We’re proud to announce that IP Moat has been shortlisted for Global Entrepreneur of the Year in the East of England at the 2026 Allica Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards.
The Great British Entrepreneur Awards celebrate ambitious founders and business leaders across ten UK nations and regions. Established in 2012 and often described as the “Grammys of Entrepreneurship”, the awards recognise the people behind businesses demonstrating innovation, resilience, growth and meaningful impact.
The Global Entrepreneur of the Year category recognises founders who are building businesses with international reach and impact. For IP Moat, this reflects our continued growth beyond the UK and the increasing global demand for effective and accessible online brand protection.
IP Moat helps businesses detect and remove counterfeit products, copied images, trademark misuse and other forms of intellectual property infringement from online marketplaces and ecommerce websites.
Over the past year, we have continued developing our platform to make brand protection simpler and more scalable for businesses of all sizes. From individual creators protecting their first successful product to established brands managing infringement across multiple countries and marketplaces, our aim is to give businesses the tools they need to take control of their intellectual property.
With the majority of IP Moat customers now based outside the UK, being shortlisted in the Global Entrepreneur of the Year category is an important recognition of the international community we are building.
Anna Taylor-Maughan, Co-founder of IP Moat, said:
“We’re incredibly proud to be shortlisted for Global Entrepreneur of the Year. IP Moat was created to solve a problem we had experienced ourselves, but we quickly discovered that businesses around the world were facing the same challenges. This recognition reflects the hard work of our team and the trust our customers place in us to help protect the products, brands and ideas they have worked so hard to create.”
The winners will be announced at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards ceremony at Grosvenor House in London on Monday 16 November 2026.
We’d like to thank our customers, partners, investors and wider network for their continued support. We look forward to representing the East of England and sharing further updates later this year.
