This month we were at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards!
Our founder, Martina Zupan was up for the Young Entrepreneur award. We were so happy to see the award go to fellow entrepreneur Michael Harkins, founder of Turtle Pack. Congratulations Michael!
Entrepreneurs from across Scotland and Northern Ireland came together in Edinburgh to celebrate their success at the first regional gala final.
A big congratulations to Michael Harkins from Turtle Pack for his win in our category ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ and to overall winner, Alan Mahon from Brewgooder. We were excited to see a social enterprise taking the night’s top honour!
Meet the winners of GBEA 2018!
Entrepreneur for Good | Alan Mahon, Brewgooder
Scale-Up Entrepreneur | Jo-Anne Chidley, Beauty Kitchen
Service Industries Entrepreneur | Alex Barron, Triyit
Young Entrepreneur | Michael Harkins, Turtle Pack
Great British Entrepreneur of the Year | Alan Mahon, Brewgooder
Head of Entrepreneurship for Royal Bank of Scotland, Gordon Merrylees said:
“We are incredibly proud to support these important awards again in 2018. The number and calibre of entries this year proves that entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Scotland and Northern Ireland.”
We are delighted to be a part of the entrepreneurial spirit in Scotland, and hope to be making an appearance again next year!
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