Rockit announced as a 'Small Biz 100' company

Matt Dyson
CEO | N2M Ltd
29th August 2019

A Innovative baby product company and Business West member from Bristol has been selected as one of 100 trail-blazing small businesses in the official count-down to Small Business Saturday, which takes place across the UK on 7 December 2019.

Rockit is one of this year’s ‘Small Biz 100’, a selection of small businesses drawn from every corner of the UK that reflect the vibrancy of the UK’s 5.6 million small businesses. In the 100 days running up to Small Business Saturday, the campaign will spotlight each of the Small Biz 100, as part of its mission to celebrate small business success and encourage the nation to 'shop local' and support British small businesses.

This year’s Small Biz 100 features a range of unique independent businesses each contributing to their communities and offering something different, including Rockit, founded in 2016 by 3 ordinary dads on a mission to help children sleep. Nick Webb invented the initial prototype to help his daughter sleep in the pram when it stopped moving. Matt Dyson and Matt Sparrow came onboard to help turn Nick’s invention into Rockit, the rocket shaped portable baby rocker that rocks any stroller or pram.

Rockit joins hundreds of previous Small Biz 100 businesses, which have been announced by the iconic campaign since its UK launch in 2013.

Day one of the Small Biz 100 count-down kicks off with The Butchers Social, from Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, with Rockit being placed in the spotlight on 4th September, where it will be celebrating by offering opportunities to win the Award winning Rockit stroller rocker across all of their social media platforms.

Co-Founder of Rockit, Matt Dyson said:

 “We are a small team at Rockit mission control and are over the moon to be selected as one of this year’s Small Biz 100! Small businesses are vital to the UK economy and we are proud to be exporting Rockits to over 40 countries within just 2 years of launch. We also love our local retailers and supply Rockits to over 100 independent nursery retailers throughout the UK. It is fantastic to be recognised in this way by the Small Business Saturday campaign”.

Director of Small Business Saturday, Michelle Ovens MBE said:

 Each year this campaign has grown in support from government, business and communities alike, and so we can’t wait to begin the annual 100-day countdown to Small Business Saturday with the launch of the Small Biz 100 2019. Small Business Saturday’s increasing popularity means it was harder than ever to choose just 100 of this country’s incredible 5.6 million small businesses to showcase, but we believe those we have chosen are true representatives of the diverse, creative and inspiring heroes at the heart of our communities.”

In its seventh year, Small Business Saturday is the UK's most successful small business campaign, which last year saw an estimated £812 million spent in small businesses across the UK on the day, according to research commissioned by founder and principal supporter American Express.

This was up from the £748 million spent on Small Business Saturday in 2017, with 59% of people aware of the day saying they spent more than usual.

The #SmallBizSatUK campaign trended in the UK top 5 on Twitter on the day, reaching over 100 million people globally.

The Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Mayor of London were among those publicly supporting the campaign, alongside more than 90% of local councils.

Small Business Saturday also benefits from the backing of leading business organisations including the Federation of Small Businesses, Indeed and Dell. The campaign is also supported by Amazon, printed.com, Square and Xero.

Small Business Saturday 2019 is open to all businesses to participate in and will commence its regional bus tour roadshow across the UK during the autumn, to drum up further support.

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