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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Startups.co.uk has named 35 new and exciting companies as the finalists of the 2012 Startups Awards.<\/p>\n

The finalists<\/a>, selected from hundreds of applicants, will now go forward to be judged by an expert panel consisting of BBC Dragon Duncan Bannatyne and Ariadne Capital’s Julie Meyer as well as a hand-picked group of experienced entrepreneurs, investors, journalists, advisors, representatives of the sponsors and former winners.<\/p>\n

The NatWest-sponsored awards, which celebrate businesses aged three years and under, has sorted start-ups into 14 different categories, including Adversity Award of the Year, Angel or VC-backed Business of the Year and Start-up Business Woman of the Year.<\/p>\n

Among the 35 finalists is luxury hotel discount site Secret Escapes, which is set to compete against made-to-measure furniture business Made.com and family-products flash sales site Casabu for the Online Business of the Year Award, sponsored by Printed.com.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, ex-Virgin group director Alexis Dormandy’s recommendation business Love This will take on cancer diagnosis company Abcodia and mobile data business Snappli in the Innovative Business category, supported by Simply Business.<\/p>\n

Winners for each category and the overall NatWest Startups Business of the Year are set to be announced at Startups.co.uk’s ninth annual awards ceremony on December 7 at the Kensington Roof Gardens. Other sponsors include accountancy firm haysmacintyre, company registration business Made Simple Group, advertising firm All Response Media, and web hosting company 1&1 Internet.<\/p>\n

Previous winners of the awards include some of the UK’s fastest growing brands such as Wonga.com and Google-owned BeatThatQuote.com and founder of Startups.co.uk David Lester is confident many of the candidates will go onto similar nationwide and global success.<\/p>\n

He commented: “We are delighted with the response to this year’s Awards. We received hundreds of entries from an incredibly diverse range of companies.<\/p>\n

“The final shortlist really is a fantastic example of the prosperous and highly successful start-up businesses we have here in the UK. Congratulations to all the companies that have made it this far and good luck for the Awards ceremony!”[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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