The Small Is Beautiful Roll of Honour

I founded and curated the ‘Small is Beautiful’ Roll of Honour from early 2017 to January 10, 2022 as a tribute to the late Roanne Dodds, co-founder of the Small is Beautiful Conference which I was fortunate enough to speak at.

The six values of the Roll of Honour include #PayIn30Days or less which I have campaigned for over twenty years.

‘The Happipreneur’ our best selling, 5* rated memoir and guide for enterprising people was the result of our mission to write the new Small is Beautiful – enterprise as if people cared. It includes the Small is Beautiful Roll of Honour signators up to January 10, 2022.

You can read more about the Small is Beautiful Roll of Honour by going to this LinkedIn article . The article has a 2 minutes video which captures the spirit of the Small is Beautiful Roll of Honour and the #MicroBizMatters movement which I co-founded in January 2012 with Tina Boden.

EF Schumacher predicted in 1973 that many large corporations would never say ‘enough’ and would exploit employees and suppliers, engender inequality and destroy our communities and the planet.

Happily, there are a small number of large corporations and many medium-sized businesses which along with most small and micro business owners do believe in Schumacher’s ‘Small is Beautiful’ values.

It is important that we recognise these organisations and choose to do business with them. By preferring to buy from those on this ‘Small is Beautiful’ Roll of Honour we send a message to the exploiters and bullies. Eventually, we will convince sector leading organisations that it is good for their business and good for our communities to subscribe to our ‘Small is Beautiful’ values.

These values include:

#PayIn30Days ALL suppliers ALL the time
Promoting equality and diversity
A fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay
Protecting our environment and communities
Unlimited growth is pathological
Small can make a difference and should be supported.

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The Small is Beautiful Roll of Honour is now curated by the Organisation of Responsible Businesses

I am no longer curating the Small is Beautiful Roll of Honour as I believe there are now too many organisational standards on offer to medium, small and micro business owners.

As a result, Tina Boden and I have gifted the future development of the Small is Beautiful Roll of Honour to the Organisation of Responsible Businesses (ORB). https://www.orbuk.org.uk/

ORB’s values are aligned with ours and that includes a passion for micro and small businesses.

ORB has ensured that our six specific values are integrated within their basic membership criteria and the additional course, certification options, and assessment processes they offer; and will integrate the Small is Beautiful Roll of Honour into its basic membership.

I will continue as a voluntary, unpaid member of the ORB Advisory Board and there is no financial benefit to Tina or me as a result of this transfer.

We fully recommend that you visit the main ORB website for more information and to apply for membership if that resonates with you. Applications start with a 10-minute online self-assessment questionnaire followed by a Zoom meeting once the applicant has committed to the online pledge. (see below)

Members of the Organisation for Responsible Businesses can use the ORB Responsible Business Member logo and are featured in the Responsible Business Directory. Members will also be invited to use the Small is Beautiful logo.

As part of the transfer process, ORB is inviting all existing micro, small and medium-sized organisations currently registered in the Small is Beautiful Roll of Honour to apply for membership of ORB via the normal process, but will only charge a nominal £10 to cover admin costs for the first year’s membership. Thereafter, annual/quarterly membership rates are as published.

Large organisations with 250+ employees sharing these values may wish to consider registering as ORB Supporters. Contact jill@orbuk.org for more information

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL ROLL OF HONOUR (up to the transfer to ORB January 10 2022)

Xero (Gary Turner)
FreeAgent (Ed Molyneux)
rradar (Gary Gallen)
Clearwave Enterprise Solutions Ltd (Elliott Chandler)
Enterprise Nation (Dan Martin)
The Forum of Private Business (Ian Cass)
International Association of Bookkeepers (Janet Jack)
British Independent Retailers Association (Andrew Goodacre)
Swakeleys Properties Limited (Clare Francis)
Awards International (Don Hales)
#Tweetmaster (Martin Mullen)
Business Achievers (Ron Immink)
Simply Great Britain (Emily Whitehead)
Paid (Tom Howsam)
Electrician – Electrical Safety for the Hearts and Ohms (Ian Simpson)
Supa Designs (Patrick Healy)
Blue Oyster Leading Edge Solutions Ltd (Peter Jones)
The Exploration Habit Ltd (Alan Arnett)
Unique Wakefield (Sarah Firth)
Salbor Ltd (Fran Boorman)
Cocoonfxmedia Ltd & Lichfield & Tamworth Chamber of Commerce (James Blackman)
Farillio (Merlie Calvert)
Wagstaff Recruitment (Ruth Foster)
PANDA – Performing Arts Network & Development Agency (Anne Marie Crowther)
The Talent Finders (Nathan Konstantino)
Empowering Change (Eve V Earley)
Esther Lawson IPA Group (Esther Lawson)
Ariadne Associates (Simon Jones)
Tweeting Goddess & Women’s Inspire Network (Samantha Kelly)
Linda Huckle Training & The Athena Network – Blackwater Valley Region (Linda Huckle)
Itchy Fingers Design (Amanda Lucas)
Bridge Road Consultants Ltd (Debra Levitt)
Small Business Web Services & The Biz Helpers Podcast (Ian Wilson)
Successful Women Academy & The Athena Network – Central London region (AnYes van Rhijn)
Fondatrice Happy Therapy (Emma Meston)
Minutehack.com (Dan Matthews)
Laredofineart.com & Laredoparis.com & Thedevelopmentspace.com (Claire Rose)
Diginnomica (Dennis Howlett)
Essential Communications (Sam Rudland)
Digirank Ltd (Karen Pearce)
John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank (Charles Cracknell)
Essential Business (Julie Stanford)
Cambridge Social Media (Lenka Koppova)
Enigma-Graphics (Roger Crackett)
Sarah’s Style of Art (Sarah Louise Milburn)
Techie Fairy (Chris Carlton)
CrookConsults (Paul Crook)
Business Writers Limited (Huw Sayer)
Holonomics Education (Simon Robinson & Maria Auxiliadora Moraes Amiden Robinson)
B2B Marketing Global Ltd Catrina Clulow
Poppy Design Studio (Simon Cox)
Mums Bake Cakes (Paula Wilkinson)
The Organisation for Business Empowerment Ltd (Elsa Caleb)
Yorkshire in Business Limited (Jenn Crowther)
E Factor Group Ltd (Mark Webb)
Toucan Diversity (Anne-Marie Asgari)
Small Business Solutions(Albert Wright)
Copa Fizz (Gillian Bartlett)
FCM Publishing (Taryn Lee Johnston)
Hottclix.co.uk (Jaqjit Sandhu)
Deals4Worcestershire (Sy Hawkes)
Jagjit Sandhu
adrenalinecontentmarketing.co.uk (Susan Scarre)
Bizradio.co.uk (Paul Andrews)
Mind Fit Ltd & YP2Grow (Neville Gaunt)
Shop Local Club Card (Marcus Naidoo & Sam Naidoo)
N&R Accountancy Services (Richard Holland)
The New Forest Tartan Company (Kate Collison)
Sadie Skipworth Social Media (Sadie Skipworth)
IRIS Solutions (Averill MacGillivray) assisting with Lovestorm Cakeaway (Leilani Storm, 14)
RaeRae’s Vegan Dessert Sauces
(Avaiyia Rae, 10)
The Positive Pen (Janet Doran)
4 Social Good – Creator of Social Enterprises (Saundra Glenn)
ASAPay (Lorraine W)
ShopAppy.com (Dr Jackie Mulligan)
Clowne Enterprise (Paul Davies)
Swarm Apprenticeships & Norwich Mustard (Robert Ashton)
Problem Solving Company Ltd (Janice B Gordon)
Ashdown Audio Visual (Ian Chisnall)
Bus and Bird Arts (Clare Taylor)
TryLife Interactive Film Series (Paul Irwin)
North Yorkshire Law (Natalie Foster)
Peter Richardson Estates (Peter Richardson)
CDCS Wirral (David Hall)
ELECOMM LIMITED (John Hamilton)
AutismAble CIC (Andrew Forster)
Think Design Manchester Ltd (Paul Grogan)
Micro Business Awards 2020 (Ruairi Devlin)
Briary Trading Limited (Peter Brevis)
N&R Accountancy Services (Richard Holland)
Sadie Skipworth Social Media (Sadie Skipworth)
Market Accents (Noreen Cesareo)
Morgan Walsh Consultancy (Gary Howell)
Boomerang Consultancy, Boomerang Property & Boomerang Healthcare (Paul Tute)
Purpol Marketing (Denise O’Leary)
Leapfrog Mountain (Jackie Jenks OBE)
Realise Development (Mike Chitty)
Famous Publicity Ltd (Tina Fotherby)
John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank (Charles Cracknell)
Upkeep Training (Sarah Bentley)
Zarywacz & Business Action (Robert Zarywacz)
International Copywriters Association (Quentin Pain)
Big Ian Donaghy (Ian Donaghy)
Far North (Ian Farrar)
Wenta (Jennifer Condon)
Always Wear Red and Angelfysh (Michael Owen & Lisa Forster Owen)
Print Inc & Design (Angela Windsor)
Urban River (Carl Buckley)
GymWolfPT (Ian David Worthington)
Imvelo Ltd (Tamma Carel)
Cell Pack Solutions Ltd (Eddie Czestochowski)
The Digital Gene Sharon (Sinclair Williams)
Somerton Environmental Ltd (Rebecca Bomers)
MINT Business Club (Nicola Jayne Little)
Keystone St Neots (Hayley Williams)
Creative Leopard (Amy Archer)
Ye Olde England (Stephen Liddell)

#MICROBIZMATTERS HALL OF FAME

Paul Lancaster
Gaynor Carr
Kanya King CBE (our inspiration)
Charlie Mullins OBE (our Tsar)
Tim Campbell MBE
Penny Power OBE
Kate Hardcastle MBE
Dinah Bennett OBE
Sway
Chris Percival
Laura Henry
Janice B Gordon
Tina Fotherby
Ed Goodman
Jo Harrison
Adrian Ashton
Naomi Timperley
Alex Gajic
Allen Pluck
Elaine Clark
Catrina Clulow
Dee Maria Olajide
Sadie Skipworth
Martin Mullen
Marianne Whitfield
Lorraine Allman
Martin Kirby
Tom Evans
Julia Emelogu
Michelle Dorrell
Patricia van den Akker
Elsa Caleb
Mike Peates
Rhian Kempadoo-Millar
Charles Cracknell
Mike Notarantonio
Kit Hargreaves
Millie Notarantonio
Neal Boden
Sinead Robinson
Eve Lodge
Thomas Arran
Janet Jack
Ian Cass
Dan Martin
Antony Chesworth
Alison Chesworth
Karl Plunkett
Zia Mallick
Ron Immink
Dawn Whiteley MBE
Simon Cox
Clare Francis
Nigel Hudson
Tripp Braden
Paul Crook
Henry Stewart
James Blackman
Jonathan Dowden
Jenn Crowther

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