Howells Solicitors was recently delighted to have the honour of sponsoring the fifth annual Future Entrepreneur Awards to celebrate the success of some of Cardiff’s brightest young business brains.
Howells are dedicated sponsors of the awards having taken part for the past 3 award ceremonies and form part of the Future Entrepreneur Awards judging panel.
The event, presented by the University of Glamorgan and Cardiff Vale and College, and held at Cardiff City’s Hall, hosted the great and good of Cardiff’s media and business communities.
The winner of the Best Bright Idea and the Overall Best Enterprise award was LJM Photography, run by Lisa-Jane Meates, pictured above. After graduating from the Photography for Fashion & Advertising degree at the University in 2012, Lisa-Jane decided to start her own fashion and wedding photography business.The awards were established by the University of Glamorgan in 2009 to encourage entrepreneurship and enterprise among the university students and graduates in Wales. The deserving winners were the recipients of the much coveted Future Entrepreneur Award trophy along with a cheque for £1,000.
Representing Howells Solicitors, Wendy Hobbs presented the award for Best Fashion Enterprise which went to Moonstone Boutique, run by Fashion Design graduates Rowan Parker and Charlotte Molyneux, pictured above. While studying at the University’s City Campus in Newport, the students came up with the idea of running their own fashion store to sell bespoke evening gowns for beauty pageants and proms.
Moonstone Boutique was launched as an online shop in October last year, and has more recently branched into selling wedding and bridesmaids dresses. Rowan, from Aberdare, and Charlotte, from Caerphilly, have also benefited from financial support through the University’s Bright Ideas scheme, which helps students and graduates to start their own business.
Mark Hobbs, managing partner at Howells, said: “As a firm we are delighted to support the Future Entrepreneur Awards which recognise and reward entrepreneurial spirit in today’s youth. The night was a major success we were delighted to be able to help.”
Read more about the event here.
by Tristan Lewis
