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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