​SOCIALBOX.BIZ NOMINATED FOR ‘BEST USE OF TECH IN DIGITAL ECONOMY’ AWARD AT THE 2017 UK TECH AWARDS

LONDON, The United Kingdom – Socialbox.Biz Trading Enterprises, a UK-based technology social enterprise venture dedicated to obtaining, preparing, and handing over laptops to the homeless, elderly, and refugees in the UK today, this week was nominated for the Best Use of Tech in Digital Economy Award from the forthcoming 2017 UK Tech Awards, sponsored and supported by PwC and the London Stock Exchange.

The UK tech awards 2017 celebrates success, rewards achievement and is helping to significantly raise the profile of the UK tech community.

“As a social enterprise company dedicated to using technology to provide an accessible way for society’s marginalised members to crawl out from the shadows via technology, we are incredibly thrilled to have been nominated for such a distinguished award,” said Peter Paduh, Chairman of SocialBox.Biz.

Though SocialBox.Biz furthers cloud-based technologies, their focus is providing access to technology to those who need it most to improve their lives, harnessing tech for bettering the UK community.

SocialBox.biz Chairman, Peter Paduh, heads a number of socially focused ventures put in place by SocialBox.biz added, “This is an exciting time. We provide a holistic approach where everyone wins. As a social venture, we deliver a new generation of solutions to many pressing business issues and turn them into opportunities for local communities where we live. Our goal is to help make a positive impact on our society and we’ve pledged the majority of profits to towards social causes like supporting refugees into economic activity, putting computers into homeless centers and integrating technology into centers for the elderly."

Other nominations for the social startup include The Young Business of the Year at 2017 The British Small Business Awards and the PwC 2017 Business Awards nominations for the Technology Innovation of the Year Award.

SocialBox.biz received a letter from PwC congratulating them on the Technology Innovation of the Year Award nomination and explaining that they they felt it was important to recognise the essential contribution businesses have made, and continue to make, to the UK economy and that this nomination would go towards this recognition.

The South East Partners and Directors PwC also invited SocialBox.biz you to an evening event this summer in central London to recognise the huge contribution that businesses make to the economy here in the South East.

For more information, visit: Socialbox.biz

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About SocialBox.Biz

SocialBox.Biz is a socially focused London-based technology startup determined to use their expertise and knowledge for the betterment of both the homeless and elderly in accommodation services as well as unaccompanied refugee minors.

SocialBox.Biz's Laptops for the Homeless Initiative works with the homeless in accommodation services for getting them back on track through digital inclusion. SocialBox.Biz delivers working laptops to the individuals registered with homelessness services to provide them access to the working world. In return, participating corporations and businesses witness incredible Corporate Social Responsibility increases.

https://www.socialbox.biz/homeless-support/