20th May 2013

Greek and Turkish Cypriot entrepreneurs met last week for the inaugural of this year’s Stelios Award for Business Co-operation. This prestigious competition is now in its fifth year under the sponsorship of the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, the education-to-entrepreneurship charity headed by easyJet founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou.

13th May 2013

The Times, Daily Mail and News Letter (Northern Ireland) report on the launch of the Stelios Award for UK Disabled Entrepreneurs 2013.

08/05/2013 - The Times
08/05/2013 - News Letter Northern Ireland
11/05/2013 - The Daily Mail

24th April 2013

A large audience of potential applicants, past finalists and their supporters including Esther McVey MP, Minister for Disabled People gathered to hear serial entrepreneur and easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou launch the 2013 UK Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs.

3rd April 2013

The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation and Leonard Cheshire Disability will be holding a networking event for the 2013 UK Disabled Entrepreneur award. This gathering of dynamic business builders allows potential competition entrants to meet Sir Stelios, the SPF and the LCD teams with a view to sharing experiences - both good and bad - with past entrants and winners as well as getting answers to questions about the competition process itself.

19th February 2013

Fasmetric founder Dimitris Kolokotronis won the Stelios Haji-Ioannou Award for Young Entrepreneur in Greece - 2010. His company is to participate as part of the Greek delegation in the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2013, to be held in Barcelona 25-28 Feb.

18th January 2013

BBC highlights unemployment struggle for disabled people.

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18th January 2013

Organic snail farmer Fereikos-Helix, winner of the 2011 Stelios Award for Young Greek Entrepreneur, has created jobs for more than 168 young families in a country with the highest youth unemployment rate in Europe.

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3rd December 2012

Disabled Hull businessman David Hawkins has won a prestigious award from easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou at the Stelios Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs 2012.

25th November 2012

Three outstanding entrepreneurs have been chosen by serial entrepreneur Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou for the final of the 2012 Stelios Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs, a competition run by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation and the Leonard Cheshire Disability charity.

22nd November 2012

The Stelios Haji-Ioannou Award for young entrepreneur of the year in Greece 2012 has been awarded to Rebecca Pitsika of People for Business. Stelios' support for entrepreneurship in Greece now tops 250.000€ over the past five years.

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, in association with the Lesxi Epixeirimatikotitas Kouros Awards, has today announced the winner of the Stelios Haji-Ioannou Award for Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Greece 2012. In the past five years, Stelios has presented 250.000€ in cash to winning businesses in Greece, demonstrating his faith in the abilities and potential of young Greek entrepreneurs.

19th November 2012

The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation has announced the 3 finalists for the Stelios Award for Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Greece 2012. The winner will be announced at the Kouros Awards of Lesxi Epixeirimatikotitas ceremony on November 22nd 2012 at the Athenaeum Intercontinental hotel.

8th November 2012

A few days before the final selection of the winner by Stelios Haji-Ioannou for the KOUROS Awards of Leshi Epihirimatikotitas, the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation announced the shortlist.

The 10 entrepreneurs short-listed for the Stelios Award for Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Greece - 2012 are...

16th October 2012

Business people with disabilities have little time left to apply for this year's Stelios Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK.

The award, jointly run by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation and Leonard Cheshire Disability, recognises the achievements of, and unique challenges faced by, disabled entrepreneurs. Now in its sixth year, the award offers a £50,000 cash prize to the winner - the largest cash sum of its kind, as well as business support for the three finalists through the Stelios' Scholar scheme.

16th October 2012

The 20th Anniversary of the establishment of CYMEPA was commemorated by a Gala Dinner organized on the 15th of October 2012 at Apollonia Hotel in Limassol.

15th October 2012

Cypriot entrepreneurs from both sides of the island were out in force today (15 October) to see the fulfilment of a promise to give €1 million to select partnerships from the island's two business communities. Over the last four years each of 20 joint ventures comprising one Greek Cypriot and one Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur have received €50,000 each in cash – a total of €1 million pledged to peace on the island.

At a packed prize ceremony held at lunchtime at Limassol's Stelios House (a listed neoclassical building belonging to Stelios mother's family), finalists in the Stelios Award for Business Co-operation in Cyprus and other VIP guests witnessed the handing over of cheques worth €250,000 to this year's winners. Sponsored by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, the education-to-entrepreneurship charity headed by easyGroup founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the awards have become a major landmark in the Cyprus business calendar with a total of €1 million awarded as prize money since 2009.