Celebrating our new 30 Under 30 winners
We celebrated the winners from this year’s 30 Under 30 campaign, in partnership with Babcock International Group, during our glittering Chamber Awards ceremony at The New Continental Hotel in May. Scroll down to meet all our 30 Under 30 winners.
The Devon & Plymouth Chamber partnered with Babcock for the second year running to find and recognise individuals under 30 in Devon who have made a significant impact in the working world.
Joining us as judges for 2023 were Dave Tytherleigh, Aretha Zachlod and Debbie Joce from Babcock International Group, Sharron Robbie from Devon and Cornwall Training Provider Network, Rich Adams from University of Plymouth, Steve Warren-Brown from YGS Landscapes Ltd and Lewis Tolputt from Classic Builders.
The Chamber is hosting its next 30 Under 30 event at The Corinthian on the Hoe on 5 September for all young people in business, and to honour all our nominees and finalists – find out more and register here.
Alice Young
Argyle Community Trust
Arran Roddy
Babcock International Group
Astra Bassett
Go Southwest
Azza Gasim
Diversity Business Incubator
Ben Clark
COROS Wearables
Bonnie Mustoe-Whitehill
Mixed-media artist
Cameron Hicks
Cattewater Harbour Commissioners
Dan Hardman
CoreBlue
Emma Maunder
Cattewater Harbour Commissioners
Harriet Moore
Arts University Plymouth
Isabel Cude
Thought Quarter
Jack Henniker
NHS
Jack Viant
Arts University Plymouth
James Henniker
HM Prison and Probation Service
Jenny Evans
Arts University Plymouth
Lauren Berry
Escapism Plymouth
Luke Harris
Vintage Barn Finds
Megan Pearce
Frazer-Nash
Millie Capon
The Sign Maker
Nina Westwood
MINSKI
Oliver Weston
Azets
Poppy-Lea Price
The Sign Maker
Sarah Sanders
Extra Help
Scott Stevenson
OLTCO
Shek Sheriff
Plymouth Albion RFC
Sophie Headdon
University of Exeter
Stephanie Peck
Paradise Island Adventure Golf Plymouth
Tom Waller
SW Productions
Vicky Broom
GA Solicitors
Yasmin Thomas
GA Solicitors
MEET OUR ORIGINAL 30 UNDER 30
Honouring Devon’s first '30 Under 30'
Devon & Plymouth Chamber of Commerce held a glittering awards ceremony at beautiful Buckfast Abbey in March 2022 to honour the region’s rising young business stars.
Our ‘30 Under 30’ campaign – inspired by Forbes’ long-running feature – recognises and celebrates young talent across Devon.
Throughout the nominations process, the Chamber was seeking individuals under 30 in the county who have made a significant impact in the working world.
The judging day was held in the boardroom at our Derriford Business Park HQ, where we were joined by Debbie Joce, Gareth Kenward and David Tytherleigh from Babcock International Group; Andy Stuart, Jenny Bishop and Sarah Carroll from Real Ideas, and Alison Jenkins and Colin Jolliffe from SW Business Support Solutions Ltd, with Emily Davies from SETsquared Exeter Student Startups linking up via Zoom.
Our expert panel certainly had their work cut out as they ran through more than 60 nominations, before selecting the final 30 worthy winners.
Stuart Elford, Chamber CEO, said: “It was really exciting to be able to tell our first-ever ‘30 Under 30’ that they had been chosen for this truly talented list.
“We were thrilled they were able to join us at Schiller Hall, together with special guests and sponsors, for a truly unforgettable evening.
“The theme for our spring event was ‘Blooming Careers’, which offered the perfect opportunity to reward Devon’s best and brightest young business stars at this unique venue.
Click below to see more stunning pictures from the event courtesy of Amy Stanford Photography.
Our worthy 30 Under 30 winners revealed
Meet our 30 under 30 for 2022, as nominated by businesses across Devon and Plymouth and carefully selected by our judges and sponsors.
They represent some of the brightest minds in business and the future of industry in the region.
OUR 2022 HEADLINE PARTNER
We’re proud to have Babcock International Group as headline sponsor of our 30 Under 30 campaign.
A proud Patron of the Devon & Plymouth Chamber of Commerce, the aerospace and defence company – which operates Devonport Dockyard – is a leading provider of critical, complex engineering services which support national defence, save lives and protect communities.
OUR 2022 TRANSPORT PARTNER
We’re proud to have Go South West as transport sponsor of our 30 Under 30 campaign.
Go South West incorporates Plymouth Citybus and Go Cornwall Bus, the largest bus operator in the South West. The company offers commercial, tendered and contracted bus services across Plymouth, West Devon and Cornwall, as well as the servicing, repair and refurbishment of cars, commercial vehicles, buses and coaches.
OUR 2022 PARTNERS
Real Ideas
From supporting young people to find work and develop skills to helping start-ups and enterprises thrive, Real Ideas works to solve problems and create positive and lasting social change for individuals, communities and organisations. We are innovators, change makers and risk takers.
We believe that by providing our people with autonomy, space to grow and develop, and the freedom to create and innovate, we will deliver the best working environment for our team, who will in turn deliver the most engaging and effective work for the people and organisations we support.
SETsquared Exeter
The SETsquared Exeter Student Startup team encourage and enable the start-up ambitions of University of Exeter students and graduates across all campuses, colleges and disciplines.
We believe that our future economy depends on the creation of new business’ that solve real-world problems and that add value to society. The development of entrepreneurial competencies in young people is key to ensuring that we meet this need.
Nurturing and supporting young entrepreneurs ensures a pipeline of highly-employable graduates and new, sustainable ventures that create value within the regional, national and international economy.
SETsquared is a unique enterprise partnership and a dynamic collaboration between the six leading research-led UK universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey. Ranked as the Global No. 1 Business Incubator, SETsquared provides a wide range of highly-acclaimed support programmes to help turn ideas into thriving businesses.
SW Business Support Solutions
SW Business Support Solutions (SWBSS) provides comprehensive business consulting services and solutions to small- and medium-sized businesses. With decades of experience in industry, we are experts in helping businesses make the right investments.
The SWBSS process will help deliver exactly what your business needs. That might be increased sales, better efficiency, improved profitability, expansion strategies, time saving or just clearer direction.
In addition, this process will undoubtedly help you find a better balance between your business and your life, which means that everyone around you will benefit. This simple-to-use process will change your life by enabling you to build reality out of dreams.
