Laura takes top award
The owner of an independent nursery retail firm who cycles to work and encourages her staff not to take a 'jobsworth' approach to work yesterday won a prestigious business award.
Laura Tenison, founder and managing director of JoJo Maman Bebe, which sells mother and baby clothes and products, was named Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of The Year, after growing her company from scratch to in 1993 to a turnover of 21m a year.
Some of the 280 employees at the firm, based in Newport, South Wales, have been with the company since it started, benefiting from Ms Tenison's ethos of social enterprise – and wanting people to enjoy their job.