Lucy Hughes - MarinaTex

Share Your Startup Story: MarinaTex – the substitute to single-use plastic bags using ‘fish waste’

The fight against single-use plastic continues well-beyond 2020 and this marine bioplastic design – MarinaTex – wants to exchange plastic in food and drink packages with its own alternative made from fish waste. Created by Lucy Hughes, 24, in 2018 for her final year undergraduate degree project, MarinaTex is the result of over 100 prototype […]

Black British Founders

Faces Of The ‘often unsung’ Black Founders Nominated At The Black British Business Awards 2019

These are the faces of the British black founders competing in this year’s Black British Business Awards – representing the very best black rising stars across the UK’s diverse business sector. Now in its sixth year running, The Black British Business Awards (BBBAwards) aims to celebrate and spotlight the “often unsung contributions” of black business […]

Entrepreneur Of The Year

Enter To Win The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 Programme

The Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 awards is on the lookout for entrepreneurs with cutting-edge ideas to innovate the economy. Sponsored by Ernst and Young, the global entrepreneurship programme aims to help entrepreneurs build successful and sustainable businesses. The 2017 awards, now in its 19th year in the UK, wants to celebrate […]

Social Enterprise Awards

UK Social Enterprise Awards 2016

Applications now open for the UK Social Enterprise Awards 2016 – Recognising businesses and individuals making an impact in the social enterprise sector. The awards are open to all social enterprises with specific categories for investors, corporate groups, public sector bodies and charities. There are 12 categories organisations can enter, including UK Social Enterprise of the Year, […]

My Country Business Awards 2016

Country Homes & Interiors: My Country Business Awards 2016

Country Homes & Interiors is on the search for the UK’s brightest country businesses for its 2016 My Country Business Awards. The modern country lifestyle brand launches its seventh annual ‘My Country Business Awards’ in partnership with Not on the High Street. The award, opened to businesses in all stages, celebrates existing country businesses, pioneers and champions a new breed of rural creative […]