At a gala awards evening at the Royal College of Physicians in Regent’s Park London, Make An Entrance was awarded the national title of Small Family Business of the Year in the Family Business of the Year Awards 2023.
These prestigious awards celebrate the very best of British family firms across all areas of the UK. Awards are given by region, sector, and nationally in recognition of attributes such as sustainability, entrepreneurship, innovation, and engagement with the local community.
Lincoln-based Make An Entrance, was honoured with the overall Small Family Business of the Year award, a national title specifically aimed at family businesses with fewer than 40 employees.
Judges were particularly impressed with the story of how the Burlton family has prevented the traditional skill of hand-made doormat making being lost to UK manufacturing, whilst being thoroughly up to the minute ecommerce business.
As James Shore, Head of Family Business at SME Capital who sponsored the Small Family Business of the Year award confirms:
“The family has built an award-winning business with an incredible web presence and become a market leader in what they do, rekindling the art of a traditional craft that was being lost.
The duo behind the business is a formidable force and entrepreneurial in nature, treating others as they want to be treated themselves. They are professional and commercial, kind, and valued as a business and a business at the heart of their community. Sustainability plays its part and innovation drives the business forward.”
86% of the 5.5 million small private sector businesses in the UK are family run. As of 2020 these businesses contributed £575 billion to the UK economy and employed 13.9 million workers.
Family businesses typically have a long-term commitment to a specific geographical place and the vast majority contribute significantly to their local community.
Awards organiser, Paul Andrews, Founder and CEO of Family Business United, concludes:
“Family businesses are the engine room of the UK economy and these awards celebrate their contribution. It was great to bring the family business community back together in person to recognise the incredible family firms that operate throughout the UK and to crown some fantastic winners.”
“Congratulations to Make An Entrance on winning this award. It is fantastic recognition of what they do as a business and it was a pleasure to present them with the award during a fantastic evening that once more put the family business sector on the map.”
Stuart & Samantha Burlton Co-Founders at Make An Entrance said
“We are so proud that the business we created together, following in the footsteps of Stuart’s father Allen has been recognised by these prestigious awards. Running a small family business is hard work at times and the last few years have presented significant challenges for us as UK manufacturers.
To win this award is an enormous pat on the back for all the hard work of our entire team, who diligently put in the work every day for our customers. We are a family business and we count all our employees as members of that family, so this is a win for the whole team.”
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