Women celebrate Enterprise Day at Wandsworth awards event
as Published: Friday, March 22, 2024
The winners of this year's Wandsworth Women's Enterprise Awards have been announced at a star-studded event with guest speakers including Karen Millen and Viv Groskop.
Celebration: Winning businesswomen at the 10th awards
Awards were given out in seven categories as 100 businesswomen from across Wandsworth celebrated the 10th Women's Enterprise Day at the Roehampton Club on Roehampton Lane.
Special thanks to Jenni Asiama, Kemi Akinola, the judges and the team for organising such an inspiring event.
It is an honour to be recognised amongst so many talented women entrepreneurs.
I am very proud of and grateful to announce I am the winner of the best creative business award in Wandsworth, London Borough of Culture 2025.
The line up of speakers was amazing with Holly Scarsella, Rachel Wang, Sama Trinder, Patricia Van der Acken and an interbiew with the fashion force Karen Millen OBE.
The funny thing, I had noticed Karen because I really liked her shirt (with a long asymmetrical scarf/tie as a collar) and realised she breezed fashion on a daily basis when she walked on stage later on.
Congratulations to all The winners
Rising Star award:
- Winner - Frankie Michaela Spivey (Frankie’s Brownies Ltd)
- Runner-up - Laura Salisbury (KnitRegen Ltd)
Best Creative Business award:
- Winner - Catherine Marche jewellery
- Runner-up - Roopa Design
Best Social Enterprise/Charity award:
- Winner - World Heart Beat Music Academy
- Runners-up - Home Community Cafe and Waste Not Want Not Battersea
Best Sustainable Business award:
- Winner - The Furniture Narrative
- Runner-up - The Earlsfield Reflexologist
Best Online Business award:
- Winner - March and Bloom
- Runner-up - Time4PA
Entrepreneur of the Year award:
- Winner - Mary Lonsdale (Mentor Education)
- Runner-up - Joanne Playford (The London Curtain and Blind Company)
High Street Hero award:
- Winner - Home Community Café (Earlsfield)
- Runner-up - Moxies Fish Bar (Clapham South)
Winner creative category: Catherine Marché
I won !!
Guest speaker: Fashion founder Karen Millen
Award winning jeweller Catherine Marche with deputies Kemi Akinola, Jenni Asiama and Amelia Willis.
The Best Creative Business category is for outstanding businesses in the creative sector. This can mean anything from, art, design, fashion and film to music, publishing, software, photography, stylists, media, games, theatre owners and even architecture.
Creative entreprenuers are individuals who infuse their artistic flair into the business landscape. They use their creativity to develop unique products, services and experiences that standout from the crowd.
This category recognised businesswomen that have an established creative brand that has gone from strength to strength. The winner will have completed a successful project or initiative in the last 12 months and have evidence of the initial concept, marketing plan, and/or final evaluation.
The judges were looking for:
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Evidence of an original product or service
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How you have engaged creatively with customers
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How you have introduced creativity to the Wandsworth community
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How your creativity makes a difference in business
Best Creative Business 2024
Finalists:
Catherine Marche fine jewellery – Catherine Marché
March and Bloom – Jennifer Curulli
Roopadesigns Ltd – Roopa S Basu
Tina Aileen – Tina Aileen
As seen on Wandsworth website https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/news/news-march-2024/women-celebrate-enterprise-day-at-wandsworth-awards-event/
A list of all runners ups is available at https://wandsworthenterprisehub.com/wandsworth-womens-enterprise-awards/
https://wandsworthenterprisehub.com/wandsworth-womens-enterprise-awards/best-creative-business/
