27 Mar NNBN shortlisted for Midlands UK StartUp Award 2024
Northamptonshire based Membership organisation NNBN has been named a finalist ahead of the Midlands final of the StartUp Awards.
The UK StartUp Awards was launched to recognise the booming start-up scene across the UK which has accelerated over the last few years with over 900,000 new businesses founded in the UK in 2023, a 12% increase from the year before.
Over 900 businesses have been shortlisted for this year’s UK StartUp Awards and the contribution of these firms – all of which were started in the last three years – is significant, having created nearly 6,000 new jobs since they were established and generating annual sales of £480 million.
NNBN is a Membership Organisation founded by Simon and Marie Cox in 2022. The business has been nominated for the Business to Business StartUp of the Year Award in the Midlands.
Simon Cox, Director of NNBN, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have been announced as a Finalist in the UK StartUp Awards. Northamptonshire businesses, charities and organisations are at the heart of NNBN and without them, we wouldn’t be listed as a Finalist in these awards.”
“Northamptonshire offers a lot to people locally, regionally and nationally and we are proud to be doing our part for local people by flying the flag for the County.”
Co-Director Marie Cox said: “When we started NNBN we recognised the need to help local people engage, network and grow. We’ve been working hard over the last two years to bring people together, to support them and help grow our community and it’s been an amazing journey so far. We would like to thank everyone who has supported us since we launched in March 2022 and we wouldn’t be here without them.”
Supported nationally by ScoreApp, GS1 UK, Starling Bank, OVHcloud, GiftRound, Airwallex, the programme will celebrate the achievements of the amazing individuals who have turned an idea into an opportunity and taken the risk to launch a new product or service.
The cohort of finalists will be considered for the regional prizes by a panel of seasoned judges with experience founding or supporting entrepreneurial ventures. The winners from each region will then be invited to the first UK final taking place at Ideas Fest, the Glastonbury for Business festival in Tring, Hertfordshire on 12th September 2024.
Professor Dylan Jones-Evans OBE, the creator of the UK StartUp Awards, said:
“Start-up businesses are the lifeblood of any economy, being responsible for new jobs, innovation and wealth creation across the UK. All the finalists this year represent the best of those entrepreneurs who have spotted an opportunity and through their sheer hard work, talent and perseverance, have created amazing new businesses that are creating real impact in their sectors. Building on the success of previous years, we are now looking to identify the ‘best of the best’ with all the finalists who win their category in their region going on to represent their region at the first ever UK National StartUp Awards final later this year”.
The UK StartUp Awards was created in collaboration with the team behind the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, one of the most successful awards programmes in the UK. The UK StartUp Awards are running for the third year after launching in 2022.
This year’s regional UK StartUp Awards finalists can be found online at https://startupawards.uk
NNBN is a membership organisation providing business support and mentoring, advertising and promotion, networking and making connections, benefits and perks , workshops and the NNBN Awards for businesses, charities and organisations based in Northamptonshire.