Entrepreneur and PR guru Sara Tye has been
shortlisted for Female Entrepreneur of The Year Award in the 2017 South West
Business and Community Awards.
The nominations will be judged by an independent
panel of influential entrepreneurs, business leaders and charity ambassadors
from across the UK. These awards recognise businesses, charities and
individuals that have made an outstanding contribution in the region.
Alec Jones Hall, director of Great British Expos
- the national leader in business exhibitions - said: “South West Business
Awards are in true recognition of excellence and achievement. When you work and
contribute to business or charity, we believe you should be applauded and
recognised - hard work takes commitment and the candidates nominated and
awarded have done just that. They have worked hard to achieve their best.”
Sara is a mentor to many business people,
providing advice, guidance and growth strategies. Some companies that have
benefited from this have increased their revenue by a staggering 50%.
Before founding her current
ventures including redheadPR, Sara headed up communications at Yellow Pages,
developed stakeholder relations in-house at Thames Water Utilities and was the
personal PR agent for The Body Shop’s founder, the late Dame Anita Roddick.
In 2008, Sara moved redheadPR to her hometown, Swindon from Covent Garden, London. redheadPR is a blue-chip public relations consultancy with a highly impressive client portfolio.
Sara's other awards and accolades
include reaching the finals of the first Cosmopolitan Women of the Year Awards
in 1999, winning the Wiltshire Business Person of the Month Award 2015 and being
shortlisted in the First Women in Media category in the
First Women Awards 2016. Sara’s Make Your Mark
for a Tenner campaign was commended for being one of the CIPR’s best sustainable
PR programmes.
A keen sports woman, Sara recently became the
Chair of Swindon Triathlon Club and is the CEO of luxury cycling and skiing
company. The Etape Suisse events have been attended by international athletes
such as Tour de France winner Cadel Evens and cricket legend Michael Vaughan.
On being nominated for the award, Sara said:
"I’m absolutely honoured to receive recognition from my peers in the south
west. I’m is looking forward to the ceremony, and wish all the nominees the
best of luck."
The winners will be announced at a evening
dinner awards ceremony on 18 January 2018 at The DoubleTree by Hilton, Swindon.
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