How we felt about winning Commended Award for Best New Start Up 2013 by Melanie Taylor, owner of Little Star Writing

At the time of winning the Commended award for Best New Start Up at The Richmond Business Awards, LSW had been trading for just over 12 months. At this point, we had already achieved everything that was set out in our 3-year plan and surpassed every target we had given ourselves. Winning a Richmond Business Award was just the cherry on top of the cake – something that came as a complete surprise and made all of our hard work totally worthwhile. We felt very honoured to be given this award, and to also receive such wonderful support and feedback from the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. We could not be more thrilled to be recognised as one of the newest up-and-coming businesses in the Richmond Borough, and winning this award has certainly been the perfect way to start our second year of business.

As with every new company, the challenges we faced in our first year were vast, and our future was uncertain, but winning this award was an immense achievement and we could not be more pleased to be recognised for our hard work and dedication to children’s education. We hope this award goes some way to proving how dedicated we are to help improve literacy rates in the Richmond Borough, and that it helps us to continue growing as a successful and professional business.

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