About the awards

The Small Business Charter Excellence Awards are the opportunity for business schools that hold the SBC accreditation to showcase specialist activity that delivers sustainable impact and legacy.

The Small Business Charter demonstrates the commitment of business schools throughout the UK and Ireland in supporting, championing and connecting small businesses to our academic communities, influential business networks and our students and graduates. The SBC Excellence Awards similarly raise the profile of business schools offering tangible influence, partnership and impact in the categories aligned with the SBC assessment.

The awards are open to any business school holding the SBC accreditation both at time of application, and at the date of the awards presentation.

The 2023 Small Business Charter Excellence Awards ceremony took place at the SBC Summer Reception at the House of Lords on 22 June 2023.

2023 SBC Excellence Awards: Winners

We’d like to extend our congratulations to the 2023 winners of the SBC Excellence Awards, for their outstanding achievements in their respective categories.

2023 SBC Excellence Awards: Shortlist

Congratulations to the following schools which were shortlisted as finalists in the categories specified below:

Outstanding Support for Small Business

Aston Business School

Dublin City University Business School, Dublin City University

Fashion Business School, London College of Fashion

Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University

Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde

Ulster University Business School, Ulster University

Outstanding Stakeholder Engagement

Aston Business School

Dublin City University Business School, Dublin City University

Fashion Business School, London College of Fashion

Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University

Outstanding support for student enterprise and entrepreneurship

Aston Business School, Aston University and Birmingham City Business School, Birmingham City University

Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University

Department of Business and Law, Solent University

Dublin City University Business School, Dublin City University

Fashion Business School, London College of Fashion

Lancashire School for Business and Enterprise, University of Central Lancashire

Salford Business School, University of Salford

Meet the judges

Michael Hayman MBE

Chair of judges
Chair of the Small Business Charter

Professor Eleanor Shaw OBE

Academic judge
Associate Principal, University of Strathclyde

Professor Mark Hart

Academic judge
Professor of Small Business & Entrepreneurship at Aston Business School

Natalie Campell

Stakeholder judge
Co-CEO of Belu Water

Charlotte Keenan

Stakeholder judge
Global Head of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

Shabbir Mookhtiar

HTG Alumni judge
CEO & Co-Founder of Cook My Grub

Categories

The SBC Excellence Awards are split into three categories, aligned to the SBC assessment categories:

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