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Start-up name:<\/strong> Pip & Nut
\nFounder:<\/strong> Pip Murray
\nStarted in:<\/strong> 2015
\nBased in:<\/strong> London
\nBusiness description:<\/strong> Natural nut butter and almond drink brand<\/p>\n

In 2016, when Pip Murray scooped the Women in Business Award at the Startups Awards<\/a>, Pip & Nut – then not much more than a year-old – was available in 2,500 stores across the UK.<\/p>\n

Just one year later and Pip & Nut’s range of natural nut butters and almond drinks is stocked in more than 4,000 stores and has hit sales of £3m.<\/p>\n

This is phenomenal growth for an early-stage brand in a highly competitive space, and just one of the reasons 29-year-old Murray has been crowned Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the Startups Awards 2017.<\/p>\n

Another reason, and one that makes this feat even more impressive, is that Murray had no previous experience in the food and beverage market when she launched the Pip & Nut brand at the age of 27.<\/p>\n

This year has also seen Pip Murray inducted into the Young Guns Class of 2017<\/a> – the annual index of the most talented entrepreneurs in the country aged under 35 running fast-growth businesses with over £1m revenue, or more than £1m in funding.<\/p>\n

Murray has used the power of social media to great effect to spread her brand message to an engaged audience of 85,000 followers on Instagram and 12,000 on Facebook.<\/p>\n

Not one to rest on her laurels, Murray – a keen runner – shows no signs of slowing down, with plans to take the brand to revenues of £10m by the end of 2018 and an astonishing £25m by 2020 – ambitions that have been made possible by a £10,000 Start Up Loan she received from The Start Up Loans Company.<\/p>\n

Inspiring young entrepreneur Murray faced off worthy competition in the form of Highly Commended Young Entrepreneur of the Year Mark Wright<\/a>, the 27 year-old founder of digital marketing agency Climb Online, and the founders of recruitment firm Wiser, Fin O’Kane, Omar Habbal, Ben Buffone, and Ari Ratnakumar<\/a> (aged between 22 and 30), who were named Commended Young Entrepreneurs of the Year.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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