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Stephen Beech (born 30 October 1977) is an English entrepreneur and property developer. He is the founder of Beech Holdings, which buys and renovates unloved historic buildings in the city centre of Manchester to transform them into eco-friendly high-design apartments for rent to young professionals.

Beech has won numerous awards, including the Insider Bespoke and Urban Developer of the Year 2017, MEN Business of the Year 2016 and EN Entrepreneur of the Year 2016.

As part of winning the prestigious Local Business Accelerators 2016 award, he is currently being mentored by Deborah Meaden.

Early life
Beech was born in Davyhulme, Manchester, UK into a working-class family. He is the middle child of Peter and Christine Beech and has two sisters.

He attended Davyhulme Junior School and then Lostock High School, Trafford.

He was already passionate about business as a child, selling Vimto lollies when he was seven years old and running his own car wash by the time he was 13.

His hard work eventually paid off when he became a young entrepreneur of the year finalist.

Career
Stephen Beech started his career in 2001, when he bought his first investment property with his hard-earned cash, renovating it himself to rent out to four international students.

He then decided to replicate it to a bigger scale by founding Beech Properties in the same year, which now represents a student portfolio of 100 properties.

Through his endeavours in sustainability, Stephen has received a number of commendations including the award of Best Energy Efficient Refurbishment at the 2011 Environment and Energy Awards ahead of John Lewis and Costa Coffee; as well as beating Sainsbury’s to win Pioneer of the Year at the Renewable Energy Awards.

Since then, he has turned his attention to Manchester city centre with the acquisition of unloved, forgotten buildings in prime locations with the creation of Beech Holdings in 2013.

His aim is to create affordable, environmentally sustainable and efficiently designed apartments for the increasing number of young professionals living in the city centre.

Today, he is one of the most successful landlords and property developers in the UK and employs over 100 people, hiring new talent on a weekly basis.

His success has been in the public eye, and earned him personal congratulations from former Prime Minister David Cameron and HRH Prince Charles.

He has since won numerous prestigious awards, including: Insider Bespoke and Urban Developer of the year 2017, MEN Business of the year 2016 , EN Entrepreneur of the year 2016 and the Local Business Accelerator’s award , which gave him the opportunity to be mentored by Deborah Meaden.

Personal life
Stephen Beech has two sisters, and is the middle child of Peter and Christine Beech. His elder sister Joanne works with him as Operations Director and has collaborated with him since 2007.

Stephen supports various local charities including Reclaim Project, which encourages young children of a working class background to become entrepreneurs.