Cheadle fitness studios shortlisted for start-up award

Cheadle-based fitness start-up, Winners Strength & Wellbeing Studios, have been shortlisted in an awards programme for new businesses.

The StartUp Awards National Series has been launched to recognise the booming start-up scene in the UK, which has only accelerated since the pandemic began, with over 400,000 new businesses set up in 2020.

Winners Strength & Wellbeing Studios was among 2,500 applicants to the inaugural Startup Awards National Series and has been named a finalist in the Rising Star category. The studios, based in Cheadle, were founded to fill a gap in the fitness market and offer a safe and non-judgemental environment for women.

Chloe Blair, trainer and owner of Winners Strength & Wellbeing Studios said:

“To start a business in the height of the pandemic was incredibly tough so to be recognized as a finalist in the Rising Star category is truly incredible.

“All I have wanted to do since launching the business is help as many women as possible feel strong and confident. I am honoured to be a finalist in the awards, and I just hope I can go on and continue to help as many women as possible realise their true potential.

Co-founded by the team behind the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, the Startup Awards National Series was set up to recognise the potential of new businesses emerging across the UK and follows on from the success of the Wales StartUp Awards which launched in 2016.

Professor Dylan Jones-Evans OBE, the creator of the StartUp Awards National Series, said:

“??New firms are important for generating economic prosperity, employment opportunities and innovation. Since 2016, the Wales StartUp Awards have celebrated this amazing annual contribution to our economy by entrepreneurs and the impact they have on communities across the nation.

“Given the sheer volume of phenomenal startups we’ve heard from since then, as well as the huge post-pandemic shift in people’s desires to take their career in a new direction and set up a business against the odds, we felt it was the right time to take the programme nationwide. We’ve been blown away by the standard of entries in this first year and truly look forward to crowning the winners in June.”