Award for Stratford Town Walk team

STRATFORD-upon-Avon's John and Helen Hogg who set up Stratford Town Walk in 2002, received a business boost from Retail Entrepreneur Theo Paphitis when they were selected by him as one of six weekly winners during Small Business Sunday.

This weekly initiative, set up by Theo in 2010, identifies and supports small businesses in the UK and only 0.68 per cent of all applicants are chosen by Theo as an SBS Winner.

As a result John and Helen were invited to attend an SBS winners event at the ICC in Birmingham recently and John and Helen were photographed with Theo Paphitis receiving their winners certificate.

Helen said: “It was a terrific day and all quite exciting. We are really pleased that Stratford Town Walk attracted the eye of ex-Dragon’s Den Theo Paphitis as there are not many SBS winners in the Stratford and Warwickshire area. This excellent initiative shared the big business success and experience of others with smaller businesses like ours. We were able to network with other winners from all over the country. Undoubtedly a key to our success and one of our greatest assets is the Stratford Town Walk team of guides who share this accolade.”