{"id":46680,"date":"2026-05-12T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46680"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:47:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:47:58","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-skip-step-why-a-luton-entrepreneur-has-received-the-kings-award-for-enterprise-while-standing-in-a-skip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46680","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (skip-)step\u2019: Why a Luton entrepreneur has received the King&#8217;s Award for Enterprise while standing in a skip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Luton entrepreneur who started his business from doors found in a skip has received the King\u2019s Award, reports <em>Luton Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em><u>Luton Today<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 Joseph Holman founded Green Doors, a company which provides customers with pre-loved and pre-made doors and windows, in 2015\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year the company saved more than 3,000 items from landfill, selling them to builders, homeowners and renovators from its 25,000 square feet warehouse in Luton\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained: \u2018I started 11 years ago with a set of doors I found in a skip, and now, I\u2019ve received an award from the King. Being in a skip to receive this award felt like the most honest way to tell that story.\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lutontoday.co.uk\/news\/people\/why-a-luton-entrepreneur-has-received-the-kings-award-for-enterprise-while-standing-in-a-skip-8312141\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Luton entrepreneur who started his business from doors found in a skip has received the King\u2019s Award, reports Luton Today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[55,29,698,373],"class_list":["post-46680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-business","tag-heritage","tag-historic-buildings","tag-reuse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46681,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46680\/revisions\/46681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}