The Dog House Recognised at Regional Amazon-sponsored Rural Business Awards

The Dog House Leicester from Barkby Thorpe has been named one of the best rural businesses in the country after being recognised at the regional Rural Business Award.
It was named runner up for the Best Rural Start Up at the Midland regional finals of the Rural Business Awards in partnership with Amazon which were held at Nottingham University and regionally sponsored by Openreach and Berkeley Insurance Group.
The Dog House Leicester is a luxury dog grooming salon nestled in the beautiful Leicestershire countryside. Offering a full range of spa packages and specialised grooming experiences from puppy packages to golden oldies and salon exclusivity for the more nervous dogs too.
Selina West co-owner of The Dog House Leicester said;
‘We’re absolutely thrilled to be runner up this year and so proud of how much we have achieved in just under two years of being in business and we’re honoured to be a part of the Rural Business Awards.’
The winner of this category was Claire Haggas Fine Art and Design of Lincolnshire.
Now in its fifth year, the Rural Business Awards is the only UK-wide programme dedicated to showcasing the success of rural businesses. It is run in partnership with Amazon.
Awards co-founder Jemma Clifford said: “Anna and I are so proud to be hosting the fourth annual Rural Business Awards together with Amazon. When we started the Awards we wanted to shine a much-needed light on successful rural firms but the success of the RBAs is beyond what we ever imagined. We were blown away with the diversity of our entries this year so being recognised in any of the categories is an extraordinary achievement – hearty congratulations to The Dog House Leicester and all the other finalists.”
The Amazon Rural Business Awards is the brainchild of Leicestershire businesswomen Anna Price and Jemma Clifford, who wanted to showcase the wealth of entrepreneurial talent in rural areas of Britain – a sector of the economy they felt was all-too-often overlooked in favour of large, city-based firms.
The awards are organised by rural business for rural business, with winners in the 12 categories – ranging from Best Rural Start-up and Best Rural Diversification Project; through to Best Rural Professional Services Business and Best Rural Social Enterprise, Charity or Community Project – decided by an independent panel of judges drawn from the rural business sector, rural public sector agencies, and rural charitable organizations.
The Rural Business Awards is hosting a series of regional finals in the North, East, Midlands, South East, South West, Wales and Northern Ireland, throughout October and November 2019, ahead of the National Final next February.
To find out more about The Dog House Leicester, go to www.thedoghouseleicester.co.uk or to learn about the Rural Business Awardsvisit www.ruralbusinessawards.co.uk