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The Black British Business Awards In 2014, Sophie Chandauka MBE and Melanie Eusebe MBE, the co-founders of the Black British Business Awards, embarked on a mission to establish a platform that would bring attention to the exceptional Black talent in the United Kingdom. Their primary objective was to showcase that Black talent not only exists in the UK, but also in significant numbers.

Bradley Jensen Like any entrepreneurial journey, ours was not without challenges. Establishing credibility as a black-owned agency in a competitive market was an initial hurdle we had to overcome. We faced stereotypes and misconceptions head-on, demonstrating our expertise through persistent effort. Managing the agency's growth while maintaining a commitment to quality was another challenge.

Myles Jensen is an LJMU alumni of Liverpool Business School, and a co-founder, director and consultant at Jensen and Jensen, a creative and strategic insight marketing consultancy that he runs with his twin brother Bradley. At 28, he’s a successful Entrepeneur and in 2023 was named as a finalist in the tenth annual Black British Business Awards in the Entrepreneur Rising Star category alongside his twin brother.

Brendon Batson Born in St. George's, Grenada, Batson moved with his family to Trinidad at the age of 6 and then migrated from the West Indies to England when he was nine years old in 1962. Until then he had never even seen a game of football and a teacher at his school, on watching his early efforts and reflecting on his birthplace said, "Well, perhaps cricket is your game." However, he was signed as a schoolboy by Arsenal, and whilst at the club's academy won the FA Youth Cu