Unlock the secrets of crafting winning award entries with Emma Hewitt, an expert Business Awards Advisor, on this episode of the Business Awards Show. Discover how Emma's background in managing international student recruitment and scholarships seamlessly translates into her current role organizing prestigious awards with Tessa Day at Clubhub. She …

The Joy of Performing Arts is the latest epsiode of the Business Awards Show, featuring award-winning Fiona da Silva Adams. Fiona set up Revolution Performing Arts seventeen years, and has made a huge contribution to the cultural life of Swindon's young people ever since. That contribution won her a Great British Business Award for Outstanding Cont…

Our latest episode discovers why networking builds award-winning businesses. Louise Yexley is someone who knows. She runs nine Women In Business Network (WIBN) groups across Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, setting up her first group in 2009. I've known Louise for sixteen years, and I cannot think of anyone better qualified to tell us about the powe…

The Animal Behaviourist with Lisa Sinnott plots the journey of a woman passionate about animals, becoming a leading animal behaviourist. The latest edition of the Business Awards Show explains why understanding the way your dog or cat behaves is so important for any pet owner. Lisa won a silver award in the Animal Services category of the Best Busi…

The Toilet Queen with Becky Wall is the latest episode of the Business Awards Show featuring a female entrepreneur who is steeped in business awards. Although hers are rather more unconventional than most! Becky has been passionate about toilets since her mother used to check them before allowing her family into any establishment. This led her to r…

The Power of Networking with Stefan Thomas is the latest episode of the Business Awards Show, designed to help you get the most from your business networking. Stefan went from working as an estate agent for eighteen years to becoming one of the country's premier business networkers and speakers. He is such an expert, he wrote the bestselling Busine…

The Women's Weight Loss Coach with Amruti Choudhury is the latest edition of the Business Awards Show. Amruti is a former GP who trained to become an accomplished health coach. She has learnt from her own experiences, struggling with ADHD, mental health challenges and being significantly overweight. Through deep learning and determination to improv…

The Brand Strategist with Aarti Parmar is the latest episode of The Business Awards Show. Listen as Aarti explains how she came to recognise branding was her speciality, and how she has built a business helping others find their purpose and create strategies to fulfill their goals. In our conversation, we discuss the process Aarti implements to hel…

The Personal Financial Planner with Naomi Haynes is the latest episode of The Business Awards Show. Join us as we welcome Naomi, an acclaimed financial planner and winner of the Best Consumer Business in the Best Business Women Awards 2023, for an enlightening discussion about her audacious leap from a secure corporate position to launching her own…

The Podcast Guru with Lynsay Gould is a very special Business Awards Show podcast - because it's our 100th edition! Lynsay set up The Podcast Boutique to help people just like me to start their own podcast. And she got me to do just that in 2021 when I stopped procrastinating and launched the Business Awards Show. We talked about starting my podcas…

The Client Attraction Coach with Henriette Danel is another fascinating episode of the Business Awards Show, revealing a host of tips about attracting new clients, the benefits of entering awards, and the benefits of working with a coach. Henriette set up Henriette Danel Coaching six years ago and has gone from strength to strength, helping service…

The Medical Herbalist with Emma-Louise Follows, the latest Business Awards Show podcast, discusses the benefits of medical herbalism, how entrepreneurs need to look after their health as well as their business, and how awards can propel a business forward. Emma-Louise is an employment solicitor who found a passion for medical herbalism. As a result…

The Nanny Recruiter with Frankie Gray is an episode of the Business Awards Show that highlights the importance of being a great boss and how to build a franchise business. Frankie set up Harmony at Home, a specialist nanny recruitment agency, twenty years ago. She has grown it to the point that the agency has sixteen franchisees all over the countr…

The Value of SEO with Silvia Del Corso is another episode of the Business Awards Show providing essential insights to business owners. Silvia came to Britain from Italy in 2016 and set up her SEO business, PinkSEO, a year later. Since then she has grown her company significantly, now emplying a team of seven, and winning awards for her efforts. She…

Building an Award-Winning Photography Business is the latest episode of the Business Awards Show. It features award-winning branding photographer Annie Armitage who has built her business, Annie Armitage Photography over the last seventeen years. Annie was named Best Creative Business at the 2023 Best Businesswomen Awards and was recently awarded B…

Revolutionising the Dog Boarding Industry with Dawn Brown is an inspirational episode of the Business Awards Show. Dawn started Rose Cottage Doggy Day Care eight years ago, achieving her dream of running her own dog kennels. She has grown the business to become one of the leading kennels in the country. In 2023, Dawn won the Gold Award in the Anima…

Redesigning Women's Shoes with Janan Leo is a fascinating insight into building a shoe retailing business from the Business Awards Show. Janan set up Cocorose London seventeen years ago when she saw a gap in the market for fashionable flat shoes for women tired of wearing heels. Her efforts helped her win the Best Product Award at the 2023 Best Bus…

Protecting Your IP with Sophie Maughan, the latest edition of the Business Awards Show, explores the vital but often overlooked world of intellectual property in business. Sophie has practised as an intelletual property lawyer for over twenty years and is Patent and Trade Mark Attorney for Cleveland Scott York, one of the valued sponsors of the Bes…

The Wonderful Wigmaker with Nicola Wood is the new release from the Business Awards Show. Nicola was awarded Most Inspiring Businesswoman at the 2023 Best Businesswomen Awards, and this episode demonstrates exactly why. She started her own hairdressing salon aged just 21 years old and grew her business impressively. But fifteen years later, aged on…

Coaching with Integrity with Lucienne Shakir is our latest discussion on the Business Awards Show. Having spent several years working in education, Lucienne saw how students needed help with growing anxiety as pressure to achieve grades mounted. This led her down a path towards coaching where she could make a measurable difference to people's lives…

Catering for Under-5s is the latest installment of the Business Awards Show. Kerrie and Maddy founded the multi-award-winning TOTFest six years ago, an all-inclusive festival entirely for under-5s. So successful have the pair been, it has grown to become the largest under-5 festival in the UK. TOTFest now visits five locations in the UK with plans …

Building a Music School with Barbara Mohorko-Vuka is another fascinating installment of the Business Awards Show. Barbara grew up in Slovenia, learning cello from the age of six and gaining an extensive musical education that saw her graduate from Trinity Laban and the Royal College of Music. Barbara took over the Wimbledon School of Music in 2018 …

The Brand Artisan with Becky Benfield-Humberstone is now available on the Business Awards Show. Becky was a silver award winner in the Best Solopreneur category at the 2023 Best Businesswomen Awards, having grown her branding business, the Brand Artisan. Becky has been a serial entrepreneur, creating her first business, 'Utterly Horses', and growin…

The Green Florist with Anna Ball is the latest edition of the Business Awards Show. Anna won the Best Green Business Award at the 2023 Best Businesswomen Awards for her green floristry business, Floral Image UK. Anna worked as a primary school teacher before meeting her husband, and the couple decided to buy the UK license for Floral Image, a globa…

Fighting sex trafficking with Ruth Robb is the latest episode of the Business Awards Show. Ruth founded a fantastic charity, Azalea, fifteen years ago, helping women who have been sex-trafficked. Her work led to a Gold Award at the 2023 Best Businesswomen Awards. Having worked in social care, Ruth became increasingly aware of the horrors of sex tra…

Scaling Tutor Businesses with Helen Dickman is the latest episode of the Business Awards Show. Helen was a Silver Award Winner in the Best New Business category of the 2023 Best Businesswomen Awards. Helen studied English at university and, almost inevitably, became a teacher and then an educational consultant. In 2018, she became a private tutor, …

Going Green with Danielle Seatter is the latest episode of the Business Awards Show. Danielle was a Silver Award Winner in the Best Green Business category of the 2023 Best Businesswomen Awards. Danielle was an early learning teacher, but having left the sector, she decided to start an eco-business, Eco-Able, in 2019. In 2022, she opened her shop i…

Building loyalty in the hospitality industry is our latest episode of the Business Awards Show. Ashleigh was voted Best Businesswoman in Marketing and PR at the 2023 Best Businesswomen Awards. She explains why she and her husband set up their business Halo Business Consulting offering businesses in the hospitality sector the benefit of their twenty…

The Joy of Music for Children is the latest release from The Business Awards Show. It features an interview with Cat Bateman, silver award winner at the 2023 Best Businesswomen Awards, and founder of Little Folk Nursery Rhymes Ltd. Sophie had a passion for music from a young age, so setting up a business twelve years ago bringing mothers and their …

A New Kind of VA with Sophie Ryan is our latest episode of the Business Awards Show. Sophie was a silver award winner at this year's Best Businesswomen Awards in the Best New Business category. In this interview, she tells us about setting up her business, Interactive VA, which aims to deliver a more holistic approach to customers. She explains why…

Branding and Design with Emily Hewett is the latest episode of the Business Awards Show. Emily left Leeds to come south, where she knew nobody, but that did not stop her from setting up her own branding and design business fourteen years ago. She has remained a sole trader, building a solid team of marketing professionals to support her clients as …

Awakening Women's Lives is our latest episode featuring coach Jane Galloway. The title comes from Jane's flagship programme as she seeks to help and champion women to live their best lives. Jane worked in the NHS for many years, whilst developing a coaching practice on the side. In 2023 she has taken the leap and her coaching business Quiet the Hiv…

Our latest episode discusses branding for small business with Andrea Boughton, founder of branding design consultant, Beehive Green. Andrea worked in large London agencies before having children, taking a break from work for five years before setting up her own branding design business. Our discussion looks at the origins of her company, and how sh…

In today's interview with Angela Spencer, we learn about Angela's journey from the corporate world to starting her coaching business Virago Wellness. She was Head of Culture in a well known retail business employing over 4000 people. Now she runs her own solopreneur business. As you will hear, she has absolutely no regrets. Consequently she is thri…

Our latest episode features an interview with Emma Baylin, the inspirational founder of Shared Harmonies CIC. The charity was set up ten years ago to fulfil Emma's passion for wellbeing with a love of singing to bring about powerful human connections. Emma tells us about her journey over the last ten years, how her charity helps those with dementia…

Today's episode features an interview with Steven Lambert, Relationship Manager for business support charity and Best Businesswomen Awards headline sponsor, Be The Business. Be The Business is a significant contributor to business growth in the small business sector, providing mentorship and productivity programmes, research from across the sector,…

Today's episode features an interview with Tessa Day, founder of the largest UK directory for kids activities, Club Hub UK. She also runs the Club Hub Awards for entrepreneurs working in the child activity sector. Tessa's energy and positivity shines through in this discussion, as she covers Club Hub's activities, to the huge amount work behind ent…

Today's episode features an interview with Zeenat Ahmed-Peto, winner of Best Customer Service at the 2023 Best Businesswomen Awards. Given this is one of the most competitive and demanding categories to win, I was delighted to speak to Zeenat about her success. Her approach to customer service in the therapy field makes her stand out. Once your a c…

In today's episode we have an interview with Tracy Fishburn, founder of Tracy's Treasured Keepsakes. She was the winner of a silver award at the recent Best Businesswomen Awards and also won the Best New Business Award at Biz4Biz awards in July. She runs an amazing business taking clothes that people cannot bear to part with that may once have belo…

In this interview with Alec Jones, we learn about the various businesses he has created. Those businesses include the Great British Expo, The Thames Valley and South West Awards, The Great British Business Awards, SME Today magazine, and a wonderful charity, Cherishers. We learn about Alec's younger years, and what has driven him to build his busin…

Today I am joined by one of the Gold Award winners from last week's Best Business Women Awards Gala Evening, Shelley Otway. Having run her own children's stage school for nearly fifteen years, Shelley was rewarded with a Gold Award in the Children and Families category. Shelley shares the challenges of setting up her stage school, Steppin' Out Star…

Fiona is a print journalist, business owner and award-winning TV producer/director with a fascination for people's stories all her life – ever since seeing a TV reporter in action more than 40 years ago. Today, as a respected media consultant, recently named the UK's Top PR Adviser 2021 to 2022, prolific blogger and PR (Public Relations) trainer, F…

Today's interview with Darrin Salt is brilliant for anyone looking to enter business awards. Darrin is both a judge and sponsor of the Best Businesswomen Awards. He has also won awards for his company, The Technologies Group, a leading provider of IT services and cyber-security to SMEs. He started out as an employee in his business in 1989, but whe…

Amanda Fitzgerald of Amanda Fitzgerald PR is the ultimate door-opener. For the last nine years she has been helping small business owners learn how to pitch their businesses to the press, get past gatekeepers, and secure valuable media coverage. She also happens to be a wild water swimmer, so is happy to take on extreme challenges! Amanda wasn't al…

Jen and Sue Blackwell are a dynamic mother-and-daughter duo who are changing the lives of people with learning disabilities through dance. They created Dance Syndrome in 2009 and it was registered as a charity in 2013. They strive to continue to provide new and exciting opportunities for people who may otherwise be excluded from mainstream dance. W…

Caroline Marshall is the founder of a multi-award-winning Virtual Assistant Agency, Upsource; a large team of Virtual Assistants who provide Business and Virtual Assistance, Lifestyle support, Events and Social Media services to Entrepreneurs, HNWs, Startups and SMEs. Having a background in Personal Assistance, Business Support and Events, she tran…

Kate Adam is an awards expert with an impressive track record of helping businesses from all sectors win business awards. She has honed her craft over many years, backed by a wealth of marketing expertise. Her talent is creating and writing award-winning entries to help businesses get the recognition they deserve. Over 90% of her clients reach awar…

Lynne Parker founded Funny Women in 2002 in response to a misogynist comedy promoter who told her that 'women aren't funny'. She went on to create the Funny Women Awards and 20 years on, the rest is history. Funny Women is now an acclaimed not-for-profit community for women to build self-confidence and develop their own distinctive voice. Lynne des…

In this interview, we speak to Sophie, who founded Catering Elite, a recruitment company, 20 years ago to fulfil a need for reliable catering staff for hospitality businesses and events. Sophie shares her business story and how she has grown her business to an impressive client list. We discuss why awards have been important to her as a profile rai…

In this interview, we talk to Trusha Lakhani, Business Coach and FD Trusha has worked in business since she was a child and was involved in her family business - the manufacture, distribution and retail of soft drinks. She went on to study and qualify as an accountant, where she quickly gained a senior position. After many years doing this, she dec…