Businesses in the UK Midlands receiving coaching from Anu Khanna have had an outstanding BizX Awards 2026, with two client organisations taking home category wins and 11 more being shortlisted as finalists in recognition of their growth and achievements.
The winners on the night were ACT, led by John Courtenay, which received the Best Import-Export Company of the Year award, and The Buddy Bag Foundation, led by Karen Williams, which was honoured as Not-for-profit Business of the Year. Anu Khanna has coached both organisations over a considerable number of years, playing an active role in shaping their progress.
The ceremony also produced individual recognition for the coaching professionals involved. Principal Coach Anu Khanna and colleague Harneet Kaur were both presented with awards, giving visible acknowledgement to the direct role that sustained, structured coaching plays in producing business results of this calibre.
Anu Khanna was presented with the Best Client Results 2026, Executive Partner of the Year 2026, and the ActionHERO Award, all of which acknowledge the consistent and measurable impact she has had in driving growth and performance across the businesses she coaches. Harneet Kaur received the Growth Partner of the Year 2026 award, offering further evidence of the connection between structured coaching and the kind of outcomes that attract recognition at a national level.
The BizX Awards celebrate excellence across growth, leadership and business operations, providing a platform that brings together outstanding entrepreneurs and professionals from every corner of the UK. The scale of achievement across Anu’s client base at this year’s ceremony is significant not because of the number of awards alone, but because it illustrates how coaching creates the conditions for high performance to become a consistent and repeatable feature of how a business operates.
Structured coaching changes the way business owners approach their work. It replaces reactive decision-making with a clearer sense of direction, and transforms the feeling of being overwhelmed by competing demands into the ability to focus on what genuinely matters most. Over time, this shift in mindset and approach accumulates into a fundamentally different kind of business leadership.
The accountability that Anu Khanna introduces through her coaching reaches into the practical running of every business she works with. It improves the quality and consistency of decisions, bridges the gap between strategic planning and real-world implementation, and ensures that momentum is maintained even when the challenges of day-to-day business life make it tempting to revert to old habits.
The businesses she coaches have experienced the results of this in tangible ways: sharper, more disciplined approaches to winning and retaining customers; teams that feel genuine ownership of their responsibilities and act accordingly; and internal structures clear enough to allow the business to function well and grow consistently without everything resting on the owner’s shoulders. More control, more consistency and more capacity for growth are the hallmarks of a business that has been properly coached.
Taken together, the results from this year’s BizX Awards are not surprising to those who have watched Anu’s client base develop over time. They are the natural and predictable outcome of structured coaching applied with rigour and sustained with genuine commitment.
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