Kate Bell (businesswoman)

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]

Kate Bell
Born
Katrina Louise Bell

Alma materSouthampton City College
OccupationBusinesswoman

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]

References

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