In a major accolade for the growth of ufurnish.com over 2020, founder and CEO, Deirdre Mc Gettrick, has been awarded the Lloyds Bank National Business Award for new entrepreneur of the year.
2020 has been a major beak out year for ufurnish.com with the business securing significant seed investment, scaling retail partners to over 100, driving 1000% growth of retail furniture sales and growing from a team of 2 to a team of 16. Speaking on her award Deirdre said "They say no woman or man is an island and that is certainly the case for ufurnish.com as I couldn't have received this award with out the contribution of our brilliant team at ufurnish.com".
The recognition for the growth and success of ufurnish.com serves as inspiration for Deirdre, as ufurnish.com continues on its mission to become the leading search and discovery engine for furniture and home furnishings. Commenting on the future potential of ufurnish.com Deirdre said "2020 has been very challenging but also amazing in terms of what we've faced, learned and overcome. With the team in great shape and sales scaling rapidly every month we are super excited about what 2021 and beyond has in store for the business".
Deirdre's award has been well recognised by the wider press and furniture industry with key features in the following publications:
Furniture News - https://www.furniturenews.net/news/articles/2020/11/964795532-ufurnishcom-wins-lloyds-banks-entrepreneur-award
Inside Furniture - https://insidefurniture.co.uk/ufurnish-com-founder-wins-national-business-award/
Interiors monthly - https://interiorsmonthly.co.uk/4244-mcgettrick-scoops-top-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award
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