Every business needs good PR, and local journalists love to promote their local business success stories. All a business needs to do is give them…
The Great British Entrepreneur Awards is delighted to announce its partnership with Journolink. Now in its eighth year, the Great British Entrepreneur Awards acknowledges the…
Starling is a leading digital bank, founded in 2014 and voted Best British Bank in 2018 and 2019 and Best Business Banking Provider in 2019. Its banking app offers business, personal, euro and joint current accounts on Android and iOS. Starling also offers groundbreaking B2B banking and payments services and a Marketplace providing access to third party financial services providers.
Starling is a fintech business with a banking licence, fully regulated by the FCA and PRA. It is directly connected to major payment schemes, including Faster Payments, SEPA, Bacs and MasterCard.
Three Means Business
Big dreams? Big ambitions? Good, we do too. Get a Business plan from Three and benefit from things like Go Roam, easyJet travel upgrades, and wuntu treats while you work. Plus we’re building the UK’s fastest 5G network.
What’s more, Three have teamed up with specialist partners; FreshBooks, Moo, WeWork and Wix, to bring you an exclusive package of benefits for Business. So, you get the expertise you need, when you need it.
From building a website and nailing the accounts; to bagging office space and ordering those lush business cards. All our plans come with big benefits!
Get ready to business like a boss.
Funding Options is the leading marketplace for business finance, helping businesses across the UK and Netherlands find the right funding for their situation. With 200 + lender partners, Funding Options is delivering hundreds of millions of pounds in vital finance to thousands of businesses every year. Whether you’re looking for a buffer of working capital to get you through tough times, to finance new assets or to expand your workforce – Their award-winning technology searches the market to find the right funding options for your situation. It takes minutes, there’s no obligation, and it’s easy to use. A dedicated team of experienced Business Finance Specialists are there to take the legwork out of searching for business finance, ensuring customers can focus on what matters most – running their business.
Funding Options is one of the winners in Nesta’s Open Up Challenge for Open Banking, and has been designated by HM Treasury for the bank referral scheme, to help UK SMEs find alternative finance when they’re unsuccessful with the major banks.
Business health insurance
At AXA Health we understand that when you own a business, your people are so often central to its success. When your employees dedicate so much of their time and effort to your business, it’s understandable that you’d want to ensure that they feel supported both inside and outside of work. Healthcare cover can help to provide you with peace of mind that your team’s health and wellbeing is being looked after, so you can focus on your business.
Find out more about our business healthcare cover, including what is and isn’t covered, and get a quote today
UBS provides a complete wealth management service in the UK. We have a long history of working with UK entrepreneurs planning their business, family and investment needs as they approach a liquidity event.
Our advisors will help you learn how to protect and grow your hard-earned wealth drawing on the strength of our Global Chief Investment Office. Whether you want to leave money in trust for your children, sort out your pension arrangements or, increasingly, become a philanthropist, we can help you achieve your goals.
haysmacintyre is an award winning firm of chartered accountants and tax advisors servicing our clients internationally. We are among only a few firms which bridge the gap between the larger firms which do everything but may lack the personal touch and smaller firms which may be able to provide only a narrow range of services. Experts in building long term professional relationships that are open and honest, we are often consulted on our clients’ wider range of commercial challenges to assist them in solving their problems, to grasp opportunities and achieve their goals. Through understanding our client’s needs, going the extra mile, delivering on our promises and providing value for money, we are committed to providing our clients with exceptional service. Our aim is to build long term relationships, and this is supported by our track record of growth which has been achieved by maintaining existing client relationships whilst creating new ones.
Printed.com are proud to support businesses of all shapes and sizes, and we’re on a mission to help and encourage entrepreneurs to thrive and grow. With innovative technology, specialised services and cost-effective business print solutions, we’ve got the tools you need to succeed.
Discover a world of print at your fingertips. From essentials like Business Cards and Stationery to custom creations to help disrupt and engage. No matter what the project, we’ll help you find the perfect fit. Plus with a dedicated, UK-based, customer service team on hand to help with questions and queries, we make it easy to get your print to the presses. Discover how Printed.com can help your business flourish today.
Founded in 2009, the Grenade® mission was simple; to create a range of products that people would remember, and be inspired to get the most out of life. Now, the brand are set to join the Great British Entrepreneur Awards as a national partner for the 2020 programme which acknowledges the hard work and inspiring stories entrepreneurs and businesses across the United Kingdom.
Fortunis Capital is a UK based Finance & Venture Capital House. We are the new breed of Venture Capital and focus on supporting Innovation and creating a tangible positive impact to the wider society. We work with UK and Foreign Entrepreneurs in the UK and are actively engaged with our Investments to give them every chance of succeeding and scaling up. We are not sector specific, and we are not afraid of early stage (concept) opportunities. We are also a Home Office Endorsing Body, and can provide Endorsements to Foreign Entrepreneurs looking to create or move their Innovative business to the UK.
Heathrow Express is a non-franchised, non-subsidised private rail company which runs up to 150 services a day between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport.
Launched in 1998 our regular non-stop service takes 15 minutes from London Paddington to Terminals 2 & 3 and six minutes more to Terminal 5. Each day we welcome an average of 17,000 passengers on board our services.
On board our spacious fleet of fully electric trains passengers enjoy complimentary WiFi, HEx TV, at seat power and dedicated luggage space. Business First is also available which offers a more private, spacious environment, complimentary magazines and tables you can work from.
Located in the heart of Marylebone, this stylish private members’ club is the first of its kind, bringing together a global community of high growth entrepreneurs, investors and world class business leaders under one roof.
Home Grown welcomes members from a diverse range of sectors and industries and is aimed at enabling established business owners to grow their professional networks and scale-up their companies through collaboration with investors and like-minded individuals.
A carefully curated events programme is an integral part of the membership package. Sector specific networking evenings, talks by renowned business leaders, mentoring sessions, leadership forums, and invite only ‘entrepreneur-meet-investor’ suppers are just some of the events on offer designed to help members grow and develop their businesses.
Situated across four elegant Grade II-listed five storey Georgian townhouses on Great Cumberland Place, Home Grownwill exude quality, sophistication and style. The townhouses will feature a plethora of stunning spaces, designed by Russell Sage Studios, including 35 boutique bedrooms, a brasserie-style restaurant, study café, executive business lounges, bars, meeting rooms including dedicated pitching suites, private dining rooms as well as events spaces.
Created by renowned private members club Home House, excellent service and the utmost attention to detail are to be expected in this unique club that is dedicated to growing businesses and providing a home for high growth entrepreneurs and investors.
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For more information please see our website – www.homegrownclub.co.uk
Companies House is the government body responsible for incorporating and dissolving limited companies in the UK. We hold data for more than 4 million limited companies on our register and make it available to the public.
As part of the government’s wider Industrial Strategy, we’re committed to playing our part in ensuring Britain remains the best place to start and grow a business. We’re proud to partner with the Great British Entrepreneurship Awards and celebrate our nation’s entrepreneurial spirit and success.
Mazuma is the UK’s leading accountancy service for small and micro businesses across the UK. We don’t ask you to faff around with software or spreadsheets – instead we’ll do it all for you. We’ll do your bookkeeping, accounts, tax and all HMRC and Companies House submissions for a low-cost monthly subscription. All you have to do is send us your paperwork – either via the post or uploaded to our app. Spend your time running your business while we get on with the numbers.
Irwin Mitchell is unlike any other law firm. Nationally acclaimed, with a strong international capability, we offer a broad range of legal services to entrepreneurial businesses and individuals. Giving the best possible advice is about more than knowledge and expertise. It means understanding the people and businesses you work with as deeply as possible. It means taking the time to listen to what matters most to them. It’s what we call ‘the expert hand with human touch’.
Allard Bailey Family Law specialises in the protection of personal wealth and business interests, as well as all areas of family law. Their team utilises technology and modern working practices to deliver a truly flexible, first-rate service whilst keeping clients’ costs down.
As their clients have busy lives with conflicting commitments, Allard Bailey Family Law offers virtual consultations out of the usual working hours, in addition to meetings at their offices in central London and Hertfordshire. They provide a free online portal which allows clients to save time by starting family law matters, wills and specialised lasting powers of attorney online.
Clients can choose a one-off consultation or full representation in complicated matters with Allard Bailey Family Law’s solicitors, who are experienced, realistic and always focused on achieving the best results for their clients.
BoroughBox is the solution to your foodie cravings. A space for everyone who deserves a little treat. They support honest and inspiring independent food and drink businesses by connecting them directly to you. No fuss, no faff, just fresh artisanal produce and world-class service. Their retail platform and marketplace connects 1000’s of customers to the best independent food & drink businesses every day.
At Hey Girls we know that you girls and young women are all powerful individuals, care about your health, are passionate about the environment and want to make a difference.
That’s why we girls created Hey Girls – to offer you a no leak, super comfy, chlorine and bleach free, environmentally friendly product that tackles period poverty in the UK. How? Well that’s simple – all the profits from our Buy One Give One products go directly to help girls and young women in need – no fat cat shareholders taking a payout. So that means for every box you buy we give a box away- yep just that straightforward.
Hey Girls was founded by myself and my daughters Becky and Kate, with the philosophy that girls and young women should never have to compromise their wellbeing or their health. Having been a single parent I understand firsthand the financial strain of buying period protection when struggling to survive on benefits. The situation for women just like me hasn’t changed in twenty years, which is why we set-up Hey Girls.
We seek to enrich the lives of girls and young women in the UK by exercising social and ethical responsibility in every aspect of our work—from where we source our products through to our supply chain, and the way we run our social business.
The Centre for Entrepreneurs promotes the role of entrepreneurs in creating economic growth and social well-being. It is home to national enterprise campaign, StartUp Britain.
The Centre is an independent non-profit think tank founded and chaired by Sunday Times columnist and serial entrepreneur Luke Johnson and housed within the Legatum Institute – a non-partisan think tank best known for its annual Prosperity Index.
The Centre researches and communicates the positive impact of entrepreneurs on the economy and society; defends entrepreneurs from over-regulation, unhelpful legislation, over-taxation and monopolistic large firms; and encourages entrepreneurship as a career choice.
StartUp Britain is a national campaign by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, harnessing the expertise and passion of Britain’s leading businesspeople to unleash entrepreneurship across the UK. The campaign is run by the Centre for Entrepreneurs think tank and supported by Natwest, 123 Reg and .uk.
Founded by eight entrepreneurs and launched in March 2011 by the Prime Minister, StartUp Britain is completely private sector funded, and was launched in response to the government’s call for an ‘enterprise led’ recovery.
Global Entrepreneurship Week is a collection of tens of thousands of events, activities and competitions each November that inspire millions to explore their potential as an entrepreneur while fostering connections and increasing collaboration within their ecosystems.
Diversity is a driver of innovation and economies suffer if a nation or group of people are underrepresented or face structural barriers – the world needs more entrepreneurs. Powered by the Kauffman Foundation, Global Entrepreneurship Week has expanded to 170+ nations since its launch in 2008 with 19,000 partner organizations now serving as GEN’s community-building backbone.
Through GEW, GEN seeks universality, striving to be inclusive of individuals and communities who have traditionally faced barriers to entrepreneurship whether minority groups, cumbersome traditional institutions or those pushed to the side by strong competition.
The JournoLink idea was sparked by Father and Daughter duo, Peter Ibbetson and Gemma Guise, along with long-time friend and broadcast journalist Tet Kofi.
After working in a large PR agency Gemma came to question why small businesses weren’t gaining any coverage. After raising the subject with Peter and Tet they began to realise that small businesses could not afford the agencies retainer fees and didn’t know, or have the time, to do PR themselves.
From this they saw a gap in the market to help small business owners achieve their own PR.
By combining Peter’s background in small business banking and media training with Gemma’s experience in beauty PR and Tet’s knowledge of the media, they came up with the idea of an affordable and easy-to-use platform.
A platform that would help businesses wanting to get media coverage by supporting them with when to send stories, who to, what their stories should look like, and then distributing their stories to relevant media and track who is looking at them.
And at the same time help journalists, bloggers and broadcasters find businesses, and enable them to ask in real time, for their comments, quotes and spokespeople.
JournoLink has grown from an idea on the back of a napkin to a successful online platform used by over 3000 small businesses and 6000 journalists, bloggers and broadcasters.
ShoutOut is a groundbreaking automated video creation platform that enables anyone to produce live action videos automatically using a smartphone.
Create your branding template, send participants a URL to record their video clips, then Shoutout automatically creates videos with music, graphics and name caption to download or share natively on social media. You can also create compilation videos, no editing experience needed.
Record yourself or crowdsource your video content.
ShoutOut can be used for many types of videos including –
testimonal, virtual or live events, product or catalogue videos, vlogging, profile videos, video reviews and commercials.
Try it for free or subscribe at www.shoutout.social
‘Shoutout is much cheaper and faster than traditional video production, and this has enabled event video to be a reality for us for the majority of our events, even the smaller ones.’
David Stringer-Lamarre, Chairman, IoD London Region
At Elite Business, we’re passionate about championing new business. Providing fresh perspectives and representing disruptive solutions, we’re interested in the startups and SMEs that are spearheading Britain forward. From tech unicorns to entrepreneurs transforming healthcare with AI, we cover the movers and shakers making enterprising exciting.
Our online platform covers up-to-the-minute content and presents a unique angle on the things enterprises need to know, from maximising the potential of mobile to setting the world alight on social media. We also gather the best and brightest voices in the community to share their experience.
Fresh Business Thinking is the leading online resource for business owners, directors and entrepreneurs.
If you need a world class, proactive Digital team to grow your company online then take a look at results and reviews of James Oakley Media on www.JamesOakley.co.uk.Now more than ever it is essential to work with partners where the relationship is underpinned by the absolute focus on increasing your bottom line, and core goals.If you’re sick of Digital agencies who lack focus on your bottom line then get in touch. We live and die by our results and unlike traditional agencies have a true focus on:
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