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Follow on Google News | Syntegra Consulting Named Among Winners of Best British Small Businesses in the SMARTA 100Smarta.com and O2 present the UK’s 100 most dynamic and innovative small businesses
By: Smarta Quotes from Piers Linney (Dragons’ Den and Outsourcery) The competition: The judges: Piers Linney, Sháá Wasmund, Ben Dowd, Holly Tucker, Al Gosling, Tom Cohn, Lynne Franks, Will King VOTING LIVE for £10,000 top prize ‘Smarta 100, together with O2, Business of the Year’ and £1,000 for the category winner Smarta and O2 proudly announce that ‘Syntegra Consulting’ is a winner of the 2013 Smarta 100, together with O2, and named among the 100 most innovative, disruptive and resourceful small businesses in the UK right now. Syntegra Consulting was chosen in the top 10 business in ’Biggest social Impact’. This list captures the cream of UK small business, this year’s Smarta 100 are a credit to entrepreneurial Britain. While two thirds are self-funded, the list are turning over £67m, generating profits of £12m and have created more than 900 jobs Other businesses joining Syntegra Consulting in the list of 100 winners include Blaze, whose innovative laser light projects the symbol of a bike onto the road ahead of a cyclist and into a motorist’s ‘blindspot’; There are also some more unusual entries in this year’s 100. Eat Ento believes its edible insects is the next food craze; My Sex Doctor is a sex education app for teenagers; Plan Bread, makes low carb Broccoli bread; while Gary Downie’s social enterprise Streetkleen Bio Ltd has been adapted by local councils to convert dog waste into renewable energy. The 2013 Smarta 100 join previous winners Naked Wines, Huddle, Funding Circle, Graze, Zoopla, Crowdcube and SuperJam as companies identified by Smarta at early stage. The businesses have been split into ten categories of ten, including Innovative Business of the Year; Biggest Social Impact; Best Use of Technology (full list below in notes). Voting is now open to decide the winners of each category. The 10 winners will receive £1,000 and make the final shortlist for the grand prize £10,000 ‘Smarta 100, together with O2, business of the Year’ award. The overall winner will be decided by the Smarta 100 judging panel, led by Dragons’ Den star Piers Linney, founder of Outsourcery and including Holly Tucker MBE, co-founder of notonthehighstreet.com, King of Shaves founder Will King and enterprise editor of the Mail on Sunday, Helen Loveless. The chosen business will be announced at the Smarta 100 awards ceremony on the 12 November at London’s Café de Paris. Discover more business stories and view the full 100 below and here: www.smarta.com/ Commenting on their inclusion in the Smarta 100, Syntegra Consulting’s Managing Director, Alan King said: ‘We are thrilled to be part of this the Smarta100 winners and recognised for the work we are doing to reduce CO2& energy consumption in the built environment through our low carbon designs and recommendations. We have a strong ethos to help other SME’s and would like to reach out to offering SMEs our free energy audit service to help them reduce their energy costs to strengthen their bottom line.’ PIERS LINNEY, Dragons’ Den investor and founder of Outsourcery, said: It's fantastic to see such range and depth of innovative business ideas spread throughout the Smarta 100 together with O2. It's inspiring to know Britain is producing so many disruptive and forward thinking enterprises that are making a positive impact on the UK economy and helping to reduce unemployment. I'm looking forward to crowning the overall business of the year and meeting the winners at the awards ceremony." SHAA WASMUND, Smarta founder, said: “Once again I’ve been left open mouthed at the number of high quality small businesses operating in Britain. Now it’s time for us to give them the exposure they deserve. Head to www.smarta.com/ BEN DOWD, business director, Telefonica UK at O2, said: “ "I'm thrilled to see so many innovative British businesses disrupting established companies, and taking advantage of digital technology to grow and thrive. The range of inspiring ideas on show throughout the Smarta 100 together with O2 proves the entrepreneurial movement in the UK is increasing in strength, and we will no doubt see the UK economy grow as a result." Voting is now under way to find the overall O2 Smarta 100 Business of the Year, winning £10,000 courtesy of O2 The winner will be presented with their £10,000 prize - courtesy of O2 – at The Smarta 100 Awards final on Tuesday 12 November at Café de Paris, 3-4 Coventry St, London W1D. The evening will also see the 10 special awards presented for the Smarta 100 companies deemed by the public to be the best, in the categories of: o Innovation o Technology o Social Impact o Resources o Marketing o People o Social Impact o Female Entrepreneur o Micro Busines o Start-up · The shortlisted companies can be viewed at www.smarta.com/ The judges Piers Linney (Dragons’ Den, Outsourcery) About Smarta Smarta is the UK’s leading online resource for start-ups, small business owners and entrepreneurs. Smarta also operates Smarta Business Builder, a cloud-based toolkit offering accounts, website, email, legal docs and business planning software from a single web page from £20 a month. Smarta was founded by Shaa Wasmund and is backed by some of the UK's top entrepreneurs, including Deborah Meaden, Theo Paphitis, Michael Birch and Sir Richard Needham. At the heart of everything we do is a commitment to encourage more people to start and grow successful businesses. www.smarta.com www.smarta.com/ Smarta press office contact: Nima Kafai nima@smarta.com 0203 142 6726 End
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