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1. MastaPlasta Awards
MastaPlasta was very excited to receive an invitation to Buckingham Palace along with our two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise – for Innovation and International Trade. After this special reception, we took a cab straight to the House of Commons for a celebration hosted by the Alliance for Intellectual Property – to cap such a day, we even got to win the Premier Cup – or make like it anyway!
Next Year, MastaPlasta is aiming to win Wimbledon…
MastaPlasta has just achieved the best award for business in the UK – twice over!
We are the smallest company to win the double accolade in the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, announced on April 21, 2017: we’ve won the Queen’s Awards for Innovation and for International Trade.
We are bursting with pride and we hope our customers can share the feeling – after all, when you come up with a brand new idea it’s only the customers that can show whether or not it is actually a good idea. Ever since we started MastaPlasta we have been astonished at how people take the time to sit down and write such glowing reviews, with heartfelt stories of how their favourite armchair was saved, or how a domestic disaster with the dog chewing the sofa did not turn out so bad after all, thanks to MastaPlasta. Reading our customer comments really makes it feel like we are all in this together – so thank you!
MastaPlasta was created in the UK.
The Queen’s Award for Enterprise : Innovation 2017
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are awarded to businesses for outstanding achievement in International Trade, Innovation, Sustainable Development and Promoting Opportunity (through social mobility), to recognise businesses who promote social mobility
The Queen’s Award for Enterprise : International Trade 2017
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are awarded to businesses for outstanding achievement in International Trade, Innovation, Sustainable Development and Promoting Opportunity (through social mobility), to recognise businesses who promote social mobility
Finalists at FSB London Business Awards 2016
MastaPlasta were shortlisted in 2 categories at the prestigious awards event in London. The Enfield Business Of The Year and the Enterprising Business Category. We felt extremely proud to have been selected as a Finalist and wish the winners every success in the future.
Highly Commended Award – Micro Business Of The Year 2016
Finding out that we had got through to the finals of the FSB Worldpay awards was a really thrilling moment. With over 1,000 registered entrants of such high calibre across the UK, we were shortlisted in the Micro Business Of The Year category which led onto us receiving the Highly Commended Award.
Finalist – Innovation Of The Year 2015
Applicants needed to be a small business or individual that has created and successfully brought to market a product or service exploiting a gap in the market. Well we certainly exploited a gap, which led us on to becoming finalists in this category. A very proud moment for us given the shear number of companies who entered.
2. MastaPlasta in the Media
MastaPlasta: Changing the fabric of the furniture industry
Furniture repair company MastaPlasta has recently been awarded with two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise for outstanding innovation and international trade.
With half a million packs of MastaPlasta furniture “Band-Aids” sold since the business first began, the business has recently achieved 1500% increase in turnover.
MastaPlasta: Changing the fabric of the furniture industry
Mastaplasta is a self-adhesive ‘band-aid’ for leather furniture products that was invented by North London-based Donna Clarke and her partner Stephan Pavlou during the financial crisis in 2009.
Getting To Know You: Stephan Pavlou, co-inventor of MastaPlasta
As furniture designers, we were alarmed at how sofas were a massive landfill problem – many were being thrown away as it was cheaper to buy new than mend. It seemed that the world was in need of an easy, cheap solution to fix holes in sofas. We set out to find a solution – and a good-looking one!
MastaPlasta: changing the fabric of the furniture industry
Turning challenges into opportunities, the export-driven business achieved success in 2016 and exceeded half a million in sales
Furniture repair company MastaPlasta has recently been awarded with two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise for outstanding innovation and international trade.
Four tips on turning business challenges into opportunities
In 2017, leading seating repair company MastaPlasta was awarded two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise for outstanding innovation and international trade. Half a million packs of MastaPlasta furniture ‘Band-Aids’ were sold from when the business began, achieving a 1600 per cent increase in turnover between 2012 and 2017. Stephan Pavlou and Donna Clarke, joint owners and entrepreneurs, explore the challenges they’ve overcome, providing tips for other entrepreneurs.
Brexit test for UK’s top exporters and innovators
China is set to overtake Germany and France within five years as an important market for many of Britain’s most successful exporters, putting it second only to the US. Diversification into other, emerging economies, however, looks likely to be slow as the UK splits from the EU.
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Donna takes to the podium after the UK Government’s Department of International Trade and the British Home Enhancement Trade Association asked MastaPlasta to share its success story at their Global Export Forum in Birmingham.
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy – GOV.UK
Musician Gabriela Eva
That is one of our Tag Battoos stuck on her guitar in case you didn’t spot the connection!
Naila Nazer
The Lebanese skydiving model and blogger featured us on:
MastaPlasta is thrilled to be featured in the April 2018 edition of leading UK interior design magazine Your Home.
Manny Lago
Just Magazine
A feature on upcoming model Mia Separovic styled by Sofia Lazzari and photogrpahed by Cristian Andersson featured our Love Spell Tag Battoo
