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Born June 7, 1983 (age 33) ( 1983-06-07 ) Gorleston, Norfolk, England Occupation Serial Entrepreneur and CEO | ||
Retail entrepreneur of the year 2016 jacyn heavens epos now
Jacyn Heavens (born June 7, 1983) is the owner, founder and CEO of Epos Now, a global electronic point of sale company with offices in both the UK and United States, and a media commentator for retail, hospitality and tech industry trends.
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- Retail entrepreneur of the year 2016 jacyn heavens epos now
- Sync the city 2016 keynote jacyn heavens epos now motivating startup attendees
- Early life and education
- Career
- Awards
- Press
- References
Sync the city 2016 keynote jacyn heavens epos now motivating startup attendees
Early life and education
Heavens was born to Karen and Barry Heavens in James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk, England on 7 June 1983. He attended Thorpe St Andrew School, and he continued his studies at Cawston College in Cawston, Norfolk, England.
Career
Heavens worked in sales including insurance, advertising and technology. He later specialised in the telecommunications industry before moving into the hospitality industry to launch his own bar and restaurant. Heavens searched for a POS system that would suit his business and identified a gap in the market and began to develop his own software.
Heavens started Epos Now with £85,000 of his own money, over 5 years he has been able to grow the business to a valuation of over $90 million in 2016. Epos Now has over 350 employees throughout the UK and the US, with over 30,000 businesses using the software.
Heavens is the founder and CEO of Sentinel Asset Finance, Sentinel Property Management and Blue House Investments.
Awards
In November 2016, Heavens was named Great British Retail Entrepreneur of the Year, a title awarded to him by Natwest's Great British Entrepreneur Awards.
Heavens was announced as the Entrepreneur of the Year in the BOC Brilliance in Business Awards 2016.
Press
Heavens has been featured in local and national press discussing his business ventures. He has also featured on television discussing the "importance of a positive corporate culture". Heavens acts as an industry commentator across trade publications and national media.
Coverage of sales spikes in the UK publican trade featured in the press during the Euro 2016 tournament. Heavens was invited to commentate in The Spectator, City AM, the Daily Star, and Big Hospitality.
Research conducted by Heavens has been reported on by BBC, the Mail Online, The Sun, and The Telegraph.
Heavens has provided commentary related to the UK EU Referendum Result in June 2016, including an interview with the Mail on Sunday, technology news website ZD Net and on news outlets CNBC and the BBC News.
Heavens commented on increases in revenue experienced by British retail and hospitality businesses during summer 2016, following the referendum. This "staycationing" trend was commented in The Times, Mail Online and City AM.