Kate Bell (businesswoman)

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Kate Bell
Born
Katrina Louise Bell

Alma mater Southampton City College
OccupationBusinesswoman

Kate Bell is a British businesswoman and founder of Zip Us In. [1] In spring 2020, she was featured on BBC's Dragons' Den television program. [2] [3]

Career

She took a role with Newsquest and stepped into media sales with the Southern Property Advertiser. [4]

In 2004, she registered her first company Fate Promotions Limited. [5] In 2013, when Kate was pregnant, she developed an idea for a new and innovative product; a panel of fabric that could expand her own jacket, saving on the cost of a maternity coat. She formed a business named Zip Us In to start production. [6] [4] [7] [8]

She continues to run both business, as well as being an active director for NIPA Baby Limited, a non-profit organisation that works to support independent Nursery brands across the UK. [9] [10]

In 2017, she won the Barclays Entrepreneur of the Year Award. [4] In the same year she also won the VentureFests Innovator of the Year. [11] In 2019, British magazine the Business Game Changer listed her on the UK's Top Ten Women Entrepreneurs. [12]

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References

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