{"id":2066769,"date":"2020-12-02T14:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/yorkshire\/?p=2066769"},"modified":"2020-12-02T16:17:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T16:17:50","slug":"uks-entrepreneur-of-the-year-to-be-revealed-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/yorkshire\/news\/2066769-uks-entrepreneur-of-the-year-to-be-revealed-next-week","title":{"rendered":"UK&#8217;s Entrepreneur of the Year to be revealed next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK&#8217;s Entrepreneur of the Year will be unveiled next week at a virtual awards ceremony, with several leading figures from the North in the running for the prestigious title.<\/p>\n<p>Moores chief executive Steve Parkin, Faisal Lalani and Jamil Mawji, co-founders and directors of National Care Group, St Pierre Groupe co-founder Paul Baker, Sykes Holiday Cottages chief executive Graham Donoghue, Richard Barlow, founder and chief executive of Wejo are on a 24-strong shortlist for the EY national awards after being named as regional winners earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p>The event is taking place on Thursday, December 10, from 7.30pm \u2013 8.30pm. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ey.com\/en_uk\/entrepreneur-of-the-year\/register?utm_source=North#EOY_UK_2020_North\">Click here to register.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EY&#8217;s Entrepreneur of the Year awards is a global initiative that have been running for more than 30 years, recognising the best entrepreneurs in more than 60 countries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2066770\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2066770\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2066770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mohsin-and-zuber-winner-photo.jpg.rendition.1800.1200-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mohsin-and-zuber-winner-photo.jpg.rendition.1800.1200-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mohsin-and-zuber-winner-photo.jpg.rendition.1800.1200-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mohsin-and-zuber-winner-photo.jpg.rendition.1800.1200-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mohsin-and-zuber-winner-photo.jpg.rendition.1800.1200-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mohsin-and-zuber-winner-photo.jpg.rendition.1800.1200-500x332.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mohsin-and-zuber-winner-photo.jpg.rendition.1800.1200-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/mohsin-and-zuber-winner-photo.jpg.rendition.1800.1200.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2066770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohsin and Zuber Issa won EY&#8217;s Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Previous UK winners from the regions include Mohsin and Zuber Issa, from EG Group who are the new owners of Asda, James Lambert from R&amp;R Ice Cream, Homeserve&#8217;s Richard Harpin and Codemasters co-founder David Darling of Codemasters.<\/p>\n<p>The UK winner goes forward to the global competition, with ICAP&#8217;s Michael Spencer the last one to be successful, in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ey.com\/en_uk\/entrepreneur-of-the-year\/register?utm_source=North#EOY_UK_2020_North\">Click here to register.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Register now to see if one of the North&#8217;s contenders can claim the national 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