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The 2016 awards
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The Guardian Small Business Showcase awards winners 2016
A collection of creative and talented small businesses gathered for an evening of celebration – find out who took an award home in each category
The Guardian Small Business Showcase Awards 2016 – in pictures
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Small Business Showcase competition: Leader of the year
Judges
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Last year's awards
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The Guardian Small Business Showcase awards
Meet the winners
Guardian Small Business Showcase Awards 2014
Entrepreneur Will King
'It's never been easier to start a business'
Your entries
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Leader of the year 2015 -2016 competition entry: Harry Metcalfe
Leader of the year 2015 -2016 competition entry: Alison Edgar
Leader of the year 2015 -2016 competition entry: Steve Molyneux
Leader of the year 2015 -2016 competition entry: Howard Jackson
Leader of the year 2015 -2016 competition entry: Debbie Heald
Leader of the year 2015 -2016 competition entry: Karen Ovenden
Leader of the year 2015 -2016 competition entry: Tanya Lynch
Leader of the year 2015 -2016 competition entry: Tom Hunt
Shortlisted entries
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Entrepreneur rustles up tasty profit at struggling food business
Tenacious 22-year-old Julianne Ponan took loss-making Creative Nature into profit – as well as into top supermarkets
Putting people before profit pays off at recruitment startup
Visionary leadership gives social care provider new lease of life
Animal carer steps in to help after kennel owner's cancer diagnosis
Manager generates almost half her firm's revenue
From pricing analyst to board of directors in seven years
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Previous winners
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A sure bet: digital entrepreneur champions young talent
Creativity and innovation keep business blooming for garden entrepreneur
Co-founder's adaptability and strong business acumen is a winning ticket
Four-day weeks and remote working attracts talent to Edinburgh agency
The lean startup reaping the benefits of co-working
Staff treats and unlimited holiday keep employees sweet at PR company
Hope for the health-conscious: sugar-free ice-cream even gym bunnies will eat
Pop-up honesty bars boost sales for craft beer business
YouTube makeup lessons helped double turnover for over-50s beauty business
'I worked in the evenings when the children had gone to bed'
'If the kids don’t like something, they just spit it out!'
'This has been the most stressful part of my life. I gave it my all'
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Guardian event: what does it mean to be a business disruptor?
The road to resilience: how firms can navigate turbulent times
Top tips from our Business Made Simple panellists on steering a business through a period of uncertainty
Could this startup shame restaurants into wasting less food?
Winnow, a smart tech business, is on a mission to combat the hospitality industry’s $100bn food-waste crisis
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