10/05/2024. Ever Resource wins two honours at the East of England Start-Up Awards.

Cambridge-based start-up Ever Resource has been named “Cleantech Start-Up of the Year” and “Global Start-Up of the Year” at the 2024 East of England Start-Up Awards.

The UK Start-Up Awards were established to highlight the success of start-ups across ten UK nations and regions, including the East of England, and to celebrate the achievements of entrepreneurs in all sectors of the economy.

The awards are supported nationally by Starling Bank. Harriet Rees, CIO at Starling Bank says: “Turning an idea into a successful business takes a lot of courage and dedication. Congratulations to Ever Resource on winning their category in the East of England and making it to this year’s UK national final. Start-ups need certainty to plan ahead. It’s great to see so many thrive, especially in these challenging economic times”.

Nearly 70,000 new firms were created in the East of England in 2023 and according to Professor Dylan Jones-Evans OBE, creator of the awards, this demonstrates the growing importance of entrepreneurs to the regional economy. He is also excited that the awards are, yet again, recognising the best new firms from Cambridge to East Anglia to Essex and celebrating the amazing entrepreneurial talent from every corner of the region.

He said: “Start-ups are the life of any economy and that is especially true in the East of England where those new businesses are contributing to job creation, innovation, and prosperity across the whole of this entrepreneurial region. It’s been an honour and a pleasure to read the stories of those founders who have spotted the opportunity and taken the risk to launch their own venture. All of the winners have demonstrated that they deserve to win their categories and I’m looking forward to having the ‘best of the best’ from the East of England competing at the UK final later this year”.

As a regional winner in their category, Ever Resource will now progress to the UK Start-Up Awards final being held at Ideas Fest on September 12th, dubbed ‘the Glastonbury for Entrepreneurs’.