Forbes Bulgaria presented its annual business awards during a ceremony on Tuesday night at the Sheraton Hotel in Sofia.

This is the 3rd year in a row where Forbes honors some of the most distinguished business people and entrepreneurs in Bulgaria.

This year's event was organized with the general sponsorship of BNP Paribas and the support of Gentlemen Jack and Ernst&Young, and was attended by over 350 guests.

The big winner, in the "Client Policy" and "Business Development" categories, was the IT firm Scale Focus. It also won a 2nd place in "Best Startup Business" category.

Here is the full list of award winners:

Client Policy

1. Scale Focus

2. Happy (Bar&Grill/Sushi)

3. Denkstatt Bulgaria

Business Development

1. Scale Focus

2. MARS Armor

3. Sirma Solutions

Product Quality

1. Obedinena Mlechna Kompania (United Milk Company)

2. Walltopia

3. Zagorka

Service Quality

1. Black Sea Rama

2. AVO-Bell

3. Despark

Employee of the Year

1. Neli Malakova – Senior Recruitment Specialist at Job Tiger

2. Rumen Radushev – Head of "Mortgage Lending" department in Postbank

3. Petar Luleov – Senior Designer at E-act

Community Service Award

1. Vivacom

2. Ucha.se

3. Globul

Best Startup Business

1. Jumpido

2. Scale Focus

3. Safety Operations

Human Resources Development

1. Musala Soft

2. Siemens Bulgaria

3. Publicis Bulgaria

Special awards were also given to The Mall, CMB Bulgaria (Carrefour), and Refan.