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Blossoming new business, Aspen & Brown, has been unveiled as one of four finalists in the national Startups Awards 2006 in the ‘Retailer of the Year’ category, handing it the chance to win the £5,000 top prize.

The short listing judges were impressed by Aspen & Brown’s concept and potential, placing the business among a handful of lucky finalists plucked from hundreds of entries.

Aspen & Brown is a website (www.aspenandbrown.com) and mail order catalogue that specialises in stylish personalised gifts, many of which are hand-made and very individual. Items can be personalised with monograms, names, dates and messages. The company, based in Harpenden, was set up in 2004 by a husband and wife team who gave up city careers.

The Startups Awards, organised by Crimson Business’ Startups.co.uk, comprises of 15 categories, each showcasing the best new businesses in the UK. The overall winner will walk away with a £5,000 cheque.

Endorsed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and underlining its commitment to identifying and rewarding the UK’s best new businesses, the third annual Startups Awards is organised in conjunction with NatWest.

The winners will be unveiled at a prestigious awards ceremony in London on Friday 20 October.

Andy Keen, Co-Founder of Aspen & Brown comments: “We are thrilled to be a finalist and very much look forward to the event in October. It’s great that all our dedication and hard work has been recognised by Startups.co.uk, and we’re delighted to be in with a chance of not only winning the category but also the much-coveted ‘NatWest Startups Business of the Year’ prize.”

This year’s judging panel consists of some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs, including Trevor Baylis, inventor of the wind up radio, Sahar Hashemi of Coffee Republic and Adrian Chiles from Working Lunch.

The judges look at a wide range of criteria; in particular, business success either by increase in sales and unit volume, market research and identification of customer focus, organisational and team building effectiveness, strategic planning, overcoming obstacles and barriers to success, visionary leadership and social and community responsibility.

Additional sponsors include Blackberry, BT Plc, Sage, Viking, Bartercard, Brother and National Business Register PLC.

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Melissa Shaw
Press Office, Aspen & Brown
5 Carlton Road
Harpenden AL5 4SX
Tel: 0845 371 1171
Email: press at aspenandbrown.com
Web: www.aspenandbrown.com