The Puppet Company won the 2026 Family Business Award category for the East of England and is now shortlisted for the national final.
The Puppet Company has been honoured in The Small Business Growth Awards, an awards scheme organised by HSBC UK and the Federation of Small Businesses celebrating small businesses.
The company won the 2026 Family Business Award category for the East of England, joining the category’s shortlist for the national final. The Family Business Award category seeks to reward the UK’s top family-run SME with less than 250 employees. Judges look for an organisation that can demonstrate how the family’s nature and values have contributed to success across the business.
Sue Lockey, owner and Co-Founder, The Puppet Company, said: “We are over the moon to have won this award and for our work to have been acknowledged by HSBC UK and the Federation of Small Businesses. It’s particularly important to me as this is, and always has been, a family business, one I started with my late husband that is still working and helping children around the world over 25 years after it was founded. All of our products are designed to be as accessible as possible and played with by everyone. The interests of children and families are essentially the interests of the business – and the reason we do what we do.”
East of England winners of The Small Business Growth Awards attended a celebration dinner at the University Arms in Cambridge on 30 April. They will also be present at the National Final in London’s Savoy Hotel on 4 June where The Puppet Company will find out if it is the national winner for its category.
