Great British Entrepreneur Awards & Community 2020 finalists

The Great British Entrepreneur Awards & community. Working in partnership with Starling Bank, celebrate and support entrepreneurs in Great Britain.

Here are the finalists of “The Great British Entrepreneur Awards Entrepreneur for Good Award” which is awarded to an “entrepreneur leading a business or within an organisation that is implementing pioneering ideas and business models to help drive positive change.”London and East of England:

London & East of England:

  • Ben Sadler | Alive and Kicking
    “The world’s only not-for-profit ball manufacturer”
  • Pranav Chopra | NEMI Teas Ltd
    “NEMI Teas. Empowering refugees.”
  • Saasha Celestial-One & Tessa Clarke | OLIO
    “Share food (and other things) rather than chuck them away.”
  • Kerstyn Comley & Suzi Godson | MeTwo App
    “MeeTwo makes it easy to talk about difficult things.”
  • Eleanor Howie | Valiant Lingerie Ltd
    “Post-mastectomy and post-surgery lingerie”

Wales:

  • Jo Riley | CancerPal
    “Helping you support your loved one with cancer”
  • Ranjit Ghoshal | One Million Steps
    “For Charities, Businesses and You: A Simple Affordable Fitness and Fundraising Challenge”
  • Kelly Davies & Mandy Powell | The Goodwash Company
    “Wash products ethically created in Wales, and have not been tested on animals”
  • Jo Watkins & Polly Crook | The HOW People
    “To empower the next generation of awesome females”

Scotland and Northern Ireland:

  • Amanda Gillard | Adopt an AED Ltd
    “Helping increase survival rates of cardiac arrest”
  • Alison Wood | Lilypads Group Ltd
    “Selling affordable sanitary products around the world”
  • Claire Rampen & Emily Rogers | Reath
    “safe reuse of everyday items”
  • Kelly Wright | The Refillery
    “a plastic free grocery and ethical goods store in Edinburgh”

North West & Yorkshire and the Humber:

  • Eve Bell | Baba+Boo
    “Helping parents live simpler, more sustainable lives”
  • Joanna Baker-Rogers | Busy Life Ltd
    “The Diversity Designs™️ Inclusive Peg Doll Collections.”
  • Matt Dimbylow | DBA Sport CIC
    “We help Clubs, Charities and Not-For-Profit Organisations, generate additional revenue through the creation of sustainable income streams.”
  • Josh Turner | Stand4 Socks
    “Buy one pair  = Give one pair”

South East:

  • Alessandro Rocchi | Georganics Ltd
    “Georganics manufactures and retails natural, organic toothpaste and mouthwash for a pure, non-toxic oral care.”
  • Sidi Saccoh | Mentor X-Africa
    “Through our industry leaders and mentors, we tend to create the required mentorship needed to facilitate growth and inspire change.”
  • Sanjay Lobo | onHand
    “We create tech for good, matching local, vetted volunteers to those that need help. Simply and quickly.”
  • Cacey Barks & Josh Bland | Tweedy Clothing Ltd.
    “Sustainable and ethical fashion”

South West:

  • Ed Bird | Bird Sunglasses
    “distributing one solar light for every pair of sunglasses sold”
  • Rory Atton | Dewerstone Ltd
  • Lou Banks | Rising Vibe Ltd
    “We are culture consultants, using emotion to deliver business results.”
  • Lucy Willoughby | Good Things
    “Plastic Free Gifts”

North East:

  • Fareeha Usman | Being Woman
    “We educate and empower women by promoting diversity, equality and justice for all! “
  • Alison Smith | Matthias Winter
  • Gary Giles | OGEL
    “OGEL is a brand new building system. Simple, fast, lighter, reusable and made from recycled materials.”
  • Darren Tate | Suitability

Midlands:

  • Kristina Salceanu | Advent of Change
    “a social enterprise aiming to create a world that is fair, equal and sustainable by raising funds and awareness through a range of charitable products and campaigns.”
  • Dean Jackson, Gaz Jones, Grant Thompson, Lee Marples, Luke Smith & Rachel Hayward | Derby Swap Shop
    “an individual, business or charity from across Derbyshire is looking for something. In return they will provide a swap offering services or goods in return”
  • Pamela Aculey | Just Like Me Books
    “We are a teeny tiny business trying to make BIG changes when it comes to diversity and inclusion in children’s literature.”
  • Chris Meah | School of Code

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