BBA2026 Official Nominees | Company of the Year 2026
Among 54 shortlisted applications to the British Business Awards 2026 - The Nineteenth Evening, the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan is delighted to announce the six (6) candidates for this year's Company of the Year Award.
The Company of the Year Award recognises an organisation that has combined outstanding performance with strong leadership, innovation, investment in its people and a positive, lasting contribution to Japan.
Here, we introduce each nominee's executive summary (reason for applying), in alphabetical order below.
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COMPANY OF THE YEAR
BRITISH BUSINESS AWARDS 2026 OFFICIAL NOMINEES
FGS Global GK | FGSグローバル合同会社
A decade ago, FGS Global, a strategic communications and leadership advisory firm, opened in Japan with one client and a long-term vision. This year, our strongest yet, that vision is paying off: a team grown by a third, more than 50 clients, the #1 ranking in Japan for M&A communications, and strengthened advisory in geopolitical risk and AI.
HSBC | HSBCジャパン
2026 marks our 160th anniversary in Japan. As the nation’s oldest bank, we combine unrivalled commitment, leadership and innovation to help strengthen Corporate Japan’s global supply chains and overseas growth, while delivering cutting-edge digital banking services to support clients. Named “Japan’s Best Bank for Large Corporates” by Euromoney.
Malvern College Tokyo | マルバーン・カレッジ東京
Malvern College Tokyo combines British educational heritage with an ambitious international outlook, proudly rooted in Japan. This year, the College grew to over 400 pupils, launched its IB Diploma Programme and achieved COBIS accreditation with Beacon Status for safeguarding. Its new Malvern Futures curriculum develops pupils’ confidence, curiosity and sense of purpose, preparing them to contribute to the world around them.
PUSH
A super successful year that included: our highest-ever revenue, largest-ever single project, a landmark partnership with the world's biggest football media company, 100% full-time talent retention, upscaling to a three-floor office in Harajuku, work with rappers Future and Travis Scott, UK streetwear brand Corteiz, and launching a "sister" office in London.
Q-Games Ltd | 有限会社 キュー・ゲームス
Q-Games, celebrating its 25th year in Kyoto this year, just celebrated the launch of Ace Combat 8 in partnership with Bandai Namco, on which we developed best-in-the-world cloud and atmospheric rendering technology. On top of this, we had a hugely successful BitSummit event in May, with ~70,000 attendees from all over the world joining us in the promotion of indie games in Japan and launched Dreams of Another on PS5, PSVR2 and PC, using non-polygon rendering technology we invented ourselves.
RED BOX JAPAN | NPO法人レッドボックスジャパン
Red Box Japan, founded in Japan through the UK-originated Red Box Project, turns menstrual product donations into permanent infrastructure. In March 2026 we launched BRIGHT FUTURE OKINAWA, establishing access across all 495 public schools in Okinawa for approximately 65,000 students. Our network grew to 817 facilities nationwide, now funded and maintained by corporate and municipal partners.
In great thanks to our BBA Partners
This year's British Business Awards has been cherished and elevated by the below Partners. We are delighted to have their support for The Nineteenth Evening.
