Yet another award for iTeddy inventor

The north west entreprenuer behind the iTeddy has scooped yet another top award.
Bolton’s Imran Hakim as been named the PricewaterhouseCoopers Young Achiever of the Year at the prestigous Eastern Eye Asian Business Awards 2008.
Mr Hakim is best known as one of the most successful individuals to gain investment on BBC2’s Dragons’ Den with his innovative iTeddy product which gives the traditional stuffed bear the interactivity of modern toys.
After securing investment on Dragons’ Den last year, Mr Hakim has worked with prolific businessmen Theo Paphitis and Peter Jones to launch iTeddy and associated licence platform, www.iteddy.com.
Billed as the Teddy Bear brand for the 21st century, he has now put together a distribution deal with Vivid Imaginations UK’s biggest toy company, and the product is now retailing in more than 40 countries world-wide, including every major UK toy retailer (including Tesco, Asda, Argos, Woolworths, Costco, Makro, John Lewis, Littlewoods, Harrods, Hamleys etc) with an extensive global TV campaign.
And his success doesn’t stop there. Mr Hakim adds this latest award to a string of others including: Best Newcomer to Vision Express 2005, the North West Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006, and Fusion Entrepreneur of the Year 2007. His work growing the iTeddy brand has earned him awards for Design, Innovation and Technology 07, Toy Inventor of the Year 07 and World Toy Innovation 08, Startup Business of the year 08, IoD Northwest Young Director of the year 08, as well as a string of International product awards.
Phew! Well done Imran and congratulations on the latest gong.
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