Leah Hutcheon, CEO and founder of Appointedd, has won UK Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year at the NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards National Awards, which took place at the headquarters of Coutts & Co in London last week (25th January).<\/p>\n
The award follows on from her regional success during the Scotland and Northern Ireland round, where Leah first won Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year, a category for businesses with less than 50 employees and was also runner up in the Innovation Entrepreneur of the Year award category.<\/p>\n
On receiving the UK national award, Leah said:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt is a fantastic honour to be recognised as the UK Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year at an exciting time for Appointedd. Being a small team doesn\u2019t impede our ambition and we are thrilled to be working with organisations of all shapes and sizes all over the world during a time that is transformational for tech and industries such as retail and financial services.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Edinburgh-based Appointedd \u00a0is revolutionising the way bookings are made online. The award comes after a successful year for Appointedd which won International Growth Business of the Year at the Business Women Scotland Awards in November 2016, was ranked in the Top 5 for software in the 2017 IP League Table and was a finalist in this year\u2019s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards.<\/p>\n The National Awards brought to an end the 2017 NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards, crowning national winners across 12 categories following regional finals in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham and London.<\/p>\n