{"id":47556,"date":"2015-11-13T14:23:39","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T14:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=47556"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:22:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:22:49","slug":"startups-awards-2015-judging-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Startups Awards 2015: Judging day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From food and tech to apps and retail, this year&rsquo;s 60 Startups Awards finalists showcase just what the UK has to offer when it comes to start-up talent and gave our judges the tough challenge of having to decide the 2015 Startups Awards winners.<\/p>\n<p>Held at Coutts on 28 October, the panel &ndash; which included Cath Kidston MBE, Touker Suleyman, Jon Wright and Holly Tucker MBE, to name but a few &ndash; were tasked with determining which of the exceptional and inspiring start-up finalists deserved to win one of the 13 esteemed category titles, alongside the overall winner of Simply Business Startups Business of the Year 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below to find out what the judges had to say about the start-up finalists on the day and why they believe the annual Startups Awards is so important to the UK enterprise landscape&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>Sponsors include Simply Business, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agreatplacetobe.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nominet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haysmacintyre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">haysmacintyre<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bigredcloud.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Red Cloud<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.companiesmadesimple.com\/?utm_source=www.staging.startups.co.uk&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=affiliate-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MadeSimple Group<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessexpress-uk.com\/account\/affiliate?sourceId=FDADE123-DC31-E511-8849-005056010CCF&amp;utm_source=staging.startups.co.uk&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=startups-99-for-99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Experian<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.business.rbs.co.uk\/business.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0\">\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height:100%;width:100%\">\n<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_fk3a88me5d videoFoam=true\" style=\"height:100%;width:100%\">\n<div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height:100%;overflow:hidden;width:100%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/fk3a88me5d\/swatch\" style=\"height:100%;width:100%\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From food and tech to apps and retail, this year&rsquo;s 60 Startups Awards finalists showcase just what the UK has to offer when it comes to start-up talent and gave our judges the tough challenge of having to decide the 2015 Startups Awards winners. Held at Coutts on 28 October, the panel &ndash; which included [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91469,"featured_media":47576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Startups Awards 2015: Judging day - Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Startups Awards 2015: Judging day - Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From food and tech to apps and retail, this year&rsquo;s 60 Startups Awards finalists showcase just what the UK has to offer when it comes to start-up talent and gave our judges the tough challenge of having to decide the 2015 Startups Awards winners. Held at Coutts on 28 October, the panel &ndash; which included [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-13T14:23:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-18T15:22:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/SUA-judging-day.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"390\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Startups Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Startups Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Startups Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/b79c62a7ab4db88c1f4e6447ccddaa60\"},\"headline\":\"Startups Awards 2015: Judging day\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-13T14:23:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-18T15:22:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/\"},\"wordCount\":156,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/SUA-judging-day.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2015\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/\",\"name\":\"Startups Awards 2015: Judging day - Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/SUA-judging-day.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-13T14:23:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-18T15:22:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/b79c62a7ab4db88c1f4e6447ccddaa60\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/SUA-judging-day.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/SUA-judging-day.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":390},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Startups Awards 2015: Judging day\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/\",\"name\":\"Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business\",\"description\":\"The UK&#039;s No.1 service for starting a business\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/b79c62a7ab4db88c1f4e6447ccddaa60\",\"name\":\"The Startups Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c8cd68a78d325e8bbe4f764947a9052a9f89e15edf1385ad33bf583be4d8962?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c8cd68a78d325e8bbe4f764947a9052a9f89e15edf1385ad33bf583be4d8962?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c8cd68a78d325e8bbe4f764947a9052a9f89e15edf1385ad33bf583be4d8962?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The Startups Team\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/author\/thestartupsteam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Startups Awards 2015: Judging day - Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Startups Awards 2015: Judging day - Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","og_description":"From food and tech to apps and retail, this year&rsquo;s 60 Startups Awards finalists showcase just what the UK has to offer when it comes to start-up talent and gave our judges the tough challenge of having to decide the 2015 Startups Awards winners. Held at Coutts on 28 October, the panel &ndash; which included [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/","og_site_name":"Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","article_published_time":"2015-11-13T14:23:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-05-18T15:22:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":390,"url":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/SUA-judging-day.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"The Startups Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Startups Team","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/"},"author":{"name":"The Startups Team","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/b79c62a7ab4db88c1f4e6447ccddaa60"},"headline":"Startups Awards 2015: Judging day","datePublished":"2015-11-13T14:23:39+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-18T15:22:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/"},"wordCount":156,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/SUA-judging-day.png","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2015","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/","name":"Startups Awards 2015: Judging day - Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/SUA-judging-day.png","datePublished":"2015-11-13T14:23:39+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-18T15:22:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/b79c62a7ab4db88c1f4e6447ccddaa60"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/SUA-judging-day.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/SUA-judging-day.png","width":640,"height":390},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/startups-awards-2015-judging-day\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Startups Awards 2015: Judging day"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/","name":"Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business","description":"The UK&#039;s No.1 service for starting a business","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/#\/schema\/person\/b79c62a7ab4db88c1f4e6447ccddaa60","name":"The Startups Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c8cd68a78d325e8bbe4f764947a9052a9f89e15edf1385ad33bf583be4d8962?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c8cd68a78d325e8bbe4f764947a9052a9f89e15edf1385ad33bf583be4d8962?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c8cd68a78d325e8bbe4f764947a9052a9f89e15edf1385ad33bf583be4d8962?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"The Startups Team"},"url":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/author\/thestartupsteam\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}