NATWEST EWIF AWARDS 2019

Here at EWIF, we focus our time and energy on supporting women who are looking for a route into the franchising industry. Our mission is to educate, inspire and empower and one way we do this is by hosting an Annual Awards Ceremony celebrating the achievements of women across the franchising industry.

Our 2019 awards took place on Wednesday 1st May at RBS Building, 280 Bishopsgate, London. The atmosphere was electric, and now, after all the excitement, we are extremely proud to announce the winners for this year’s NatWest EWIF awards, and would like to thank everyone who entered and attended!

And the 2019 EWIF Award winners are…

New Woman Franchisor of the Year 2019 sponsored by Daisy First Aid

Christina Taylor-Chisholm, Popolo Ceramico

Woman Franchisee of the Year 2019 sponsored by McDonald’s Restaurants

Charlotte Foxley, diddi dance

Service Provider of the Year 2019 sponsored by The International Franchise Show

Suzie McCafferty, Platinum Wave Franchising

New Woman Franchisee of the Year 2019 sponsored by NatWest

Sarah Johnson, It’seeze Hull

Women Franchise Employee of the Year 2019 sponsored by What Franchise

Helen Garland, Right at Home UK

Inspirational Woman in Franchising 2019, sponsored by Little Voices

Anne-Marie Martin, diddi dance

Woman Franchisor of the Year 2019 sponsored by Hitachi Capital Franchise Finance

Jo Stone & Tracy Townend, Puddle Ducks Franchising Ltd

Young Woman in Franchising of the Year 2019 sponsore by Darwin Gray LLP

Hannah Drury, Caremark

Overall Woman in Franchising 2019, sponsored by Astonish Email

Jo Stone & Tracy Townend, Puddle Ducks Franchising Ltd

Our EWIF Awards 2019 Key Note Speaker this year was Penny Power OBE

Widely regarded as the pioneer behind LinkedIn, Penny is the founder of three successful businesses, is happily married, has raised three children, enjoys holidays and travel, and has an OBE under her belt… all looks so good. The reality is that there is a lot of pain, challenges, adversity and loss of self-worth in her business and life journey.

In November 2017, Penny realised she had hit a stumbling block. The constant demand and pressure had become too much. She realised she needed to press the pause button and reassess her business mind to decide if she wanted to be as ambitious as she has always been. So, Penny decided to take some time off to discover more about herself and the parts of her personality which had always seemed to make business a tough world for her.

As a result of Penny’s personal discoveries, she feels she could have enjoyed a far more joyful business journey and sees many similarities in the lives of others. Penny now feels more whole than ever before, and in her speaking, she passionately shares her journey and the discoveries she made.

Click here to read more about Penny and her amazing story.