Finalists revealed for Real Entrepreneurs’ Awards

Budding business owners and innovators are among the finalists hoping for success at this year’s Real Entrepreneurs’ Awards 2023 has been revealed.

Five finalists have been selected in each of the 10 categories ahead of the awards ceremony, which takes place on 4 May at Nottingham Business School, part of Nottingham Trent University.

A group of five independent judges examined hundreds of nominations for the annual awards.

Born off the back of Cross Productions’ networking forum Real Entrepreneurs’ Club, they celebrate people who have started a business, invented a product, collaborated with other, or grown their company significantly.

The event is headline sponsored by fellow Chamber patron Fraser Stretton, whose founders Narinder Nijjar and Jaz Kaur will make a speech on the evening that encourages entrepreneurship.

It will also feature a “pitching platform” in which up-and-coming entrepreneurs take to the stage to compete for the prize of a non-executive board of directors comprising Jenny Cross of Cross Productions, Rik Pancholi of Pattersons Commercial Law and Paul Bevan of Breeze Consulting.