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2019 The Winners and Finalists

2019 Best Business Women Awards Finalists

Best Blogger

WINNER Melanie  Lissack – Melanie Lissack Interiors

FINALISTS

Amelia Goodhead – xameliax

Ivana Poku –Mums Journey

Best Boss

WINNER Kenda Macdonald – Automation Ninjas

FINALISTS

Coleen Everitt – Alto Electrical Ltd

Felicity Wingrove – Zen Communications Ltd

Hanna Putjato – London Lash Professional

Kimberlee Perry- ((Bounce))

Jennifer Davidson – Sleek Events Ltd

Meetu Madaan – Skills Supplies Ltd

Best Business Woman in Business Services

WINNER Carolyn Lewis –eLearning Marketplace Ltd

FINALISTS

Andrea Jones-Chatten – Unravel CEBPC Ltd

Bina Briggs – Plain Talking HR Ltd

Carmel Jane Saulbrey – Carmel Jane Photography

Faye Watts – FUSE Accountants LLP

Katy Ross – Superdoodle 

Kiran Kachela – Continuous Improvements Projects Ltd

Lisa Seagroatt –  HR Fit for Purpose

Lydia Berman – Lydia Berman Creative

Mandy Bennett – DB Living Ltd 

Poonam Mawani – Azuki Accounts Ltd

Rachel Hayward – Ask the Chameleon Ltd

Rebecca Woolmington – HR Central Ltd

Suzanne Spicer – Spicer and Co UK Ltd

Best Coach

WINNER Antoinette Oglethorpe – Antoinette Oglethorpe Ltd

FINALISTS

Alison Warner- Evolve and Grow Coaching

Aniko Smith – Touchstone Education

Bindar Dosanjh – Smart Core Wealth

Caroline Strawson- Caroline Strawson: Transformational Divorce Coach

Catherine McGuire – Catherine McGuire Consultancy Ltd

Catherine Morgan – The Money Panel

Emma Sedgwick- Sedgwick Coaching

Karen Green -Food Mentor

Gitanjali Trevorrow-Seymour – High Definition You

Best Business Woman working with Children & Families

WINNER – Shazia Mustafa – Third Door (Co working & Nursery) 

FINALISTS

Cathy Harding – Cook Stars Ltd

Denise Gosney – Razzamataz Theatre Schools Ltd

Fiona Simpson – ART Venturers

Karen Simpkin – Sunflower Children’s Centre

Lauren Rosenberg – Fear Busters

Lynda Regan – Wildchild Adventure

Nikki Stewart – Bovingdon Dance Academy

Rav Khokhar – Mini Maniacs

Tessa Robinson – Club Hub UK

Best Business Woman in Financial Services

WINNER Susie Bewell and Faye Silver  – Raymond James Hitchin

FINALISTS

Catherine Morgan – The Money Panel

Lisa Conway–Hughes – Westminster Wealth

Lorraine Sellwood- Eight Wealth Management

Best Franchisor

WINNER Anna Neville – Kidslingo Ltd

FINALISTS

Cathy Harding – Cook Stars Ltd

Denise Gosney – Razzmataz Theatre Schools

Fiona Simpson – ARTventurers

Kristine Monaghan – Mess Around Ltd

Best Business Woman in Hair & Beauty

WINNER Lucia Melillo – Lucia Hair and Beauty

FINALISTS

Charlotte Carr- Forever Gorgeous Beauty

Donna Young- Locks and Shades

Jemma Smith- Lavender Cove Beauty Salon

Rajni Darbar – Beauty by Rajni

Best Business Woman in Health & Wellness

WINNER Louise Hampton – Attend2Health Ltd 

FINALISTS

Bally Lidder –Lidder Therapies

Camille Pierson – The Float Spa

Dee Stringer – Swelling Matters/Amethyst Therapies

Lorraine Hill – Hampton Clinic

Naomi Czuba – Naomi Czuba Dance NCD

Nikki Robinson – Holisticare Ltd

Tania Diggory – The Calmer Group Ltd

Best Business Woman in Legal Services

WINNER Ayesha Nayyar – Nayyar Solicitors

FINALISTS

Karen Greenall – ARK Lasting Power and Wills

Linda Lamb- LSL Family Law

Rita Leat- The Professional Paralegal Register (PPR)

Selina Morgan- Gayle – SMG Mediation Ltd

Best Business Woman in Marketing and PR

WINNER – Lucy Archer and Sally Anne Butters- Rev PR

FINALISTS

Chole Franses – Franses

Natalie Crouch – Peaky Digital Ltd

Samantha Charlies – Float Digital

Silvia Del Corso – PinkSEO.Marketing

Sophie Karaer – SOKA Studio Ltd

Best Networker

WINNER Hela Wozniak-Kay & Annie Brooks – Sister Snog

FINALISTS

Cheryl Laidlaw & Liz Robbins- Work the Room

Kate Cherry – The Athena Network Bedfordshire

Best Business Woman in Recruitment

WINNER Sophie Milliken – SRS Ltd

FINALISTS

Charmaine Vincent – Baltimore Consulting Ltd

Lucy Fowler and Wendy Barriball – Recruitability

Kristen O’Connell – Superlative Recruitment

Natalie Taylor-Herrick – Taylor Herrick Recruitment

Sohini Biswas & Desi Gray– SKAT Recruitment

Sophie Milliken – SRS Ltd

Best Business Woman in Retail or Consumer Business

WINNER Jo Bates – Thumbsie Ltd

FINALISTS 

Emma Crawford- Cupsmith

Irina Bragin – Made of Carpet

Hannah MacLennan – BRIDE by Aster

Janice Fowler- Woodstock Weddings and Events

Natasha Green – The Soap Loaf Company

Lucy Litwack – Coco de Mer UK

Siddhi Mehta –Rhythm 108

Trupti Akhadkar – The Dandies Clothing

Best Young Entrepreneur

WINNER Samantha Charles- Float Digital

FINALISTS 

Alexandria Wombwell-Povey- CHAM

Aliyah Aboderin – Soar Recruitment Ltd

Lisa Sinnott – Albany Pet Services

Mandy Bennett – DB Living Ltd

Mercedes Gale – 4YAParty Weddings & Events

Natalie Crouch-Peaky Digital Ltd

Tessa Robinson – Club Hub UK

Best Business Woman in STEM

WINNER Sally Higham – Groop

FINALISTS

Cheryl Laidlaw- London Web Girl

Susan Barrett – RabbIT Training Ltd

Tamma Carel – Imvelo Ltd

Best Customer Service

WINNER – Babs Forman – Skin Confident Ltd

FINALISTS

Aarti Parmar – AP Brand Communications

Christina Valentine – Christina Valentine Property Services

Eleanor Mason– Rainwater Total Care

Hannah MacLennan – BRIDE by Aster

Karen Greenall – ARK Lasting Powers & Wills

Louise Hampton – Attend2Health Ltd

Lucia Melillo – Lucia Hair and Beauty

Rachel Kepinska-Smith- House of Colour St Albans

Sophie Milliken – SRS Ltd

Vicky Saynor – Bethnal & Bec

Best New Business

WINNER Davina Steel- Davina Steel ( Baking the Difference) 

FINALISTS

Babs Forman – Skin Confident Ltd

Dee Gibson – Kalukanda House

Babs Forman – Skin Confident Ltd

Emma Ellis- Amber Mountain Marketing

Jaine Alderson – AbFabFit Club

Jemma Smith – Lavender Cove Beauty Salon

Louise Deverell-Smith- Daisy Chain

Naomi Czuba – Naomi Czuba Dance NCD

Rhiannon Jenkins – Jenkins Soft Tissue Therapy

Sophie Karaer – SOKA Studio Ltd

Vicki Baumann – Yoga with Vickib

Most Inspiring Business Woman

WINNER Carmel Jane Saulbrey- Carmel Jane Photography

FINALISTS

Caroline Strawson – Caroline Strawson: Transformational Divorce Coach

Denise O’Leary – Purpol Marketing Ltd

Elizabeth Venz – Jack Nadel International

Jo MacFarlane – Jo MacFarlane Luxury Candles

Olivia Mikhail –Kew Little Pigs Farm Ltd

Shazia Mustafa – Third Door (Coworking & Nursery)

Taz Thornton – Taz Thornton

Vicky Saynor – Bethnal & Bec

Best Business

WINNER Jennifer Davidson-Sleek Events Ltd

FINALISTS

Alexis Marz – MMP Tax Ltd

Andrea Jones-Chatten – Unravel CEBPC Ltd

Carolyn Lewis – eLearning Marketplace Ltd

Denise O’Leary – Purpol Marketing Ltd

Jo Bates – Thumbsie Ltd

Kathy Doran – Morestaff Recruitment

Kimberlee Perry –((Bounce))

Lucy Archer and Sally Anne Butters- Rev PR

Michelle McPherson – Hyde and Rowe

Olivia Mikhail – Kew Little Pigs Farm Ltd

The Book Midwife® is a book coaching company founded in 2002 by multi-award-winning entrepreneur Mindy Gibbins-Klein. Since its inception, the company has helped over one thousand experts plan, write and publish great books fast!

The philosophy of the company is that “Every book deserves to be written and published”. Having spent ten years trying to write and publish her first book, Mindy created a process to help aspiring authors get their books done better and faster, and with more clarity and confidence.

The Book Midwife® is specifically reaching out to people from traditionally under-represented groups to create more diversity, equality and inclusion on our bookshelves.

Visit the website – https://www.thebookmidwife.com

Banya Family Placement Agency

Banya Family Placement Agency is an independent foster agency.

Our fully supported foster carers look after children and young people placed by local authorities.

Banya supports foster carer households all over the UK. Hundreds of children and young people have benefited from placements with our foster carers since Banya was founded in 1997.

We provide a high standard of foster care for a range of children and young people. Banya has developed specialisms in placing sibling groups, unaccompanied children and young people from overseas, children with special needs, and troubled teenagers.

We’re a diverse and welcoming fostering agency, so we open our foster carer applications to everyone. Your race, culture, sexual orientation or income don’t affect your chances. In fact we need foster carers from a wide range of backgrounds, races and religion. This is because all children have their own unique and individual background and heritage. You do not need to be married, own a house or have children of your own.

We believe the diversity of the foster parents we work with is a positive thing when finding the best possible family for a foster child.

Find out more about becoming a Foster Parent here

Visit the website – Who Can Foster?

Plain Talking HR

Plain Talking HR, based in Luton, offers comprehensive human resources services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and beyond. Our mission is to provide quick, decisive, and cost-effective HR support tailored to each business’s unique needs.

The service offerings include:

  • Essential HR: Ideal for businesses with up to 10 employees, this service establishes a solid HR foundation by reviewing current HR functions, updating contracts of employment, implementing employee handbooks compliant with GDPR, organizing employee files, and providing ongoing advice telephone and email support.
  • Practical HR: For companies seeking more hands-on assistance, this service builds upon the Essential HR package by offering direct support to managers in handling employee matters, implementing HR Processes, and providing regular on-site assistance to ensure compliance and effective people management.
  • Strategic HR: Aimed aligning HR practices with business objectives, this service focuses on developing long-term HR strategies, enhancing company culture, and ensuring that HR initiatives support overall organisational goals.
  • Additionally, Plain Talking HR offers an HR Mentoring Service designed to guide businesses in establishing compliant HR systems and processes, providing training and support to internal teams to manage HR tasks effectively.

Led by Bina Briggs, who holds a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development qualification and has extensive experience across various industries, Plain Talking HR is committed to delivering practical and pragmatic HR solutions. Their approach ensures that businesses remain compliant with employment laws while fostering positive employee relations and a productive work environment.

Visit the website – https://www.plaintalkinghr.com

Mary Gregory Ltd offers comprehensive leadership coaching services designed to empower senior leaders and organizations to maximize their impact and performance. Recognising the challenges posed by today’s relentless pace of change, Mary provides tailored solutions to help leaders navigate complex dynamics and drive meaningful results.

Services include:

  • 1:1 Executive Coaching: Personalized development programs that focus on enhancing individual strengths, leadership styles, and achieve specific professional goals.
  • Insight Sessions: These sessions assist leaders in identifying and aligning with their core values, fostering authentic leadership, and facilitating effective decision-making.
  • Leadership Development Programs: Customised workshops and presentations aimed at cultivating positive leadership behaviours, building high-performing cultures, and addressing topics such as leadership presence, influence, resilience, and ego-less leadership.

By engaging with Mary Gregory Ltd’s services, leaders can strength their confidence, enhance communication, boost resilience, and gain clarity in their vision and purpose, both personally and organizationally. Mary’s approach is centred on enabling leaders to access their strengths, values, and purpose, leading from a place of power, love, and humility.

Link to website https://www.marygregory.com/

Academy for Women Entrepreneurs

The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) is a business platform designed to guide women business owners in growing and scaling their businesses with confidence. AWE provides access to business opportunities, the right network, and a disciplined strategy to drive success.

Founded by Ceylan, AWE delivers real impact—its active members experience an average income growth of 88% within 12 months (Impact Survey 2022) and achieve both their business and life goals through strategic planning and business education.

At the heart of AWE’s offering is THE PLANNING. The word itself may not be exciting, and the process might not be thrilling, but the results? Absolutely phenomenal! Strategic planning is the key to making business growth intentional, predictable, and stress-free.

AWE’s flagship “Create Your Game Plan” event series empowers women entrepreneurs to take control of their future by setting clear goals, overcoming roadblocks, and building actionable strategies that drive real results. These sessions also provide access to AWE’s signature growth programs, tailored to different business levels.

Beyond tools and events, AWE fosters a supportive community of ambitious women who want to scale their businesses with confidence and ease.

OUR PHILOSOPHY: NO FOUNDER LEFT BEHIND!

Because when women entrepreneurs plan for success, they win big—and so do their communities and the world around them.

Visit the website – https://academyforwomenentrepreneurs.com/