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The Mayor's Business Excellence Awards

Hackney entrepreneur in double Green Business Awards scoop

IWMS reward IWMS (Intelligent Waste Management Solutions), the leading waste management solutions company in the UK, today announces that its founder and Director – Philip Mossop, the Hackney-based entrepreneur who also owns Bacchus restaurant, Hoxton St, has scooped two awards at the 2008 Hackney Business Awards.

26-year-old Mossop was nominated for – and won best young entrepreneur of 2008, while his company, Intelligent Waste Management Solutions, won the best environmental practice 2008 – WasteCollection.com/IWMS.

The awards were judged by a panel of influential business figures, including:
  • Beecham Sinclair MBE – owner of Pret a Manger
  • Ian King – Business Editor of The Sun
  • Mayor Jules Pipe – Mayor of Hackney
  • Enzo Testa – Managing Director, Archant
  • Yvonne Thompson CBE – Founder of Choice FM
Philip Mossop, Director at IWMS, said:
“I’m delighted to have won these awards. Hackney is not always perceived as a centre of excellence for business – particularly green business – but I believe that it’s starting to shake off its old image and that new and exciting business initiatives are happening in the borough. Here at IWMS, we’re committed to basing our HQ in East London, and we’re proud to be an award-winning Hackney company today.”