Pictured above: Jan Golding, Chief Executive of Roots HR

Kidderminster-based businesswoman, Jan Golding of Roots HR Community Interest Company, has been nominated for the Social Enterprise Awards. Organised by the Social Enterprise Coalition, the UK's national body for social enterprise, the human resources and people management company has been shortlisted as Start-Up of the Year in the England heat.

Roots HR is the UK's first and only greater-than-profit human resources consultancy, delivering services to charities, voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises and third sector organisations.  

Jan Golding, Chief Executive of Roots HR said: "Since setting up the business in 2009, I've always believed in the value of helping the sector flourish by helping organisations to nurture their most valuable asset, their people. It's fantastic to be nominated for this prestigious award and see our efforts to serve the third sector recognised on a national scale."

The overall winners will be presented with their awards at a ceremony to be held at the O2 London, where Leader of the Opposition, Ed Milliband, will speak and present the Best Social Enterprise Award.

Social enterprises are businesses with primarily social objectives and are driven by the need to reinvest profits for the benefit of the community rather than to maximise profits for shareholders and owners. There are 62,000 social enterprises in the UK, contributing over £20 billion to the economy and employing nearly a million people.