Our mentoring winners Skypro & for aisha

Congratulations to our two Mentoring Award winners who receive mentoring and a grant from the The Hayward Partnership and support from Onboard Hospitality

Break-through grant

Open to any young business (SME trading for at least one year) and new to the onboard sector

WINNER - FOR AISHA

Demand for halal food is growing extremely fast, bringing with it a strong demand for halal products onboard for inflight service.

New brand 'for aisha' makes healthy halal certified recipes for babies using a wide variety of all natural ingredients. Offering high-quality halal recipes which typically contain 20+ ingredients, the babyfoods and are specially-designed by a professional chef from Morocco before being approved by a leading children’s dietitian.

Dishes range from Indian Chicken to Cambodian Fish & Coconut Curry to Jamaican Jerk Chicken, as for aisha aims to introduce children to a broader range of flavours and gentle spices, in the hope that they will go on to be better eaters in later life. Currently being offered in pouches and trays for airlines, feedback suggests the quality and breadth of recipe choices makes them just as appealing to non-halal parents and babies too.

The Hayward Partnership supports young and established businesses with mentoring and consulting advice across the sector

Leadership recognition

Presented to a business already in our sector and showing strong leadership in developing talent

WINNER - Skypro

Uniforms specialist Skypro bases its recruitment choices 50% on hard skills and 50% on an individual's fit with the values of the company: focus, solidarity, continuous learning, ambition and creativity.

It focuses on bringing on young talent through university internships and on-the-job training, with exposure to all elements of the business from the CEO's work to that of the factories. Career progression is a key priority, with a wide range of opportunities for growth embedded into the business. The management team shares its goals and vision clearly and the team regularly pulls together to deliver head-to-toe product and management projects as well as tailored technology projects. Thanks to this continuous team effort, the company was recently selected by the Financial Times newspaper as being amongst the top 1000 fastest growing companies in Europe, number seven in the textiles sector.