Islam Channel Business Awards 2020 - Finalists Announced

The Islam Channel Business Awards were held, for the first time, in 2019 to celebrate the diversity and success of Muslim businesses and entrepreneurs in the UK. Winners ranged across many business sectors from fashion to investment, travel to real estate, taking in businesses of all sizes. They proved a huge success in bringing together the community, showcasing the contribution of Muslim business to the UK economy and providing positive role models for the next generation of entrepreneurs.

For the second year running, the awards ceremony will be hosted by BBC London’s Asad Ahmad. He said: “I am glad to support the Islam Channel Business Awards, which recognise leading Muslim businesses serving Britain. Their contribution is invaluable, employing millions of people and generating billions of pounds for the UK economy."

Islam is the second largest religion in the UK1 and according to the Muslim Council of Britain’s 2013 report, ‘The Muslim Pound’, some 33% of all small to medium-sized enterprises in London are Muslim-owned, a figure which is likely to have risen in the interim. Many of the concerns which Muslim businesses address, such as ethical investment, ethical food supply and production, social accountability, modest clothing and alcohol-free beverages have now become mainstream. With its diverse Muslim population and multicultural outlook, the UK has become the centre of many sectors of the Islamic economy including finance, travel and fashion.