KINGSWINFORD-based Evenbreak has been shortlisted for the Social Enterprise of the Year Award for the 2014 National Business Awards.

Evenbreak is an online specialist job board with three social aims - to help inclusive employers attract more talented disabled candidates, to help disabled job seekers find work with employers who will value their skills and to promote the business benefits of employing disabled people.

Going up against nine other organisations, such as Global Action Plan, Belu and Give as you Live, it will compete for the award, with the winner being revealed at the National Business Awards gala dinner on November 11 at Park Lane’s Grosvenor House Hotel in London.

Katy Jones, director, financial advisory and capital, ClearlySo, who was a shortlist judge for the category, said: “Evenbreak has achieved dramatic growth and a meaningful impact on the lives of many disabled people, with this young social enterprise more than holding its own against more established entrants in this category.”

Jane Hatton, director at Evenbreak, said: “We are thrilled to be a finalist of this prestigious award. We work hard to help both disabled jobseekers and inclusive employers and it is great for this to be recognised. It also proves that a business staffed purely by disabled people can be successful.”

Ms Hatton is unable to sit and cannot stand or walk for long due to a spinal condition.

Alex Evans, programme director of the National Business Award,s said: “The diversity and quality of this year’s finalists have firmly established the National Business Awards as the talent scout for UK plc, with market leading household names recognised alongside the best emerging business brands.

"With a variety of industries represented, these recovery-leading businesses have demonstrated the return on investment in people, innovation, customer service and leadership.”

Finalists were chosen from the hundreds of businesses that entered or were nominated across 17 award categories. They will now prepare for live presentations to specialist juries, who will decide the overall winners that will be revealed at November's awards ceremony.