From food and tech to apps and retail, this year’s 52 Startups Awards finalists showcase the best of what the UK has to offer when it comes to start-up talent and gave the judges the tough challenge of having to decide the 2016 Startups Awards winners.<\/p>\n
Held at the prestigious Coutts<\/a> on 19 October, the panel – which included Cath Kidston MBE, Nick Jenkins, Jon Wright and Julien Calléde, to name but a few – were tasked with determining which exceptional and inspiring start-up finalists deserved to win one of the 13 categories, as well as the overall winner of Sage Startups Business of the Year 2016.<\/p>\n 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 Startups Awards is so important to the UK enterprise landscape…<\/p>\n This year, multi-national enterprise software company Sage<\/a> is headline sponsor, while government-backed loan organisation Start Up Loans<\/a>, the UK’s largest online small insurance broker Simply Business <\/a>and media agency All Response Media<\/a> are the awards’ silver sponsors.<\/p>\n The Startups Awards 2016 also has an impressive portfolio of bronze sponsors including domain name and web hosting services 123-reg<\/a>, chartered accountants and tax advisers haysmacintyre<\/a>, online print destination printed.com<\/a>, company formation, virtual office and co-working provider MadeSimple<\/a>, and real estate advisors DeVono Cresa<\/a>.
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