Frome businesswoman wins four national awards

A Frome-based entrepreneur has won four national awards in one week, just 18 months after relaunching her business following a two-year maternity break, PTSD and an ADHD diagnosis.

Natty Bernasconi, founder of The Digital Hive Studio – a marketing and web design agency supporting women, mums and neurodivergent entrepreneurs – won the Somerset Businesswoman of the Year 2025 in June before collecting four further honours.

She received Gold for Community Champion, Silver for MKFM Business Owner of the Year, Silver for Digital Business of the Year and Silver for Best Businesswoman in Marketing and PR at two separate national ceremonies in London and Daventry.

Natty relaunched The Digital Hive Studio after a two-year maternity break spent navigating postpartum PTSD, anxiety, depression and an ADHD diagnosis.

She said, “To go from feeling like I’d lost myself completely during maternity, to now being recognised nationally for the business I’ve built – it’s surreal. This is exactly why I do what I do. I want other women, especially mothers and neurodivergent founders, to know it’s not too late. You can still do it your way – and win.”

Natty said she was told that her dreams were not realistic and was encouraged to ‘just get a job.’ She has Natty rebuilt her business from the ground up – with no capital, no external support and a young son at home. She now runs a multi-award-winning marketing and web design studio.

Locally, Natty is also the founder of The Hive Circle, a peer-led community that offers connection, visibility and support to women running businesses across Somerset and the South West she was named one of the Top 100 Female Entrepreneurs in the UK by Small Business Britain, and invited to the House of Lords to celebrate International Women’s Day.