Finalists revealed for Morgan Awards
The finalists have been revealed for this year's Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards, which has £115,000 in cash prizes and services up for grabs.
The awards were open to businesses, entrepreneurs, charities and social enterprises located in the Wolverhampton and Shropshire areas as well as Merseyside, west Cheshire and North Wales. The event was founded by Steve Morgan, founder of Redrow and chairman of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.
The finalists this year are:
Best New Business (first prize £20,000, two runners-up prizes £5,000 each)
Easy MCS, Saltney, Flintshire
Eco Environments, Bootle
Jolly Good Rental Vehicles, Wrexham
Labelline UK, St Helens
Navigate IT, Bretton, Chester
Best Business providing an Economic or Social Contribution to the Region (first prize £12,500, two runners-up prizes £5,000 each)
Comtek Network Systems UK, Deeside
Eco Environments, Liverpool
Galeri Caernarfon, Caernarfon
Imagematch Social Enterprise, Shrewsbury
Lewis Psychology CIC, Wolverhampton
Best Entrepreneurial Charity or Social Enterprise (first prize £12,500, two runners-up prizes £5,000 each)
The Brink, Liverpool
Crest Co-operative, Llandudno Junction
Dee-Tex Project, Saltney
Kindness in Mind, Mold
Little League Sports, Belle Vale, Liverpool
Best Entrepreneurial Charity or Social Enterprise in Liverpool - sponsored by Liverpool Vision (one prize of £5,000)
The Brink
Merseyside Domestic Violence Services
Little League Sports
Squash Nutrition
Best Young Entrepreneur (first prize £10,000, two runners-up prizes £2,500 each)
Thomas Farquhar, Easy MCS, Saltney
Mark Gleave, Healthbox CIC, Chester
Simon Roberts, Roberts Recycling, Liverpool
Richard Rees, North Wales Hydro Power, Abergele
Eva Zych, Flavory Nature, Liverpool
Best New Business Idea by a Young Entrepreneur (first prize £5,000, two runners-up prizes £2,500 each)
Craig Churm, Textbooks-4-Students, Shifnal, Shropshire
Kelsey Donlevy, Just Dance, Liverpool
Toni Marie Hynes, UK Visits, Liverpool
Iman Espeut-Mills, Elite Enterprise, Wolverhampton
Tina Lee, Creative Craft Jewellery, Liverpool
Against All Odds (one prize £10,000)
Jane Davis & Niall Gibney, The Reader Organisation, Liverpool
Kerrie Griffiths-Rogers, The Interior Company, Whitchurch
Brian McManus, Dee-Tex Project, Saltney
Jean Taylor, Families Fighting for Justice, Liverpool
Winners will be announced at a ceremony at Carden Park Hotel on 10 November. The main sponsor of the Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards is Redrow, co-sponsors and event partners are Deloitte, Brabners Chaffe Street, Liverpool Vision, DRP Group, Insider Media, Public Image and NMC Design+Print.