Technology entrepreneur shortlisted for prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award

May 7, 2010 - PRLog -- Gareth Davies, Managing Director f Frogtrade, has been recognised for his ability to lead the business to rapid growth and success, doubling the company’s sales turnover in the last four years and increasing the number of schools using the Frog Learning Platform by over 800 per cent between 2005 and 2008. A key part of this success has been due to the reputation the company has built with its customers, which has snowballed throughout the country.

The Frog Learning Platform is an online learning environment that allows students, teachers and parents to access all school information from one online location. Frog works with schools and local authorities to develop better ways of addressing educational needs and empowering students and staff to achieve excellence in education. Since forming Frog in 1999, Gareth has led the business to continued growth and success, doubling its profits in the last 12 months. He has recently appointed a considerable number of new staff and formed beneficial partnerships to spearhead UK and international expansion.

Gareth Davies, Managing Director, Frog, enthused: “I am thrilled to be recognised as a top entrepreneur by such a prestigious organisation as Ernst & Young.  I am delighted that there is such a rapidly increasing number of schools who are embracing our online learning environment to positively impact on teaching and learning so achieving this accolade is a testament not only to myself, but to all those involved in providing an outstanding service to schools."

Gareth will compete with 42 other finalists from the North of England and the Midlands at regional awards to be held in June. Regional winners will go on to vie for the title Ernst & Young’s UK Overall Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010 at a ceremony to be held in London in October.

Now in its 23rd year, Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year is considered the world’s most prestigious business award. It celebrates people who build and lead successful, growing and dynamic businesses; recognising them through regional, national and global awards programmes in more than 135 cities in 50 countries.

Frog runs a series of awareness days during the year which take place all over the country and are hosted and presented by the schools themselves – for details of these events please visit www.frogtrade.com/events. Frog welcomes enquiries from companies in the education sector interested in becoming a partner or reselling its product. For further information please call 01422 250 800, email: hello@frogtrade.com or visit www.frogtrade.com.

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About Frog: Frog (www.frogtrade.com) is one of the leading learning platform providers for secondary schools in the UK. Currently used in schools across 83 UK local authorities, schools can personalise their Frog Learning Platform to engage the whole school community.