A MACHYNLETH-BASED online alternative wedding gift list service has won an award from entrepreneur and former Dragon’s Den celebrity, Theo Paphitis.

Recipegiftbook.com received the award at the 2017 Small Business Sunday (#SBS) convention, the culmination of the retail magnate’s regular #SBS contest on Twitter, where every Sunday he invites small businesses to pitch to him about their business through twitter.

The following day, Mr Paphitis reviews the thousands of entries from across the country and selects his favourite six to retweet to his over 500,000 followers.

Recipegiftbook’s successful entry was chosen in August of last year, with the business since enjoying plenty of perks from joining the #SBS winners community, including an invitation to the official winners event in Birmingham.

Boss Corrie Jones described the day as “a truly inspirational event for small businesses” and said “not only did I have the opportunity to meet Theo personally but the event he organised and hosted was fantastic".

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