THIRTY-THREE people from businesses and charities have been short-listed in The Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards 2010.
Final judging for the prizes – worth more than £100,000 – takes place during October with a glittering awards ceremony planned at Carden Park Hotel, Cheshire, on Thursday November 11.
The finalists
Best New Business:
- Natalie Haywood (Leaf Tea Shop and Bar, Liverpool);
- Andrew Shields (Training Strategies Ltd, Liverpool);
- Stephen Dutton and Fiona Milne (SPD CAD Services, Liverpool);
- Jim Williams and Malcolm Sutton (Tender Management, Liverpool);
- Bala Croman (The Chocolate Cellar, Liverpool)
Best Young Entrepreneur:
- Thomas Darlow (Bright Headway, Liverpool);
- Amelia Nutting (Shuga Budz, Wolverhampton);
- James Clarke (True Reflections Design, Conwy);
- Donna Redgrave (RMD Memory Matters, Liverpool);
- Kris McDonald (Keyhole Productions, Liverpool)
Best Charity or Social Enterprise in Liverpool (Liverpool Vision prize):
- Chris Caterall and Jane Davies (The Reader Organisation);
- Jacqui Nasuh (Chrysallis Domestic Violence);
- Julia Samuels and Keith Sahah (20 Stories High);
- Paul Ainsworth and Helen Johnson (The Ariel Trust)
Best Social/Economic Contribution to the Region:
- Catherine Miles (Contact Company, Wirral);
- Susan Fisher (C&S Care Company, Wolverhampton);
- Susan Hughes and Josie Kelly (Access to Business, Wolverhampton);
- Jessica Houghton (Expert Language Services, Southport);
- Julia Samuels and Keith Sahah (20 Stories High)
Best Entrepreneurial Social Enterprise or Charity:
- Claire Morgans (Y Kids, Bootle);
- Jane Hughes and Fiona Trappe (Conwy Fest, Conwy);
- Ben Donnelly (Elixir Foundations, Bootle);
- Terrie Johnson (Fruit to Suit, Wirral);
- Brian McManus (Dee-Tex, Flintshire)
Against All Odds:
- Jo Wood (RASA Merseyside, Wirral);
- Debbie Stone (Blow Hair and Beauty, Liverpool);
- Jan Williams (Northwest Laser & Aesthetics Clinic Ltd, Frodsham);
- Ben Donnelly (Elixir Foundations, Bootle);
- Brian McManus (Dee-Tex, Flintshire).