BOXRAW’S INTERNATIONAL SALES SOAR 335 PER CENT

Fast-growing sportswear brand BOXRAW was founded in 2017 to provide sportswear and equipment for boxing.

The company was awarded a Queen's Award for International Trade this year after growing its overseas sales by 335 per cent in the last three years.

It recently announced an expansion of its 34-strong workforce by a further 200 staff in the coming years. Its plans include involve re-developing an existing garage on land north of Broomfield Road in Earlsdon in Coventry to create a fivestorey 2,603 sq m office space with a fully equipped boxing gym with bags, machines and a competition size ring.

Founder and CEO Ben Amanna said: “It has been a whirlwind 12 months for BOXRAW since the Queen’s Award success followed by being included in the Forbes 30 under 30 list and winning the Midlands Young Entrepreneur of the Year award at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards."

Making a positive impact on communities

Neighbourly is an award-winning giving platform that helps businesses make a positive impact in their communities by donating volunteer time, money and surplus products, all in one place.

Its achievements include partnering with M&S to launch the platform’s first food surplus redistribution programme in 2015 and launching the £1.2 million Community Fund in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

One of the UK’s founding B Corps (a private certification of for-profit companies which measures their social and environmental performance), in 2021 it secured a £3 million investment.

Steve Butterworth, CEO at Neighbourly said: “It’s an honour to have been recognised with a Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.

“The last few years have been incredibly tough for local communities and businesses. To have grown a technology solution that has helped organisations to have a positive impact at a local level during this time is testament to a changing world in which being a successful business is being one that is a force for good.”