Business of Cannabis Awards
A London evening of drinks, canapés and networking for Europe's cannabis trade. It is an industry awards night, not a product competition, with documented editions in 2024 and 2025.
- 11results on record
- 2024years in our data
- 1editions
- 0matched to strains
- Amazing Grace, London, 25 June 2024latest location
01How it began
First, a clarification: the name includes "Awards" and the theme is cannabis, but this is not a cannabis cup. Nobody is judging flower or concentrates here. The organisers say the Business of Cannabis Awards honour people and organisations that have made notable contributions to the European cannabis industry2.
The event is run by Prohibition Partners, the parent company of the Business of Cannabis news outlet. Its CEO and co-founder, Stephen Murphy, commented on the first batch of winners1. A source article dated 5 July 2024 reports that the first edition went well enough for the organisers to make it a permanent part of the European cannabis calendar1.
The first edition took place in London in 2024. Law firm Gowling WLG published its own announcement of a win on 26 June 20243, but the sources used here do not give the exact date of the ceremony itself.
02The story so far
The 2024 edition drew more than 200 senior professionals from across the European cannabis supply chain, with PHCANN International as sponsor1. A panel of industry experts worked through hundreds of nominations spread over 11 categories1. Winners included Curaleaf International for Cultivator of the Year and European Cannabis Company of the Year, CANNAVIGIA for Startup of the Year and Standout Use of Technology, Gowling for Law Firm of the Year, and Drug Science for Best Patient-Focused Initiative1. Individual honours went to Boris Jordan, Jack Whipp, Laura Ramos and Hannah Deacon2. Gowling's own announcement credits its win to the number of commercial deals it advised on, so that account comes from the firm itself3.
The second annual awards were held on the evening of the first day of Cannabis Europa 2025, and the organisers reported a record number of nominations. Their write-up appeared on 27 June 20254. The categories changed: Cannabis Team of the Year and Equipment Provider of the Year appear, while the 2024 Law Firm and Cultivator awards are absent from the 2025 results list4. Winners included Ziel, Sarah Sinclair, Cantourage Clinic UK, Four20 Pharma, Michael Sassano of Somai Pharmaceuticals, Dalgety and Thomas Gray of Lumino4.
One name appears in both years: Curaleaf International took European Cannabis Company of the Year in 2024 and again in 202514.
03The evening itself
The 2025 party was scheduled for Tuesday 24 June 2025 in London, from 20:00 to midnight. The running order was a welcome drinks reception with canapés, then the awards presentations, then a party with DJs2. The organisers pitch it as a networking occasion and say more than 80 percent of attendees at the awards party were C-level executives, key stakeholders or decision-makers2. Tickets were open to anyone, not only shortlisted nominees2. PHCANN International returned as headline sponsor in 20254.
Winners come through a nomination process. Entrants submit a form with a covering letter and evidence, then industry judges shortlist up to five nominees per award, and the results are revealed on the night2. The judging panel listed on the organiser's page mixes backgrounds, including executives from Cansativa Group, Sanity Group, STENOCARE and Drug Science, plus the chair of a Dutch coffeeshop retailers' union2.
A human-interest moment from 2024: the Outstanding Contribution award went to Hannah Deacon. Her son, Alfie Dingley, was reported as the first UK patient to receive a permanent cannabis licence1.
04Where it stands now
The most recent results in the sources are the 2025 winners, covered in the write-up of 27 June 20254. The material used for this page contains no results from any later edition.
The organiser's 2025 awards page describes ten categories, including separate Product of the Year awards for Germany and for the United Kingdom, plus an Honorary Award2. Coverage of the event comes from the Business of Cannabis outlet. Its editor, Ben Stevens, is described as having researched and written most of the outlet's content since 20214.
05What comes next
The sources contain no announced plans for another edition. After the 2025 ceremony the organisers said they looked forward to seeing attendees again the next year4, which is a hint, not a confirmation. Dates, categories, judges and winners for any later edition do not appear in the sources. For current news, check the organiser's own pages.
The results, in our data
CannaLib holds 11 results from this cup across 1 years (2024 to 2024), 0 of them matched to a strain in the catalogue.
Editions on record
- 2024 · Amazing Grace, London, 25 June 2024
Sources
- Business Of Cannabis Award Winners Announced
- Business of Cannabis | 2025 Awards | London, June 2025
- Business of Cannabis Awards | Gowling WLG
- Business of Cannabis Awards 2025: Full Winners Revealed
Written from the sources above and checked on 2026-10-29. Spot an error? Tell us on the contact page.