Entrant Listing 2008
Companies entered = 138
The following businesses entered the 2008 Dorset Business Awards, which together with entries for multiple categories, and nominations received from third parties, took the total to 148 entries.
| Accounting 4 Business | |
| AET Transport Services Ltd | |
| Altogether Care | Finalist Excellence in Customer/Client Care Award |
| Alzheimer’s Society, East Dorset Branch | |
| Animal Windfest | |
| Arena Business Centre Ltd | |
| Ashdown Technology College | Finalist Linking with Schools Award |
| Avius Experience Ltd | |
| B+B Weymouth | Finalist 2012 Legacy Award |
| Balti House, Weymouth | |
| Barclays Bank plc | |
| Best Training | |
| Best Western the Connaught Hotel | |
| Blondz Hair, Weymouth | |
| Blundell Harling Ltd | |
| Bournemouth Borough Council | Finalist Environmental Excellence Award |
| Bournemouth Churches Housing Association | |
| Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth | |
| Bournemouth Literary Festival | |
| Bournemouth People First | |
| Bournemouth Tourism | Finalist Creative Project of the Year |
| Bowlplex plc | |
| CG Pitcher & Son Ltd | |
| CADArts | |
| Carmel Ltd -The Print Room | Finalist Creative Project of the Year |
| Castlepoint Shopping Park | |
| CEM Group | Finalist 2012 Legacy Award |
| Chiltern Lodge B&B | |
| Chococo | Finalist Entrepreneur of the Year Award |
| Chocolate Delight Ltd | |
| Coastal Creatives | |
| Coastline Produce Ltd | Finalist KPMG Company of the Year Award |
| Commercial Recycling Ltd | |
| Corfe Hills School | |
| Coutts Information Systems | |
| Crab House Cafe & Fleet Oyster Farm | |
| Creative Home Cinema | |
| De Vere Royal Bath | Finalist Linking with Schools Award |
| Disability Wessex | |
| Discover Dorset Ltd | |
| Dorchester Opportunity Group | |
| Dorchester YMCA | |
| Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance | |
| Dorset Blind Association | Finalist Charity of the Year Award |
| Dorset ME Support Group | |
| Dorset Visual Arts (Promotions) Ltd | |
| Dorset Wildlife Trust | |
| Dorset Youth Association | |
| EaKo Ltd | |
| Eco Sustainable Solutions Ltd | Finalist KPMG Company of the Year Award |
| Essential Drug and Alcohol Services | |
| Euro Office Equipment | |
| Farmer Palmers Farm Park Ltd | Finalist Excellence in Customer/Client Care Award |
| Ferndown Jitsu Club | |
| Fluvial Innovations Ltd | |
| Fudges, Dorset Village Bakery Ltd | Finalist Princecroft Willis Family Business Award |
| Get It 4 School | |
| Great Western Camping | |
| Greendale Construction Ltd | |
| Guilden Ltd | |
| Halos and Heroes | |
| Headway Dorset | |
| Hadland Care Group | |
| Holiday Home Living Ltd | |
| Home Start SE Dorset | |
| Homes Magazine Ltd | |
| Hunt's Foodservice | Finalist Linking with Schools Award |
| Innovate Ltd | |
| J & G Environmental | |
| JPMorgan | |
| Julia’s House, The Dorset Children’s Hospice | |
| Kingston Maurward College | |
| Kresse Wesling | |
| Langtry Manor Hotel | |
| Leggett & Co | |
| Leigh Village Hall Trust | Finalist Charity of the Year Award |
| Lewis Manning Hospice | |
| Life Education Centres Dorset | |
| Listed Magazine | |
| Liz Lean PR Ltd | Finalist Entrepreneur of the Year Award |
| LV Streetwise Safety Centre | |
| LV= | Finalist KPMG Company of the Year Award |
| MGFT Animal Sanctuary | |
| Marton House plc | |
| Me-Mo (UK) Ltd | |
| Mobile Media | Finalist Environmental Excellence Award |
| Naturebotts Ltd | |
| Neals Yard Remedies | Finalist Outstanding Working Environment Award |
| New You Boot Camp | |
| Nutrichef Ltd | |
| Oceanarium - Bournemouth Aquarium | |
| Pack-online Ltd (The Box Office) | |
| Pampurred Pets Ltd | |
| PH Warr plc | Finalist RBS Management Team Award |
| Pilgrims Veterinary Practice | |
| Pineapple Rural Ltd | Finalist Princecroft Willis Family Business Award |
| Positive PR | |
| Provisio | |
| Poundbury Systems Ltd | |
| Precision Disc Castings Ltd | Finalist Environmental Excellence Award |
| Redweb Ltd | Finalist RBS Management Team Award |
| Regional Language Network Southwest | |
| Remedy Oak Golf Club | |
| ReRun Dorset Runaways Service | Finalist Charity of the Year Award |
| Richard Gregory Design Company | |
| rla group | Finalist Outstanding Working Environment Award |
| Round Table Children’s Wish | |
| Routes to Roots | |
| Sandbourne Marketing | |
| Sequal Solutions | |
| Siemens VAI | |
| Southwell Business Park | |
| Spirit of the Sea | Finalist 2012 Legacy Award |
| Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Restaurant and Spa | |
| Tasty Marketing | |
| Tax Help for Older People | |
| Teachers Building Society | Finalist Excellence in Customer /Client Care Award |
| The Dorchester Child Contact Centre | |
| The Dorset Glass Co Ltd | Finalist Princecroft Willis Family Business Award |
| The Dorset Trust for Nature Conservation | |
| The Enterprise and Skills Company | |
| The Gryphon School | Finalist Linking with Schools Award |
| The Pilsdon Community | |
| The Portland Spa | Finalist 2012 Legacy Award |
| The Shine Project | |
| The Tank Museum | |
| The True Lovers Knot | |
| The Wessex Autistic Society | |
| Thinking Juice | Finalist Creative Project of the Year |
| Ultra Clean Blinds Ltd | |
| Urban Beach Hotel & Bistro | Finalist Entrepreneur of the Year Award |
| Walker AEC Ltd | |
| Ward Goodman Ltd | Finalist RBS Management Team Award |
| Wenda Electronics & Engineering | |
| Wessex Cancer Trust | |
| Weymouth & Portland Housing | Finalist Outstanding Working Environment Award |
| Winton Arts and Media College | Finalist Linking with Schools Award |
| Youth Cancer Trust |