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Isle of Wight based The Mobile Vet has beaten off stiff competition from around the UK to be named the Best B2C (Business to Consumer) Start-Up at the inaugural Ready for Business Awards 2013.
Dan Forster of The Mobile Vet said,
“We are truly delighted to have our achievements recognised with such a prestigious accolade so soon after launching The Mobile Vet. The help we received to get started and the on-going support available to us has made it possible to develop our idea into a thriving business operation and we now look forward to pushing ahead with our plans for the future.”
Ready for Business
Ready for Business, the investment readiness start-up programme that supports new enterprises across England, has delivered more than 2,500 new jobs nationwide since its launch last summer.
The programme aims to create 6,000 businesses with 10,000 new jobs, is supported by the Government’s Regional Growth Fund and Barclays and is delivered by the Cavendish Consortium, a partnership between some of England’s leading enterprise agencies together with the National Enterprise Network; in the South East region, Ready for Business is provided by Enterprise First through a network of local agencies.
The Mobile Vet
The Mobile Vet was launched in May 2013 by Isle of Wight local boy Dan Forster and offers all the traditional services of a regular vet but with the convenience of mobile care.
Since launching earlier this year, The Mobile Vet has treated patients from across the Isle of Wight and allowed members of the community who may have been unable to take their pets to the vets for years due to illness or elderly related conditions access valuable care for their animals.
It has also reactivated many dormant patients who had not visited a centre for many years and had fallen behind on important courses of vaccinations or have opted not to visit a vet because their pets where considered too nervous or potentially aggressive and has also been invaluable for busy families and households with multiple pets.
The awards
The national finals, which were held at the House of Commons in London, saw the 22 start-up businesses from throughout England that had previously triumphed at regional level gather to compete for one of three prestigious titles.
The Awards were created to celebrate the cream of business start-up, enterprise and innovation and were attended by 150 invited guests including MPs, leading figures in enterprise support and representatives from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
The other local winners were Southampton based Online Guides Ltd which triumphed as the Best B2B Start-Up for the South East and Futures for Heroes from Margate which was named as the region’s Best Growth Potential Start-Up.
Image: Kirsty and Dan Forster of The Mobile Vet celebrate being named Best B2C Start-Up at the Ready for Business Awards 2013 held at the House of Commons, London
