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JBG Enterprise Awards 2014 Success

On Tuesday the 17^th June we held the JBG Enterprise Awards for 2014. The event was hosted by Alison Walker and included a welcome from Bailie Jonathan Findlay, Chair of Jobs & Business Glasgow, keynote speeches from Councillor Gordon Matheson, Leader of Glasgow City Council and Professor Sir Jim McDonald, Chair of Glasgow Economic Leadership Board. Awards were presented to the following businesses and organisations:

• Partner of the Year – Business Gateway Glasgow

• Mentor of the Year – Simon Brennan, Deutsche Bank (for his work with Open Gates)

• Business Start Up – Best Use of Social Media – Love Vintage Events – http://www.lovevintageevents.com/

• Business Start Up – Most Enterprising Young Person – Aleena’s Boutique - http://www.aleenasboutique.co.uk/

• Business Start Up – Most Environmentally Aware Business – Laboratorio Espresso – https://www.facebook.com/LaboratorioEspresso
• Social Impact Award – FareShare Glasgow – http://www.fareshare.org.uk/regional-centres/glasgow-and-the-west-of-scotland/
• Social Entrepreneur of the Year – Julita Hanlon, Whiteinch Centre – http://www.whiteinchcentre.org.uk/
• Social Enterprise Board Member of the Year – Fiona Murphy, Royston Youth Action – http://www.roystonyouthaction.co.uk/
• RBS Most Enterprising Business of the Year – Wonky Woolies – http://wonkywoolies.com/
• Wheatley Group Social Enterprise of the Year – Glasgow Women’s Library – http://womenslibrary.org.uk/
• Rocket Science Microbusiness Employer of the Year – Hot Tap Media – http://hottapmedia.com/

To find out more about the event check out  JBG on youtube