Mansfield Woodhouse man nominated for trio of awards for business support during Covid

Stephen Goddard, co-founder of networking service KuKu Connect, has supported businesses and charities for free, for more than 170 days.

He has now been nominated for honours in the The Best Business Awards, The National Business Awards and The Global Business Excellence Awards.

Stephen has supported more than 30,000 organisations and charities every day throughout the pandemic since March by freely posting on social media promoting organisations and charity appeals, achieving more than 30 million hits.

Stephen said: “It was a truly great surprise that KuKu Connect has been nominated for these prestigious awards.

"It has been great to support so many different businesses and charities throughout the pandemic and we are still here supporting.

"It really has been such an awful time for us and so many others, but the power of social media and digital technology along with some KukKu-style creativeness has been huge and has really made a difference to businesses.”

KuKu’s Covid-19 support services have included the the humourous Carry On KuKu video-bulletins on social media giving out daily business tips, events, opportunities, business news and offers to help viewing organisations.

Stephen has also featured daily shout-outs for a range of individual businesses, venues and charity appeals recording more than 100 videos from their kitchen, which has been turned into a ‘mini-studio’.

Another free service is the now hugely popular KuKu Cocktail Hour on Facebook Live where Stephen and his partner and KuKu co-founder Philip, connect businesses and charities together over virtual cocktails.

As well as in the UK, Stephen has also been reaching international audiences in Europe and in the USA.

His support has also been impacting upon the mental health and well- being of his viewers, raised funds for Covid-19 charities and the NHS and resulted in PPE being manufactured and distributed to hospitals and care homes.​​​​​​