Business Start-Up Award
Business Start-Up Award
Sponsored by GKN Aerospace
About this Award…
An award to honour an individual or group of individuals linked with the Armed Forces Community who have started a successful new business venture within the last two years (since January 1st, 2020) and who still retain a minimum of 50% interest in the venture.
And the Finalists are…
- Craig Smith
- Murray Hambro
- Helen Mason
You’ll be able to read about these finalists’ achievements and find out why they made such an impression on the judges after the 12th of September.

2017 Award Winners Photos
The 2017 Soldiering On Award Winners Photos Links will be made available to the photographers (Onsite Photography & Darren Kamara) website very soon.

2016 Winners’ Photos
The following photos have been generously donated by Darren ‘Kam’ Kamara Photography, David Betteridge and Dennis Gimes. The gallery is a sample of the Official Soldiering On Awards Winners Photos from Friday Night (click pic

Meet our Business Start Up Award Finalists
There are two things about people leaving military service and starting their own business ventures; They are more likely to recruit and create employment opportunities for other members of the