LISA Smith, owner of Kendal based cake bakery Ginger Bakers, discovered at the end of last week that they had been shortlisted as finalists in The North West Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) Celebrating Small Business Awards 2020.
Hundreds of businesses from across the North West entered the 12 award categories: including Business and Product Innovation, International Business of the Year, Family Business of the Year, Young Entrepreneur of the Year and Start-Up Business of the Year.
Now in their third year, the annual awards are the leading celebration of small businesses and help to shine a light on some of the most innovative and determined small businesses from across the UK.
As finalists in the Community category members of the Ginger Bakers team will now travel to Manchester on 28 February to attend the regional finals, which are being held at the Midland Hotel.
The North West Community award category is a regional award, participating businesses help support their community, through undertaking initiatives that support their local community, including apprenticeships, or who make a positive impact through employee led activities including fundraising, mentoring or other activities.
Lisa Smith, owner of, Ginger Bakers, said: “Awards like these showcase our commitment to play our part in supporting out local community. We are extremely proud of what we have achieved as a business working alongside organisations like Growing Well, The Family Business Network and Maggie’s Centres. We are hugely proud that we have an opportunity to showcase what makes our business tick and how we choose to do business.’’
