Shortlist for UK's top business advisers announced

The shortlist for the UK's top small business advisers was announced today.

The 50 advisers were shortlisted across 10 core specialisms including sustainability and international trade and reflect the hard work they have done supporting small businesses to thrive and grow.

The Adviser Awards are run by small business support platform and membership community Enterprise Nation, in association with Constant Contact, a global digital marketing platform that helps small businesses to grow.

They will now go through to a public vote with the finalists announced on 5 December at a ceremony at the Shard, London.

Constant Contact UK general Manager and small business founder Erika Robinson, said:

"When it comes to running your own small business, you are CEO, CMO, CFO and so much more. Finding the right partners or advisers to help navigate challenges - and do the jobs you hate - is critical!

"Bringing in external expertise, whether that be individual advisers or services such as Constant Contact, helps you focus on what you love. Congratulations to all those shortlisted and good luck!"

Emma Jones, CBE, founder and CEO of Enterprise Nation, said:

"Business advisers are the unsung heroes behind Britain's booming small business culture and their insight and experience are needed now more than ever.

"The awards have uncovered some incredible work behind the scenes that has helped firms take steps towards sustainability and growth or managing the current situation by pivoting and by taking a strategic look at their business.

"Research shows that those firms that take advice do better than those that don't -- and it stands to reason that good advice can help avoid some of the damaging, early mistakes entrepreneurs can make that can often force them to give up.

"The awards were designed to show how important this work is in action, in order to help more start-ups and small firms find out about the benefits of taking advice."

The Enterprise Nation Adviser Awards shortlist was chosen from hundreds of entries from around the UK.

Find out who's in the running and vote here. Voting closes on 28 November.

ENDS

For more details contact Liz Slee 07540 060112 liz@enterprisenation.com

Notes to editors

Enterprise Nation was founded in 2005 by British entrepreneur Emma Jones MBE, also co-founder of national enterprise campaign StartUp Britain. She is author of best-selling business books including Spare Room Startup, Working 5 to 9, Go Global, Start a Business for £99 and the StartUp Kit, Going for Growth. She is also a frequently called-on and regular media commentator on a huge range of issues which affect the UK's growing number of SMEs.

About the awards

Categories:

1. Business strategy

2. Finance and accounting

3. Marketing strategy

4. Digital marketing

5. PR and content

6. Sales

7. Social impact and sustainability

8. People (HR/Wellbeing)

9. Legal

10. International trade