Award winner uses Small Biz 100 Stage for advocacy

Melody Woman Music in Towcester, Northamptonshire, has been named as one of the UK’s 100 most inspiring small businesses for 2025 by the Small Business Saturday campaign, as it kicks off its annual call to champion and support the nation’s favourite businesses.

This honour follows an incredible year for the firm, which was also named Microbusiness of the Year for Northamptonshire at the 2025 NNBN Awards.

Melody Woman Music delivers live music and event experiences for the community. Founded in 2023 by Kelly Israel, a late-diagnosed neurodivergent (Autism and ADHD) entrepreneur, the business is committed to ensuring neurodivergent people are valued, supported, and empowered to use their unique talents and strengths to deliver positive social impact in their communities, and for themselves.

Following a nationwide search, the firm has been selected as part of this year’s SmallBiz100 line-up, which showcases the most innovative and admired small businesses across the nation, as part of the countdown to Small Business Saturday on 6 December.

To celebrate being named one of the UK’s most inspiring small businesses, Melody Woman Music will be launching its new event, Business Beats on Thursday 27^th November. The event will bring local entrepreneurs, decision-makers, and the community together through music and networking and drive a crucial political conversation about the urgent need for better funding and support for disabled and neurodivergent entrepreneurs in the region.

Micro and small business owners are encouraged to book a stall at the event by visiting melodywomanmusic.uk.

Small Business Saturday is the UK’s most successful small business campaign, which celebrates small businesses and encourages the public to support small firms.

Melody Woman Music Founder Kelly Israel said: “We are absolutely delighted to be recognised with both the NNBN Microbusiness of the Year and as a Small Business Britain SmallBiz100 for 2025. We are committed to using these incredible platforms to showcase the vital role small and micro businesses play in the economy of Northamptonshire, and to shine a light on disabled entrepreneurship more widely. We must discuss both the barriers we face and the unique benefits and perspectives neurodivergent entrepreneurs bring to the UK business landscape.”

Michelle Ovens CBE, Director of Small Business Saturday UK said: “Firms like Melody Woman Music in this year’s SmallBiz100 represent some of the UK’s most-loved small businesses. It is so important that we encourage public support for small businesses up and down the country, as many are still facing a host of challenges as they enter this critical final stretch of the year.”