Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the creator and owner of the easy family of brands (www.easy.com, www.easyHistory.info) is offering cash prizes totalling £300,000 to three young entrepreneurs in the UK for the third year.
- The Awards are open to owners of start ups aged 34 or under, born in 1992 or later.
- The closing date for entries is 5pm GMT on Monday 23 February 2026.
- Businesses must have been registered at UK Companies House in the last five years, registered in 2021 or later, with accounts showing revenues of at least £500,000 per annum for the latest financial year.
- Applicant entrepreneurs must be a director of the company and own shares of more than 50% overall.
Applications are via a downloadable form from www.stelios.foundation and emailed to maya.turnbull@stelios.com by 5pm GMT on Monday 23 February 2026. The winners being announced by Sir Stelios at a ceremony via Zoom on 31st March, 2026.
Last year, a total of 180 applications were received – more than double the year before. Last year’s winner Ayan Mohamed said: ‘These awards are so useful to a young British entrepreneur like me. The prize money has been so vital to my company Digitech Oasis this past year, but the recognition and publicity from being associated with Sir Stelios has also been such a big boost for us.’
The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation which is launching and funding the award has the stated mission of supporting a very diverse range of good causes but “close to home” i.e., in the local communities that Sir Stelios and his family have lived and worked and of course the UK is one of them. The foundation has been running very successful similar entrepreneur’s awards in Greece, Cyprus, Ireland, Monaco and France supporting job creation in the local economies for many years. The majority of the profits of easyGroup go to the Foundation.
Applications: Emailed to maya.turnbull@stelios.com no later than 5om on Monday 23 February 2026.
Media: David Cracknell/Georgia Tatnall/Lucy Thomas, Tavistock Communications, easyGroup@tavistock.co.uk.
To download the application form please click here.
Visit the Awards page here to keep up to date with the latest information.
