Steven Jackson, the founder of waste and recycling business Recycling Lives, has been named the UK's top entrepreneur and will now represent the country at the international awards.
He won the Societal Impact category at the EY Entrepreneur Of the Year awards, in recognition of the rehabilitation work at the heart of his Preston business. He then went on to take the overall winner's crown.
Launched in 2008, Recycling Lives combines business and charity to support social welfare programmes through commercial waste management solutions, such as the collecting, processing and recycling all waste such as scrap metal, scrap cars, plastics, paper and cardboard.
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