updates on the awards follow #BathBizAwards on Twitter